Summer in the City: Bastille Day Celebrations!



Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité!

Embrace your inner French(wo)man, by taking in Bastille Day festivities in a city near you!

Boston


French Cultural Center's 38th Bastille Day Party
Description: This year's line-up, programmed by World Music/CRASHarts, Inc., will feature two exceptional francophone acts: Atlas Soul, whose music blends spicy hot Afro-Mediterranean grooves and melodies with a generous dose of jazz, funk and rock and Madame Moustache, a country-rock band hailing from Québec whose entertaining music is marked by humor and folly, seducing the most eclectic audiences.
Date: 7/12/2013
Time: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Location:  Marlborough Street (between Berkeley & Clarendon)
Price: $25 Advance, $30 Door

Description: Indulge on French delicacies, groove to the hippest music, relax with a cold beer and celebrate France in Harvard Square. C'est Magnifique!
Date: 7/14/2013
Time: 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location:  Holyoke Street
Price: FREE

Description:  In partnership with the French Government and the Consulate General of France in Boston, Beehive will commemorate the storming of the The Bastille with dinner, libations and of course, a French flair of live Bastille street music. 21+
Date: 7/14/2013
Time: 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Locations:  The Beehive, 541 Tremont Street, Boston
Price: Food + Drink


Chicago

Bastille Day Chicago 2013
Description: Francophiles and Francophones come together to toast all things French in Chicago
Date: 7/13/2013
Time: 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location:  Daley Plaza, Chicago 
Price: FREE


Los Angeles


2013 Bastille Day Festival
Description: The Bastille Day 2013 celebration is a festival including non-stop entertainment and a taste of France. Events include: A real Pétanque Tournament under the pine trees, A Parisian Waiters’ Race, Street performers, Comedians, singers, artists, A Unique French Arts and Crafts Fair, French food, wines and gastronomic delights  
Date: 7/14/2013
Time: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Kenneth Hahn State Recreational Area, 5401 South Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles
Price: $5 Advance, $10 Door

French Tuesdays: Bastille Day 2013
Description: French Tuesdays presents an all-day party, replete with can-can dancers and a DJ, at the Riviera 31 lounge of the Sofitel, on Sunday. From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be games and aperitifs. Afterward, entertainment, music, and partying will feature until midnight. The dress code is Tricolor Casual Chic - Blue, White, Red outfits and/or accessories recommended.
Date: 7/14/2013
Time: 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Location: Riviera 31, Sofitel Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Price: $20 


Description:  On 13th July 2013 one of this summer's coolest new events hits New York City and promises to bring together a diverse cast of colourful characters in a carnivalesque atmosphere. Aiming to reinvigorate the city's festival culture with an emphasis on freedom of expression and building a community, The Parisian Ball is set to take place in a magical setting on Governors Island on Bastille Day – a celebration that marks a key moment in the French Revolution, the storming of the Bastille and eventual freedom for the masses. The aim is simple, to create a fairytale-like environment where New York's menagerie of communities can unite through music, arts and the pursuit of magic.
Date: 7/13/2013               
Time: 4:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Location: Governors Island
Price: $50

French Tuesdays New York: Bastille Day 2013
Description:  Be French for one day, be French for Bastille Day on Saturday July 13th 2013! For this extra special occasion, the festivities will take place in NOIR NYC, the magnificent old opera house located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan and specially decorated for the occasion.
Date: 7/13/2013               
Time: 7:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Location: Noir NY, 151 East 50th Street, New York
Price: $30

Bastille Dayon 60th Street
Description:  Celebrate Bastille Day and enjoy the best of French culture at the French Institute Alliance Française's annual street fair on 60th Street! From crêpes, éclairs, and fromages with refreshing wine and beer, to live music, you won’t want to miss New York City’s ultimate French summer fête. Try your luck at our famous prize drawing, and shop for classic crafts, gourmet treats, and special gifts, as les enfants enjoy face painting and arts-and-crafts activities at the Kids’ Corner.
Date: 7/14/2013               
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: 60th Street between Lexington Avenue and Fifth Avenue
Price: FREE 



Description:  Celebrate Bastille Day in Queens with "Liberté, Égalité et Fraternité," an hour-long program of selections from French operas by the Chevalier de Saint-George, Poulenc, Giordano and Bizet.
Date: 7/14/2013               
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
Price: FREE


Philadelphia, PA

Description:  The annual celebration has become one of Philadelphia’s most popular summertime events, attracting thousands of visitors each year into the massive shadow of the penitentiary’s main wall to commemorate the storming of the Bastille by French revolutionaries.
Date: 7/13/2013               
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia
Price: FREE          

Description:  Downtown Media turns into an art, music, dance and history mecca this Saturday, July 13 for its annual Bastille Day Celebration. State Street closes to vehicular traffic, and the arts of all forms come alive at this evening festival. In addition to local performers and artists, more than 40 businesses join the festivities. At 6:30 p.m., watch a reenactment of the storming of the Bastille performed by the Hedgerow Theatre, and at 8:30 p.m. the headline performance, The VooDUDES take the stage at Picasso’s Restaurant.
Date: 7/13/2013               
Time: 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Location: Street from Jackson to Orange Streets, Philadelphia
Price: FREE


San Francisco

Description:  Celebrate Bastille Day 2013 in Belden Alley, a European style alley in San Francisco known for its alfresco dining, where five of the seven restaurants will be participating in the Bastille Day Block Party with DJs and live music.  
Date: 7/14/2013
Time: 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM,
Location:  Belden Place, between Bush St and Pine St, San Francisco
Price: FREE

Description:  In honor of France's national holiday We invite you to an afternoon soirée to celebrate with the Alliance Française.  Enjoy the melodies of string quartets, and 60's yéyé French music (musical guests: Prince de Dame and RUE 66)All tickets (members/non-members) include 1 free drink ticket There will be food and amuses-bouches, plus other beverages for purchase too!
Date: 7/13/2013
Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM,
Location:  Alliance Française of San Francisco: 1345 Bush Street (and Polk Street)
Price: $10


Washington, DC

Description: Recognized in memory of the beginning of the French Revolution, Bastille Day is observed every year as France’s National Holiday.  This annual DC festival celebrates France both past and present, with festivities for visitors of all ages, including dance performances by The New York Baroque Dance Company, live music, French games, and hands-on art projects.  Events take place among Hillwood-founder, Marjorie Post’s first collecting passion for the decorative arts of 18th century France, as well as the magnificent gardens on the estate. 
Date: 7/13/2013
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Hillwood Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Avenue NW, Washington DC 
Price: $18

Description: Presented in partnership with Art Soiree, the event will celebrate the National Day of France with fashionable creations, live French music, video and light projections, artistic presentations, and dancing atop one of DC’s finest rooftops.
Date: 7/13/2013
Time: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Location: Beacon Hotel Sky-Bar, 1615 Rhode Island Ave, NW Washington DC
Price: $20

Description: To commemorate France’s National Holiday, PAUL – France’s leading bakery – invites the public to come have some fun and participate in our 3rd Annual “Baguette Relay Race” which will take place in front of PAUL in Penn Quarter, where relay team members will take turns fast-walking a lap around the plaza of the US Navy Memorial with a baguette in hand, in lieu of a traditional baton.
Date: 7/14/2013
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Navy Memorial outside of PAUL Bakery's Penn Quarter, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Price: FREE

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