Bastille Day Festival at Jamison Square Park

Jamison Square Park
Saturday, July 11, 2009
12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public

French wine, cuisine, art and sport; Portland Waiters Race, pétanque exhibitions and French music provided by Carol Rossio, Eric John Kaiser and more

The Portland Bastille Day Committee will present the 7th Annual Bastille Day Festival at Jamison Square Park on Saturday, July 11 from 12:00 noon to 8 p.m. The event is free, open to the public and for people of all ages. Bastille Day festivals - held in cities all around the world - celebrate the storming of the Bastille Prison on July 14, 1789, an event which is recognized as the start of the French Revolution. The 2008 event in Portland was among the largest such festivals on the West Coast, with close to 6,000 visitors, and was filmed by PBS for a documentary that was shown nationally on TV. This year's festival will feature a variety of vendors and organizations offering French wine, cuisine, music, art and sport.