Press Release: Bastille Day Party, July 15, 2016
Contact: Erin Baker
[email protected] 617.912.0400 ext. 423
Bastille Day returns to Marlborough StreetIconic street festival with food, drinks and dancingFriday, July 15, 6:00 PM 11:00 PM Gates at 6:00 PM. Music ends at 10:00 PM.
on Marlborough Street, Boston (between Berkeley and Clarendon)
TicketsIn advance: $28 At the door: $35 (if available)Event sold out in advance last year.
Free for children under 10
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Boston, MA–The French Cultural Center's signature Bastille Day Party returns to
Marlborough Street on Friday, July 15 and will transport guests to Paris with authenticmusic, food, drinks and atmosphere. Bastille Day, France's national holiday,
commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison during the French Revolution of 1789.
After a soldout event in 2014 and 2015, this year's festival is not to be missed. The line
up, programmed by World Music/CRASHarts, showcases two phenomenal Francophone
acts: Ginkgoa, a blend of vintage Paris chic and New York cool with swinging electrobeats and Emeline Michel, an internationally acclaimed Haitian songstress fusing pop,jazz, blues and traditional 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. DeliciousFrench food from standout French restaurants in New England and drinks,including beer and wine, will be available for sale. There will also be an activitycorner for children until 8:00 PM. This party in true French style with live music and
dancing celebrates community, cultural diversity, and friendship between nations.
This is a popular event and tickets sell quickly! This is a rain or shine event. Tickets are
nonrefundable. Strollers and backpacks are not allowed.
About the Bands
GinkgoaGinkgoa is made up of Nicolle Rochelle
(American singer, author and dancer)
and Antoine Chatenet (French
composer and producer), drummer
Grégory D’Addario, bassist Anne
Colombe Martin and
clarinetist/keyboardist Corentin Giniaux.
They compose French songs with an
American vibe, and American songs
with a French touch where time periods
would cross and inspirations would
collide: catchy melody from Pop Music,
to the Swing of old New York with a mix of electro dance floor beats. They only have one
idea in mind: to make generations of people dance, sway, and sing along to melodies
that stay in your head. Officially discovered in the wellknown French festival Les
Francofolies where they won for “Favorite Group” of the festival, Ginkgoa went on to play
approximately 200 dates in France, USA, China, Germany, Switzerland, NewCaledonia
and Italy, being offered numerous additional awards along the way.
After signing with Sony /ATV Publishing in the beginning of 2012, their first single “From
New York to Paris” became the anthem of the perfume company ROCHAS for the
European campaign of the brand. Ginkgoa is presently preparing their first album with a
release planned for 2016.
Emeline MichelVocalist, songwriter, and performer
Emeline Michel is internationally
acclaimed for fusing blues, and
traditional Haitian rhythms to create
deeply moving and joyful music,
delivered with a charismatic live show. A
master entertainer, Michel has been
sharing her message with audiences
across Europe and the Americas for
more than 20 years, including
appearances at New York’s Carnegie
Hall, The United Nations, Ontario’s
Luminato Festival, Montreal International Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz Fest,
Tasmania’s Ten Days On The Island, Zimbabwe’s Harare International Arts Festival, and
on MTV’s Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief fundraiser.
Hailed by the New York Times as a “diplomat of music” and “the dancing ambassador
with a voice serene and warm like the breeze,” Michel first began singing with the gospel
choir in the church of Gonaïves, Haiti. She later studied at the Detroit Jazz Center and
returned to Haiti, where her career blossomed. Now based in New York City, she runs
her own production company, Production Cheval de Feu, and is currently touring in
support of her longawaited 10th album Quintessence. A remarkable blend of spirited
songs, the album captures the reverence and gratitude for the present moment and
showcases Michel’s virtuoso vocal, singing in Creole, French and English, with finger
picked guitars, soulful backing vocals, a children’s choir, Haitian percussion, lush strings,
playful trumpet and accordion lines.
About Bastille Day
Bastille Day, France's national holiday, is celebrated on July 14th, commemorating the
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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.
About the French Cultural Center
The French Cultural Center is a nonprofit organization that brings French language and
Francophone cultures to New England residents through lectures, exhibits, concerts,
social events and language courses. Its private French library is the largest one of its
kind in New England, housing a collection of more than 28,000 items, including books,
magazines, DVDs, CDs, and electronic and educational resources. The Center is also
home to the Alliance Française of Boston and Cambridge. As a member of the Alliance
Française network, the Center offers French courses for all ages and levels, taught by
native Frenchspeaking faculty.
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