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
Bastille Day Chicago 2013
Description: Francophiles and Francophones come together to toast all
things French in Chicago
Date: 7/13/2013
Date: 7/13/2013
Time: 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location: Daley Plaza, Chicago
Price: FREELos 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 DoorFrench 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: $50French 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: $30Bastille 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: FREESan 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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