Bastille Day Melbourne: French Festival in Melbourne

Bastille Day French Festival Melbourne

Due to the change in Public Health Orders, we are extremely disappointed to announce that the Bastille Day French Festival will not proceed as planned this weekend at Fed Square.

We are thrilled to let you know we have a great online program that you can tune into this weekend! We look forward to staying connected while distanced and keep the spirit of joie de vivre.

To all our amazing sponsors, stallholders, volunteers and supporters, we thank you for your incredible support, passion and commitment.

View the Online Program

This weekend, sit back, relax and enjoy some virtual joie de vivre with our videos selection including:

The documentary Home Shift Home
Performances by soprano Lorena Stipani and pianist David McNicol
Cooking by Gabriel Gâté
The Huxleys’ digital animation to the song “Marcia Baila” by Les Rita Mitsouko
The interview with French artist Cyril Lancelin about The Knot at Fed Square

…and many more!

Les Lumières talks and Trivia will be available online.

There is still time to book!

NAMING RIGHTS

BLEU

BLANC

ROUGE

IN KIND

Caudalie – The Short Film

In early 2021, the Bastille Day French Festival had the opportunity to realise a short film based around the wonderful French-born Australian winemaker Dominique Portet. Click here to get a taste for Bordelais and French wine culture here in the humble state of Victoria.

Find out more about the movie

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