La Grande Fête
The party atmosphere ‘French style’ comes to Borough Market and Tate Modern environs 5.30pm - 11.30pm Live music, Bal DJ, street entertainment, outdoor eating, drinking, dancing and singing and traditional finale.
Party Locations:
1.The Green Market of Borough Market
2.By Southwark Cathedral- Terrace of La Cave Restaurant and Bar.
3.By Southwark Cathedral and the Market- Terraces of Café Brood and Guildable Manor
4.By Borough Market- Stoney St
5.Behind Tate Modern- Canvey St and Bankside Mix
Joie de Vivre
Dress in the spirit of the day at the bals populaire. (222 years of high fashion and low-life to inspire you). Best attired as judged by our mystery celebrity guest wins a deluxe meal for two at La Cave Restaurant. Glass of Champagne, 3 course meal and bottle of wine.
Tour de France Tour de Bankside
Adventurous? Take a leisurely cycle on the hop-on, hop-off 8-person Pedibus circuit around the party locations from Stoney St to Bankside Mix.
Party Locations:
1.The Green Market of Borough Market
2.By Southwark Cathedral- Terrace of La Cave Restaurant and Bar.
3.By Southwark Cathedral and the Market- Terraces of Café Brood and Guildable Manor
4.By Borough Market- Stoney St
5.Behind Tate Modern- Canvey St and Bankside Mix
Joie de Vivre
Dress in the spirit of the day at the bals populaire. (222 years of high fashion and low-life to inspire you). Best attired as judged by our mystery celebrity guest wins a deluxe meal for two at La Cave Restaurant. Glass of Champagne, 3 course meal and bottle of wine.
Tour de France Tour de Bankside
Adventurous? Take a leisurely cycle on the hop-on, hop-off 8-person Pedibus circuit around the party locations from Stoney St to Bankside Mix.
1. The Green Market at Borough Market
Bal Populaire, Bal Extraordinaire
Live traditional bal-musette, Parisian style swing manouche with Kings Cross Hot Club, blues/electro/pop from Cyrz, aficionado DJ Andrew Fletcher with popular 30’s/40’s vintage recordings and the festival's favourite Rock, 60’s Pop, Marseilles mixes and North African Rai guarantee a bal to remember.
Borough Market's French food stalls -patisseries, fromages & saucissons, grower champagnes (14th July exclusive)- Baxter's crêpes and coffee and the Globe pub will provide sustenance to keep party-goers partying.
Join in rousing renditions of La Marseillaise with The Nightingales, model for artists, try feather frivolities with Fabulous Fascinators, faites vos jeux at the Roulette table or face the wheel of fate at the Guillotine.
For seated dining enjoy the fish menu on the terrace of Fish! Restaurant in the market or Mediterranean platters at close by Bedales but come back to party!
Live traditional bal-musette, Parisian style swing manouche with Kings Cross Hot Club, blues/electro/pop from Cyrz, aficionado DJ Andrew Fletcher with popular 30’s/40’s vintage recordings and the festival's favourite Rock, 60’s Pop, Marseilles mixes and North African Rai guarantee a bal to remember.
Borough Market's French food stalls -patisseries, fromages & saucissons, grower champagnes (14th July exclusive)- Baxter's crêpes and coffee and the Globe pub will provide sustenance to keep party-goers partying.
Join in rousing renditions of La Marseillaise with The Nightingales, model for artists, try feather frivolities with Fabulous Fascinators, faites vos jeux at the Roulette table or face the wheel of fate at the Guillotine.
For seated dining enjoy the fish menu on the terrace of Fish! Restaurant in the market or Mediterranean platters at close by Bedales but come back to party!
2. La Cave Restaurant and Bar
Bank Chambers, Montague Place
La Guinguette
La Cave- an authentic French Restaurant/Wine bar and home of Bankside Bastille Day, will host live, traditional accordion street music with Dan Teper, 30’s and 40’s Gypsy/Swing/Jazz à la Django Reinhardt with Le QuecumBar Allstars and popular 50’s chansons with La Môme Piaf.
