Charles Koh
Madison Valley will host their second annual “Bastille Bash” on Saturday, July 13 from 3-8 p.m. Festivities will take place up and down East Madison Street from 27th to 30th Avenues. Guests will enjoy Bastille Day celebrations, indulge in French inspired food from Madison Valley restaurants, taste sips from Northwest wineries, breweries and distilleries, be entertained by live music, street performers and live chef and gardening demos, and kids activities, all presented by Madison Valley businesses.
Tickets: The event is free to attend and tickets for food and beverages are on sale now at http://bastillebash.com Food is priced at $2.50, $5.00, $7.50 per bite and tickets can be purchased in $10 increments. The Wine Passport includes tastings of wine, beer and spirits from each of the purveyors for $20 per person, including your own wine glass. Tickets will also be sold at the event but pre-sales are encouraged to ensure that guests secure their wine tasting glass.
Beneficiary: Proceeds from Bastille Bash support the Children’s Response Center www.childrensresponsecenter.org
Chef + Garden Demo Line Up:
3:15-3:45 – Chef Cormac Mahoney, Madison Park Conservatory
3:45-4:30 – Growing French Herbs, by City People’s workshop leader Richard Greenberg
4:30-5 – Chef Jim Drohman, Le Pichet and Café Presse
5-5:45 – Creating a French Garden, by City People’s workshop leader Richard Greenberg
5:45-6:15 – Chef Jason Wilson, Crush
6:15-6:45 – Cedar Grove gardening and composting demonstration
6:45-7:15 – Chef John Platt, St. Cloud
Main Stage Entertainment Line Up:
2:30-3:30: Vin Voleur performs (band)
4:00-5:00: Heavenly Spies, Tori & Jonny, Tribellas perform (three separate dance acts)
5:00-6:00: Nu Klezmer Army performs (band)
6:00-7:00: Heavenly Spies, The Shanghai Pearl, Tribellas (three separate dance acts)
7:00-8:00: Jasmine Sage performs (band)
Street Entertainers:
Jugglers
Stilt walkers
Marie Antoinette impersonator
Accordion player
Plein Air Paintres (live painting)
Bastille Bash food partners:
Bing’s
Cafe Flora
Crush
Dry Soda
El Portal Coffee Roasters
Essential Baking
Harbor Point Coffee
Harvest Vine
Ines Patisserie
Jae’s Asian Bistro & Sushi
Luc
Northwest Catering
Pagliacci
Remedy Tea
Rover’s
Seattle Salads
The Spoon Project
Voila! Bistrot
Wineries:
Balboa Winery
Beresan Winery
Facelli Winery
Forgeron Cellars
Hestia Cellars
Kiona Vineyards & Winery
OS Winery
Patterson Cellars
Pomum Cellars
Swiftwater Cellars
Walla Walla Vintners
William Church Winery
Breweries:
Fremont Brewing
Mac & Jack’s Brewery
Ninkasi Brewing
Distilleries:
BroVo Spirits
Sidetrack Distillery
Kids:
Thrive Art School – French inspired art workshops. Ages 5-9; $45. Register in advance on their website.
Genius, A Baby Academy – Free French themed activities for parents and kids.
