Program festival
Fabulous prizes: win French Parisian cabarets tickets, a week end to Paris...
Sunday 11th of July
Battersea Park
From 10am to 6pm
For its second edition, Bastille Day London, the largest Bastille Day celebration outside France is all about ... “Paris à la folie!” Fun for all the family with guinguette and cabaret stage, French market, DJs, bars & stalls.
10.30am - French Touch. Breakfast à la française :
Tea or coffee, chocolat chaud, crepes & croissants. On large gingham tablecloths, Bastille Day can begin...
11am - Petanque tournament with La Cagole beer, from les calanques of Marseille!
Register and learn how to play & Enjoy the French apero! Celebrities & French Chef open the tournament: French gourmet Ambassador Raymond Blanc 2 Michelin stars. A full day of entertainment for all your family: Kids’ area Mini Club Bastille: with face-painting, games, lots of fascinating and funny things to do! It’s also time for the French market to open: a giant tartiflette, oysters & wine, the greatest champaigns, a cheese & wine area, a bar à vins... for a 100m long picnic!
12am - The guinguette opens:
A free Bal populaire, musette, the troquet spirit seizes Battersea Park, with flonflons. As on the bankside of the river Marne, enjoy the feast on large gingham tablecloths: canotiers and marinières are out!
All the day long, Cabaret rouge French Cancan, glamorous Charleston dance show www.cabaretrouge.co.uk,Thomas Michael Voss’ French vintage dances classes www.tmvoss.com and a breathtaking show, sumptuous costumes with the girls of the Lido! www.lido.fr | www.lido.fr/bluebell
1pm La Course des garçons de cafés for the first time in the UK!
In Paris, there's no more amusing competition! Balancing heavy trays, typical and veritable waiters and waitresses race on kilometres! Spectacular...
2pm
French cooking animations for adults in the great Chefs’ Theatre Gourmand & sport animations with Serge Betsen Academy www.sergebetsenacademy.com.
There will be sport!
3pm Kids cooking animations
With l’association culinaire française www.associationculinairefrancaise.co.uk
3.30pm Surprise !
French dancers directly coming from Paris’ greatest carabarets.
4pm
Balloon release bleu blanc rouge release in the kids’ corner & Live DJ set: let’s dance, feet in the grass!
5pm
Everyone sings La Marseillaise to celebrate the French National Day! “Allons enfants…”
Dress code : marinière & canotiers & bleu blanc rouge & guinguette dresses for girls !
Contact Tara Starlet : - 15% on her dresses with Bastille Day London 2010! www.tarastarlet.com
Fabulous prizes to win: French glamour cabarets tickets + a week end to Paris + vouchers for French restaurants in London + Champaign and wine tasting and masterclasses + VIP tickets after Bastille, and more to come. List of prizes
To have a chance to win and keep updated on the event, register on bastilledaylondon@googlemail.com
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