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🥐 Bastille Day Celebration 2021 @ SummerStage in Central Park (French Institute)

Wednesday July 14, 2021 6:30 pm
Central ParkNew York NY

Description

In a first for New York City, the Consulate General of France in New York, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), and the Committee of French Speaking Societies (CAFUSA) will present a special Bastille Day Celebration in Central Park.

The free celebration of the French national holiday will start at 6:30pm ET on Wednesday, July 14 at SummerStage.

First up is a jazz quintet headlined by vocalist Kavita Shah (whose “amazing dexterity with musical languages” has been hailed by NPR). Then comes a get-up-and-dance set with film clips by star Joachim Garraud (who has collaborated with David Guetta, Mylène Farmer, and Kylie Minogue). The evening concludes with a screening of the 2020 French comedy My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) starring the delightful Laure Calamy (Call My Agent!).

Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 and the birth of the modern French nation. FIAF has hosted New York’s largest public celebration of France’s national holiday since 1996, drawing approximately 40,000 people annually. Last year’s virtual edition marked the first change to FIAF’s three-block Bastille Day party on 60th Street in its 26-year history.

Schedule of Events

5pm — Doors Open

6:30pm — Opening Address
With Jérémie Robert, Consul General of France in New York;
Marie-Monique Steckel, President of FIAF
Gerard Epelbaum, President of CAFUSA

6:40pm — National Anthems of France and the United States
Singer Marie Viapiano with Les Cadets Lafayette Fanfare conducted by Jacques LeTalon

6:50pm — Jazz Quintet with Vocalist Kavita Shah

7:30pm — French House Dance Party with Joachim Garraud

8:20pm — French Film: My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) 

 

Who

Everyone!

Cost

FREE

How

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