A la carte dining, classic French fayre -charcuterie and fromage platters and outdoor bar will be available. La Cave
La Guinguette
La Cave- an authentic French Restaurant/Wine bar and home of Bankside Bastille Day, will host live, traditional accordion street music with Dan Teper, 30’s and 40’s Gypsy/Swing/Jazz à la Django Reinhardt with Le QuecumBar Allstars and popular 50’s chansons with La Môme Piaf.
A la carte dining, classic French fayre -charcuterie and fromage platters and outdoor bar will be available. La Cave
3. Cafe Brood and Guildable Manor
Green Dragon Court
et la petite Guinguette
While promenading musicians and artistes entertain on the terraces, party-goers can indulge in summer drinks and French and Mediterranean food -from Paella to grilled meats. Delectable sweet treats from French Made and finest French Absinthe sampling with La Maison Fontaine will induce yet more joie de vivre. Cafe Brood Guildable Manor
et la petite Guinguette
While promenading musicians and artistes entertain on the terraces, party-goers can indulge in summer drinks and French and Mediterranean food -from Paella to grilled meats. Delectable sweet treats from French Made and finest French Absinthe sampling with La Maison Fontaine will induce yet more joie de vivre. Cafe Brood Guildable Manor
4. Stoney St
Gai Paris, Bon Appétit
Promenading musicians will entertain around the locale while visitors can indulge in French fayre and more at the eateries and bars lining the street -many with open fronts and outdoor areas:
Duck Confit Rillettes sandwiches at the Marche du Quartier stall, Toulouse Sausages at the Market Porter’s Street-side grill, Huîtres, Moules and champagne at the Oyster Bar, steak frites at Black & Blue, a European menu at Brew Wharf and fillet de boeuf en croûte at Roast.
Live renditions of well-known chansons from Piaf to Brel with Nathalie Carrington accompanied by accordéoniste Barnaby Southgate will serenade customers at Wine Wharf while enjoying French platters and wine. Catch this charismatic chanteuse on tour in the locale.
Promenading musicians will entertain around the locale while visitors can indulge in French fayre and more at the eateries and bars lining the street -many with open fronts and outdoor areas:
Duck Confit Rillettes sandwiches at the Marche du Quartier stall, Toulouse Sausages at the Market Porter’s Street-side grill, Huîtres, Moules and champagne at the Oyster Bar, steak frites at Black & Blue, a European menu at Brew Wharf and fillet de boeuf en croûte at Roast.
Live renditions of well-known chansons from Piaf to Brel with Nathalie Carrington accompanied by accordéoniste Barnaby Southgate will serenade customers at Wine Wharf while enjoying French platters and wine. Catch this charismatic chanteuse on tour in the locale.
5. Bankside Mix (behind Tate Modern)
Le Course des Garçons de Café, Musique Fantstique et Bon Vivants
As a prelude to the fun of Bankside’s First traditional 14th July Waiters’ Race (5.30} enjoy a Bastille Day banana bonanza with Crussh's Smoothie sampling. Quatorze Julliet festivities will kick off when the Waiters' Race winner's champagne cork pops, courtesy of Laithwaites Wine
Fleur de Paris will evoke the boulevards, cafes and night clubs of Paris with 30’s- 50’s classic chansons and jazz in Canvey St. walk-way where visitors can enjoy global indoor and terrace eating and drinking (including North African and eastern Mediterranean, Japanese, Spanish and Italian menus), sample risqué Jade Absinthe, be sketched by artists and entertained by promenading performers.
As a prelude to the fun of Bankside’s First traditional 14th July Waiters’ Race (5.30} enjoy a Bastille Day banana bonanza with Crussh's Smoothie sampling. Quatorze Julliet festivities will kick off when the Waiters' Race winner's champagne cork pops, courtesy of Laithwaites Wine
Fleur de Paris will evoke the boulevards, cafes and night clubs of Paris with 30’s- 50’s classic chansons and jazz in Canvey St. walk-way where visitors can enjoy global indoor and terrace eating and drinking (including North African and eastern Mediterranean, Japanese, Spanish and Italian menus), sample risqué Jade Absinthe, be sketched by artists and entertained by promenading performers.
