FIAF's Bastille Day Celebration 2021

Wednesday July 14 at 6:15 PM, celebrate Bastille Day at SummerStage in Central Park, with live music, dancing and a movie screening, hosted by the Consulate General of France in New York, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), and the Committee of French Speaking Societies (CAFUSA). The event is FREE, with all chair and lawn seats being first come first serve.

Doors open at 5PM, then the evening will commence with an opening address at 6:15, then at 6:35 with a jazz quintet performing French classics, headlined by French Grammy-nominated singer Kavita Shah. 

At 7:15, Joachim Garraud, an important member of the French Touch (or French House) music scene, who has collaborated with David Guetta, will host a lively dance party. 

French film My Donkey, My Lover & I will screen at 8:10: “Directed by Caroline Vignal, this warm comedy features stunning landscapes, a gentle touch, a few slapstick flourishes, and a tour-de-force star turn from Laure Calamy (Call My Agent!). On an impulse, Paris school teacher Antoinette (Calamy) decides to follow her married lover Vladimir and his family on a hiking holiday. Yet she soon realizes this impromptu vacation is more than she bargained for, as she finds herself trekking across the Cévennes mountains with only a recalcitrant donkey named Patrick to keep her company.”

You can also enter the Prize Draw online, a popular FIAF Bastille Day tradition with dozens of prizes up for grabs, including the grand prize of a luxurious two-night stay in a Terrace Suite, complete with a bottle of Champagne and skyline views, at Sofitel New York.

Bastille Day is a French National Holiday, commemorating the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, and the birth of the modern French nation. Come join the celebrations at SummerStage Central Park!

Visit the FIAF website here for more details.