Image credit: Le tour du Marché : The French Market Tour
Each year on July 14th, Bastille Day is celebrated worldwide with a range of festivities, from bustling French street parties, to intimate cheese tastings. As France’s national celebration, the day honours French culture and the country’s history. Here are some great events happening around Adelaide to celebrate Bastille Day this year!
Alliance Française d’Adélaïde Bal de Bastille Day
Alliance Française d’Adélaïde are hosting a spectacular Bastille Day celebration filled with French charm at the Fullarton Park Community Centre. They’ll have a food box dinner featuring gourmet French delights and enjoy a complimentary glass of Champagne upon arrival. Guests will be enchanted by surprise musical entertainment throughout the evening. There will plenty for kids to do, with fun-filled activities including crafts and a special movie screening.
Alliance Française d’Adélaïde Bal de Bastille Day
When: Friday July 5th 5:30pm
Where: Fullarton Park Community Centre
Cost: $35 for adults, $20 for kids & teens under 12
For more information, click here.
Le Tour du Marché: The French Market Tour
Join in on a walking tour of the Adelaide Central Market with a French-speaking tour guide and Fringe performer Arnaud Bénassy on Friday July 12th. Learn French, sing La Marseillaise, and discover exciting facts about Bastille Day, all while tasting authentic French fromage, charcuterie, and patisserie. The tour starts with a glass of French champagne!
Le Tour du Marché: The French Market Tour
When: Friday July 12th
Where: Meet at The Market Stall (near Haigh’s Gouger Street end), Adelaide Central Market
Tickets: $32.80
For more information, click here.
Bastille Day Kids Cupcake Decorating
The Adelaide Central Market is hosting a Bastille Day Kids Cupcake Decorating event, offering children the opportunity to create their own French-inspired cupcakes at special workshops during the school holidays.
Bastille Day Kids Cupcake Decorating
When: Friday July 12th, 9:30 AM and 11:50 AM
Where: Adelaide Central Market
Tickets: $5
For more information, click here.
WEA: Experience the Food and Wine of Bordeaux with Rosa Matto and David Crossman
Join local food identity Rosa Matto and wine educator David Crossman for a delicious and fascinating 3-hour session at the WEA, the day before Bastille Day. Known around the world for its prestigious wines, Bordeaux is much more than a wine region. Situated perfectly along the Garonne Estuary and between the Atlantic Ocean, lush lands of the Dordogne and just north of the Pays Basque, Bordeaux is a gastronomic paradise. Bordelaise cuisine is firmly tied to the local terroir, a word meaning the land that produces the unique products such as Cap Ferret oysters, the famous Foi Gras, exceptional lamb and duck and local saffron. In the day’s food and wine pairings guests will begin with a rich pate`, and a taste of SA oysters before the group celebrate some variations on a duck theme. Guests will finish with the sweet of the region canale`and a duo of cheese. Enjoy two red “Bordeaux Blend” wines; one from the famous Medoc sub-region, the other a Bordeaux Superieur from the Entre-Deux-Mers. As well, savour an original Sauternes, its succulence a result of ‘Noble Rot’. Guests will also consider how France’s Appellation system applies in Bordeaux with the added complexity of Cru Bourgeois and Grands Crus.
When: Saturday 13th July, 11:00am to 2:00pm
Price: $159 per ticket
For more information: https://www.wea-sa.com.au/47045
Smelly Cheese Co Presents: Cheese After Dark at Adelaide Central Market
Celebrate Bastille Day with a special event on July 13th at the Smelly Cheese Shop at the Adelaide Central Market. Take part in the Torch Relay where you get to ignite the fire under the Big Fondue Pot, while enjoying remarkable voices singing French songs.
Smelly Cheese Co Presents: Cheese After Dark at Adelaide Central Market
When: Saturday July 13th 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: The Smelly Cheese Shop, Gouger Street #44, Adelaide, SA 5000
For more information, click here.
Bastille Day at A Prayer For The Wild At Heart
Join their much loved French team for dinner or lunch at Bastille Day celebrations on July 13th & 14th, featuring a delicious 4-course menu of French classics.
Bastille Day Lunch or Dinner
When: Friday July 13th & 14th
Where: A Prayer for the Wild at Heart
Price: $99
For more information, click here.
Bastille Day at Unley Town Hall
Celebrate Bastille Day at Unley Town Hall on July 14th with Adelaide-based band Mélange à Trois, featuring chanteuse Sunitra Martinelli, jazz guitarist Tom Kneebone, and double bassist Declan Horan. The event will be hosted by MC Arnaud Benassy who will entertain with stories of Bastille Day’s origins and teach some fun French phrases. There will be food too! Enjoy hearty raclette with potatoes, charcuterie, baguette, cornichons, and salad. For dessert, choose from three crêpe options: strawberry coulis, chocolate and banana, or Suzette. Your ticket includes a glass of French wine and a chance to win a fabulous door prize. There will also be a licensed bar with French wines, a coffee cart, and additional treats from Les Deux Coqs available for purchase.
Bastille Day at Unley Town Hall
When: Sunday July 14th 12:30pm
Where: Unley Town Hall
For more information, click here.
Enjoy celebrating Bastille Day this July 14th with these exciting events around Adelaide!
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