L’Alliance Bastille Day Celebration 2024

Join L’Alliance New York for a festive Bastille Day celebration on Madison Avenue! Enjoy immersive performances, rosé & bubbly parties, two special film screenings, explore more than 50 French and local vendors, and more.

Schedule: 

Rosé & Bubbly Party
1–2:30pm • 3:30–5pm
Le Skyroom
The Bastille Day celebration heads indoors with our rosé and bubbly parties! Enjoy a selection of outstanding summer wines from GH Mumm, Sainte Marguerite en Provence, Henri Giraud, and Grand Marnier, coupled with delicious light bites from La Maison du Chocolat, and live jazz by the Margot Sergent Quartet.

Performances
12–5pm
L’Alliance’s Bastille Day celebration welcomes a range of exciting live music and entertainment, including a reenactment of Anna Halprin’s Blank Placard Dance, JR’s Inside Out photo project, and beats by DJ Julien.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Chicken for Linda! & Daaaaaali!
2pm & 5:30pm
Florence Gould Theater
Join us for two special screenings: 2023 César winning animated film Chicken for Linda and the NY premiere of French director Quentin Dupieux’s 2023 film tribute to Salvador Dalí.

French Garden
12–5pm
Madison Ave, 60–61 Streets
Premium shopping returns to The French Garden, showcasing a dozen extraordinary shops: Angelina Paris, Café d’Avignon, Cartolina, Emily’s Pillow, Flexipan, French Wink, La Joie de Vivre, La Petite Boutique by L’Alliance New York, Mille-Feuille Bakery, Paul Crée, Président, Silpat, Sofitel New York, Thermomix USA and Thierry Atlan.

Market Booths
12–5pm
Madison Ave, 61–63 Streets
Explore a range of 50+ food and lifestyle purveyors at the Market Booths on Madison Ave between 61st and 63rd Streets.

Fun Activities for All Ages
12pm–5pm
Madison Ave, 59 – 63 Streets; 60 Street from Fifth Avenue to Madison Avenue
This Bastille Day, L’Alliance New York is embracing the spirit of the Paris Summer Games! Families and kids of all ages can participate in free games of soccer, pétanque by Carreau Club, and fencing, and special Paris-themed activities at several booths including the Président and L’Alliance booths.

L’Alliance Booths
12–5pm
Madison Ave, 59 – 63 St; 60 St from Fifth Ave to Park Ave
L’Alliance New York is the center for French language and francophone cultures. Visit one of our info booths to learn more about our French classes for kids and adults, membership, upcoming film screenings, performances, and special Bastille Day discounts.

Citroën Car Show
1–2pm
60 Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue
L’Alliance New York Bastille Day will once again be the finish point for The Greater New York Citroën & Velosolex Club’s Annual Bastille Day Rally & Rendez-Vous. Get a close-up look at classic models of the popular French carmaker on 60th Street, right in front of L’Alliance New York!