Bastille Day 2010
Event Information
Friday, Jul 9, 2010
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
At
Marlborough Street (between Berkeley & Clarendon)
Boston, MA 02116
For information, contact us at 617.912.0400
Tickets:
$28 in advance
$35 day of event (subject to availability)
!!! On Friday July 9th, tickets will only be available for purchase at the event.!!
(starting at 6:00 pm at the Marlborough & Clarendon Streets entrance)
This event will sell out – get your tickets early!
Gates open at 6:00pm. Cash bar only. Music ends at 10:00 pm. This is a rain or shine event, tickets are non-refundable.
Event Description
The 35th French Cultural Center Bastille Day celebration returns to Marlborough Street for what promises to be the street party of the summer! This year’s line-up, programmed by World Music/CRASHarts, Inc., features two incredible francophone acts:
Starting at 7:00 pm the high energy Tabou Combo, the “Ambassadors of Konpa”, Haiti’s national dance music, followed at 8:45 pm by Caravan Palace and their irresistible gypsy jazz electro-swing rhythms.
Back Bay's beautiful Marlborough Street will be blocked off between Berkeley and Clarendon Streets to accommodate 2,000 revelers, dancing in the street.
Delicious French food and drinks, including beer & wine will be available for sale from Beehive, Bistro du Midi, Brasserie JO, Mantra, Petit Robert Bistro, Sandrine’s, Sel de la Terre, the Waffle Cabin, Perrier and Stella Artois.
The French Cultural Center Bastille Day will be a party in true French style with live music and dancing in celebration of freedom, community, cultural diversity, and the friendship between nations.
About Caravan Palace
photo credit: Myqua
With their “Zazou” look (inspired by Parisian paleo-punks from the 1940s), and their craze for swing, gypsy-style jazz and electro, Caravan Palace offers an improbable futuristic and melodious Charleston fit for the dance floor. Their completely fresh take on classic manouche jazz has left the veterans of the scene speechless, and their sweet’n’saucy lyrics and frenzied scat have won over a growing horde of fans beyond the frontiers.
Caravan Palace's new video "Suzy"
About Tabou Combo
The “Ambassadors of Konpa (con-pah), Haiti's national dance music, the high energy Tabou Combo serves a hot mix of grooves and textures with roots from around the world, among which meringue, rara (Haiti's dance-till-you-drop carnival music), funk, and soukous. Singing in French, English, Spanish, or their native Creole, Tabou knows no language barrier.
Tabou Combo's new single "Independence Cha-Cha"
www.taboucombo.com
About Bastille Day
Bastille Day, France's national holiday, is celebrated on July 14th, commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison on that day in 1789. The holiday celebrates the people's uprising against the monarchy and espouses the three pillars of the French republic: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.
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