Paris can wait, because you’ve got a date with some of your favorite Cantabrigians on Sunday, July 14th for a Bastille Day celebration at The Charles Hotel. The lower courtyard is going to be all decked out from 4:00 to 9:00pm with an open-air pastry market, including tents from French-inspired bakeries and bakers like PRB Boulangerie, La Saison, and Noir who will compete for the honor of best éclair. There’ll be family games like boateng and pétanque, live traditional French accordion music, and you can’t miss the Course des Cafés, a waiter race that’s been a tradition for 110 years. If you get your fill of pastries you can cool down with a sip of Campari at One Reason Garden Bar, and be sure to raise your glass to a joyeux quatorze juillet, which is celebrated in France to commemorate the storming of the Bastille in 1789. Check out the full schedule below and snag some free tickets here.
Bastille Day Schedule
4:00 to 6:00pm – Traditionell Musette, Traditional French Accordion Music
4:00 to 8:00pm – Le Marché de La Pâtisserie, French Pastry Chef’s Market
4:30pm – Course des Cafés, a 110-year-old tradition waiter race – Cambridge style
5:30pm – Concours du meilleur éclair au chocolat du Grand Boston, Local Bakeries compete for the best Chocolate Éclair
7:00 to 9:00pm – Dancing! French DJ JMC
Check out all the fabulous ways to celebrate French independence.
