Market Soiree
Bienvenue à La Fête Nationale au Marché!
A celebration of French culture over two days on Friday 14 July and Saturday 15 July, our Bastille Day celebrations will have something for everyone. Highlights include FREE live music, a macaron cooking demonstration, free cupcake decorating for kids, a crepe pop up stall, champagne bar, guided tours, a paint ‘n’ sip class and more!
PROGRAM:
FRIDAY 14 JULY
All day – Pop-up Crepe bar and Champagne Bar ‘Impromptu’ by The French Wine Centre
9:30AM – 11:30AM – Live Music: Adelaide Strings Duo
9:30AM – 12:00PM – Free cupcake decorating for kids
10:00AM – 12:00PM – Marie Lanternette (roving entertainment)
11:30AM – 1:00PM – Live music with Louise Blackwell & The French Set
11:30AM – 1:30PM – Live music with Sounds Continental
5:00PM – 7:00PM – Live music with Melange A Trois
6:00PM – 7:00PM – Free Macarons cooking demonstration with Le Cordon Bleu
6:00PM – 8:00PM – Live music with Pamplemousse
SATURDAY 15 JULY
All day – Pop-up Crepe bar and Champagne Bar ‘Impromptu’ by The French Wine Centre
9:30AM – 12:00PM – Free face painting
9:00AM – 11:00AM – Live music with Adelaide Strings Duo
10:00AM – 11:00AM – Free Flaming Camembert cooking demonstration with Valerie Henbest of the Smelly Cheese Co.
11:00AM – 1:00PM – Live music with Melange A Trois
11:00AM – 1:00PM – Live music with Louise Blackwell & The French Set
11:00AM – 1:00PM – Live music with Sounds Continental
6:00PM – 9:00AM – Cheese After Dark with the Smelly Cheese Co. (sold out)
TICKETED EVENTS:
Le tour du Marché : The French Market Tour (SOLD OUT)
Vive La France… Discover the Market, French style!
Join this walking tour of the Market with your French speaking tour guide and Fringe performer Arnaud Bénassy. You’ll learn a bit of Française, learn how to sing La Marseillaise, discover interesting facts about Bastille Day and taste some of the Market’s most authentic French fromage, charcuterie and patisserie. Starting with a délicieux glass of champagne from the French Wine Centre’s pop-up ‘Impromptu’ this fun tour will take you for a chat and tastings at French institutions the Smelly Cheese Co. and Les Deux Coqs.
$25 includes glass of French champagne (plus booking fee, bookings essential)
Friday 14 July: 4:30pm – 5:30pm, 6:00pm – 7:00pm and 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Saturday 15 July: 9:30am – 10:30am and 11:00am – 12:00pm
Meet at The Market Stall (near Haigh’s – Gouger Street end)
Book here
Monet inspired Paint ‘n’ Sip class
Be inspired by French painter and artist Claude Monet as you paint ‘n’ sip the night away!
Enjoy a délicieux glass of French champagne by the French Wine Centre as you immerse yourself in an unforgettable art experience. This paint ‘n’ sip class offers the opportunity to explore your creativity and unleash your inner artist. Create your own inspired Monet masterpiece, quality canvas and acrylic paints, as our teachers step you through traditional techniques, paint application, blending and pattern.
Come, sip and paint the French way. Très magnifique!
$60 includes glass of French champagne (plus booking fee, bookings essential)
Friday 14 July 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Meet at the Eastern Roadway (near Central Market Flowers and Angelakis Bros. Seafood)
Book here
Cheese After Dark by the Smelly Cheese Co.
To complete the two-day celebrations, The Smelly Cheese Co will host a very special Cheese After Dark on Saturday 15 July. Tickets available here. (SOLD OUT)
Come along for some French fare, fun and festivities and celebrate Bastille Day at the Adelaide Central Market.
Find the full program here.
In 2018 we surprised guests with a surprise performance of Les Miserables by the State Opera. Click here to view the video. What’s in store this year? Come along to find out!