Bastille Day French Festival Melbourne

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The Bastille Day French Festival is an annual free event that draws together Melburnians and the French community of Victoria to celebrate the French National Day, along with French culture, traditions, and the France of tomorrow. Join us at the 2022 Bastille Day French Festival, 16 & 17 July, as we bring the joie de vivre and best French food stalls to the heart of Melbourne.

Do you miss the Festival?We do!As we reflect on our Bastille Day celebrations, we want to thank Emma from .mate who MC'd...
20/08/2026

Do you miss the Festival?
We do!

As we reflect on our Bastille Day celebrations, we want to thank Emma from .mate who MC'd our opening ceremony, alongside officials and our Consule Paule Ignatio, followed by a speech by our president Adrien.
A great way to open the first day of the festival surrounded by our biggest supporters.
Thank you for bringing so much energy, smile, and French charm to our stage. Merci beaucoup!

Do you miss the Festival?We do!As we reflect on our Bastille Day celebrations, we want to thank Emma from .mate who MC'd...
20/08/2026

Do you miss the Festival?
We do!

As we reflect on our Bastille Day celebrations, we want to thank Emma from .mate who MC'd our opening ceremony, alongside officials and our Consule Paule Ignatio, followed by a speech by our president Adrien.
A great way to open the first day of the festival surrounded by our biggest supporters.

Thank you for bringing so much energy, smile, and French charm to our stage. Merci beaucoup!

We hope you had the pleasure of meeting some of these super ladies from at Bastille Day! The Alliance has been a very c...
02/08/2026

We hope you had the pleasure of meeting some of these super ladies from at Bastille Day!

The Alliance has been a very close partner (and friend) of the Festival for a very long time, each year they play an important role as a sponsor and also as stallholder, giving you all the opportunity to discover Melbourne's oldest French cultural and language organisation ! (Yes they have been founded in 1890!)

The Alliance Française de Melbourne encourages and promotes active, open connections between people in Victoria and French language and culture. It provides the means by which people can learn the French language and become engaged in the many different aspects of French cultures. It provides the opportunity for curious minds to come together in an apolitical, non-religious and welcoming environment.

Thank you all for being a partner of the Festival once again this year!

Did enjoy the drinks at Bastille's Day bar?From the amazing to the French beer La Parisienne Blonde Pale Ale or the de...
30/07/2026

Did enjoy the drinks at Bastille's Day bar?
From the amazing to the French beer La Parisienne Blonde Pale Ale or the delightful Chateau Rouquets Cab Sauv, we thank our long time friend and supporter, Jean-Paul from Unwined for his support and also sharing his incredible knowledge with you all!

Jean-Paul's wine savoir faire is beyond compare and he will know exactly how to guide you to select the best wine for your next house party or simply to enjoy at home after a hard day of work!

Merci Jean-Paul!

Photos by Maud Drouet


Wine | French wine | bordeaux | champagne | melbourne

Did you catch these superstars at Bastille Day?! A resident of New Caledonia for over 18 years, Ka-Meï collaborated with...
16/07/2026

Did you catch these superstars at Bastille Day?!

A resident of New Caledonia for over 18 years, Ka-Meï collaborated with local musician Marco Puluiuvea to form several bands, including Marco’s Band, One More Time, and Comme un Accord. Their work blends pop, rock, blues, and jazz with traditional Polynesian songs.

As a songwriter, composer, and member of SACENC since 2018, Ka-Meï performs in French, English, Spanish, Italian, Tahitian, and Wallisian. Her diverse style bridges the richness of classical music with the energy of rock and the warmth of Pacific sounds.

Her international performance history includes appearances in New Zealand (2019) and the Bastille Festival in Sydney (2025). Most recently, on March 14 and 15, 2026, she represented New Caledonia at the Pasifika Festival in Auckland, celebrating the musical diversity of Oceania.

Did you get a chance to sit down, relax and people watch with a coffee? This Bastille Day, we made sure you got the real...
16/07/2026

Did you get a chance to sit down, relax and people watch with a coffee? This Bastille Day, we made sure you got the real French experience. Having a sit down coffee with a friend really is an excuse to watch people go by!

We are very thankful to our amazing sponsor for setting up a true French cafe corner, with authentic bistro chairs. Coffee cart by making sure everyone got their Aussie fix!!

Photos 1,3,5, 6 by Maud Drouet



And that is a wrap! Bastille Day French festival is officially ending as we held our last event last night at in partne...
14/07/2026

And that is a wrap! Bastille Day French festival is officially ending as we held our last event last night at in partnership with FACET, sponsored by

The conversations talked on France's long-standing expertise in energy transition and innovation, and Australia's leadership in clean energy deployment. We explored how electrification can deliver real and immediate benefits, addressing both the costs and challenges of transitioning (infrastructure, upfront investments, skills), and the broader co-benefits.

Thanks to all our speakers:
Andrea Bernard (Managing Director, Retail of ENGIE)
Mike Masters (A/g Branch Manager, First Nations and Clean Energy Facilitation at Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water)
Lotte Wolff (Executive Manager, Advocacy and Policy at Energy Consumers Australia)

And opening credits to:
Germain Briand (Board Member at People for Nature) .org.au
Iris Bua (Power & Grid Segment Director of Schneider Electric) Schneider Electric
Alan Duffy (Pro Vice-Chancellor of Flagship Initiatives at Swinburne University of Technology)
Paule Ignatio (Consul general of France in Melbourne at Consulate General of France in Melbourne)

Closing by:
Elmira Jamei (Associate Professor at Victoria University)

Photos by Claire Ropatz

We hope you had as much fun as these ladies did! They sure know how to move and entertain 💃If you want to continue the B...
14/07/2026

We hope you had as much fun as these ladies did! They sure know how to move and entertain 💃

If you want to continue the Bastille Day magic, come to for a talk on sustainability and future-forwards technologies. Register via the events on our website.

Happy Bastille Day from all of us !! What a weekend that was, thank you all for coming and celebrating the French nation...
14/07/2026

Happy Bastille Day from all of us !! What a weekend that was, thank you all for coming and celebrating the French national day with us 🇫🇷

The Bastille Day team is very proud to have hosted such a well loved event for the community, French or not, we loved to see you all taste a slice of France!

Our committee members with Sabrina, Antoine, Bopha, Laura, Josephine, Adrien
We’re missing a lot of our committee members on this photo! Nick, Myriam, Vinh, Cat, Caley, Anne Fleur and Anissa



Cancan dancers by our Eiffel Tower 🇫🇷

The sweet treats of 🍫

Delicious smoked tomatoes by

And the perfect French souvenirs by 🇫🇷

Can you be more Parisian? 😑Safe to say we have found our 2026 mascot 🏆What a cutie !!! We love it when animals get into ...
12/07/2026

Can you be more Parisian? 😑
Safe to say we have found our 2026 mascot 🏆

What a cutie !!! We love it when animals get into the 🇫🇷 mood…. All with an attitude 💅🏻

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