Bastille Day Los Angeles Festival July 15, 2012
Los Angeles, California 90056
Bastille Day is the French national holiday that celebrates independence and freedom and commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789. Angelenos will join in the celebration of Bastille Day and the spirit of Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité on Sunday, July 15th, 2012, at the Kenneth Hahn SRA (4100 S. La Cienega Blvd) just south of Jefferson. -- with French gastronomic delicacies and spectacular live entertainment.
Come join in the fun and experience what tens of thousands of people have been enjoying for the past decade, making this annual celebration one of the most well-attended community festivals in Los Angeles.
Entertainment includes:
•A real Pétanque Tournament under the pine trees
•A Parisian Waiters’ Race
•Street performers
•Comedians, singers, artists
•A Fabulous Raffle
•A Unique French Arts and Crafts Fair
•French food, wines and gastronomic delights
Free for children (under 13)
Limited parking -- reservations available upon request
Additional on-Site Parking available for an additional $10
NO ATM ON SITE - PLEASE BRING CASH
Official Website: http://www.bastilledaylosangeles.com
Added by calousmail on June 6, 2012
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No need for passport or a 12-hour flight to enjoy the romance of Paris! The French Cabaret Versatile -- recipient of the Best Cabaret and Variety Show of the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2012 -- has prepared an eight-hour show on the theme ‘French Bohême & Troubadours’ to premiere at the Bastille Day Los Angeles Festival on Sunday, July 15. Get ready for a day of Cancan, feathers and glitz “à la mode de Paris” with dancer/choreographer Lola Ohlala who will gather at Bastille Day a medley of talents performing in French and English. Around Lola Ohlala, the personalities of five Parisian Cabaret dancers unfold to the sensual music of Juliette Greco, Serge Gainsbourg, and Max Raabe among others. ‘French Bohême & Troubadours’ will include many performers such as:
- Jenny Eloise Rieu aka ‘The Lady in Red’ -- a French ‘vintage singer’ as she calls herself -- who will take attendees on a trip to a different time, a time where elegance and glamour came first;
- Momo Casablanca, a former Cirque Du Soleil clown, taught by the legendary Marcel Marceau, who will give Angelenos a ‘French taste’ of his one-man show;
- Yesteryears Dancers, an authentically-costumed vintage dance troupe who will re-create court and ballroom dances from the time of Marie Antoinette, Napoleon I, and La Belle Époque and invite spectators to join in. Yesteryears dancers will perform with Les Plaisirs Champêtre, a group playing historical instruments such as vielle à roue (hurdy gurdy), musette de cour (French Baroque court bagpipe), or cornemuse (French Folk bagpipe);
- Johan & The Panache Band who will embark on a mythical Old-School R&B Funk voyage and invite Bastille Day participants along on the journey and on the dance floor!
C’est Magnifique!