Bastille Day Events In and Around Greenwich

Remember the French this weekend as they celebrate Bastille Day.  Although Bastille Day is officially on July 14, many establishments are celebrating earlier starting this weekend.  On Saturday, visit the French outdoor market in Stamford with all the fresh offerings to make a lovely meal à la française. On Sunday, there are two venues near Greenwich, one in Fairfield, and the other in Southbury (New Haven County), as well as NYC to choose from (see below). Greenwich will officially honor Bastille Day on Tuesday, July 14th, at Town Hall with Peter Tesei, First Selectman and Chantal Chauvin, Consule Générale Adjointe in New York attending.

French Farmer’s Market
Saturdays until October 31, 2009
10am-2pm
Bedford Street at Forest
Stamford
203.348.5285
Admission: Free
Come celebrate the French farmer’s market with exciting new vendors offering the freshest fruits, vegetables and flowers, baked goodies and more. Straight from the farm right to your home.
For more information: http://www.stamford-downtown.com/
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Celebrate  Bastille Day at the
10th Annual Fairfield French Festival
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Sanford Street
Fairfield CT
from 12:00 noon to late afternoon
Admission: Free
Live Music
Pétanque Tournament… A French Game similar of Bocce
and Much more….
Restaurant Row
Blue Lemon of Westport
Café Lola and
Saint Tropez Bistro Français of Fairfield
Children’s Activities
Temporary Tattoo, Face Painting…
Vendors and Displays
Kùl Shùz
Pink Cloud, Guliani, Encore Man.
Swim’n Surf, Lettre de France…
Live Music by
www.majesticEE.com
Saint Tropez Restaurant will be open at 12 noon serving a prix fix lunch menu until 4 p.m. and their regular dinner menu from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 203.254.8094 email: sttropezbistro@optonline.net or visit http://www.saint-tropez-bistro.com/
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La Fête du Quatorze Juillet
Sunday, July 12, 2009
5:00pm-8:30pm

Francophones et Francophiles, bring familyand friends to Cornucopia at Oldfield 782 Main Street North Southbury, CT.   Have a picnic on the terrace and take part in this eventful celebration.  Play pétanque, croquet and badminton, listen to French music and watch the fireworks.
Cornucopia Bed and Breakfast is in Southbury’s Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and has been published in various works, including Wallace Nutting’s “Connecticut Beautiful.” 
Members: $25, couples: $45,  non-members: $30,  couples: $55, children: 10 years and under free.
For more information contact:  203.263.4096 or afnwct@snet.net or visit: http://www.cornucopiabnb.com/
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Bastille Day on 60th Street
New York City
Sunday, July 12, 2009
From 12 to 6pm
between Lexington and Fifth Avenues
For more information please email: comitedu14juillet@fiaf.org
or go on: http://www.bastilledaynyc.com/Index.htm
60th Street from Fifth to Lexington Avenues
Presented by
le Comité du 14 juillet
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Bastille Day in Greenwich
Greenwich, CT
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Greenwich Town Hall
101 Field Point Road

With Mme Chantal Chauvin, Consule Générale Adjointe in New York and Mr. Peter J. Tesei, First Selectman, Town of Greenwich.

You are invited to the raising of the French flag in front of Greenwich Town Hall. Everyone present at the flag raising ceremony is invited to Meli-Melo for a “French Breakfast”, accompanied by  “Viennoiseries”  from Versailles Restaurant in honor of Maurice Clos Versailles, a friend and long standing supporter of the Alliance Francaise of Greenwich.

Special Menu from Méli-Mélo and Jean-Louis in Greenwich