14th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival

Event Information

Date & Time
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Location Acrisure Stadium, Gate A, South Plaza 100 Art Rooney Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Categories

Come throw out the pallino and throw down for a worthy cause!  

The 14th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival will return to Acrisure Stadium, Gate A, South Plaza on Saturday, August 9. Support the History Center’s Italian American Program and sponsor a team of four in the double-elimination tournament!

PURCHASE SPONSORSHIP

The annual event is free and open to the public, so stop by to cheer on the players, observe the games, and enjoy entertainment all day long. Delicious Italian Fare by Common Plea Catering will also be available for purchase.

Proceeds raised from this event will benefit the History Center’s Italian American Program.

Founded in 1990, the Italian American Program is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Italian Americans in Western Pennsylvania. The Italian American collection at the History Center is one of the largest in the country and home to artifacts and archival materials that document the pivotal role Italian Americans play in shaping our region.

For more information, please contact Briana Hornung, Special Events Coordinator, at [email protected].

PURCHASE SPONSORSHIP

Team Sponsors:

Blue and white logo with a bold lowercase m inside an oval shape; the word mascaro appears in lowercase letters below, and the phrase History Makers is partially visible underneath.

Circular logo with a black background and gold border. Large gold letters spell out Common Plea. Smaller white letters reading History Makers and Catering are positioned partially overlapping the other text.

Alliant logo with the word Alliant in bold, dark blue letters; two overlapping teal triangles form a stylized letter A at the beginning of the word.

White bold capital letters spelling AVALOTIS on a teal rectangular background.

Logo featuring a large black diamond shape with the words Black Diamond Equipment Rental in bold, white capital letters across the center.

Logo for Clista Electric showing a green, stylized letter C shaped like a bocce ball with a white electrical plug inside it, positioned above the gray lowercase text clistaelectric.

Logo featuring a blue anchor with a red abstract base on the left, resembling the shape and motion associated with bocce, positioned next to the words Henderson Brothers in blue text, all set against a white background.

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services logo in green and yellow, featuring bold lettering; the Equal Housing Opportunity symbol is located in the bottom right corner; design elements are inspired by Pennsylvania history landmarks such as the Carnegie Museum.

A yellow circular logo with a large black number 5 centered. Black text along the top edge reads International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 5, and along the bottom edge, Pittsburgh, PA.

The JENNMAR logo with the company name in bold, blue capital letters positioned beneath a thick, black curved arc that extends from the top left to the upper right above the text.

Johnson Controls logo featuring the company name in blue text alongside a circular emblem composed of blue and green curved lines, displayed at the Heinz History Center bocce tournament.

McKamish logo with “McKamish” in bold white capital letters on a dark blue rectangular background; below, the tagline “BUILDING EXCELLENCE” appears in smaller black capital letters.

The PNC logo, displaying an orange circle with a white triangular geometric shape on the left, similar to a bocce ball, next to bold blue letters PNC set against a white background.

Ruthrauff Sauer logo with bold black text; an orange circle positioned between the words, resembling a bocce ball; tagline underneath reads “Engineers / Mechanical Contractors.”.

Sargent Electric Company logo featuring a green circle with the word SARGENT in white capital letters and two white lightning bolts, resembling a bocce ball, positioned to the left of the bold black text Sargent Electric Company.

A logo with a stylized blue S on the left, and to the right, blue text reading Schneider Downs above the tagline Big Thinking. Personal Focus. All text is in a clean, sans-serif font.

Blue and white logo featuring large “SSM” lettering at the top, bold text reading “INDUSTRIES, INC.” underneath, and a geometric design at the bottom showing interconnected circles and lines resembling wiring or linked balls.

Logo for Patrinos Painting featuring a geometric arrangement of stacked chevron shapes in black, white, and burgundy to the left of the company name, Patrinos Painting, written in bold black and burgundy text.

Logo for W.G. Tomko Incorporated Contractors; the company name appears in bold black text above horizontal gold lines that curve into a semi-circular shape on the right side, resembling the layout of a bocce court.

Team Sponsor