Bastille Day Plus Artwalk This Saturday

Alliance Française de Lafayette and the Lafayette Farmers and Artisans Market at the Horse Farm will team up to host a Bastille Day Celebration at the Market from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. Bastille Day is the French national holiday that commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille.

Here’s the schedule:

* 8:00 a.m. – Market opens. Alliance Française de Lafayette welcomes French-speakers of all levels to join a French circle at their information booth.
* 9:00-11:00 a.m. – Cajun Jam led by Terry Huval, the Huval-Fuselier Trio, and others. All are welcome to join in!
* 10:00 a.m. – Gallery Acadie hosts a cooking demonstration featuring two dishes from the Brittany region of France, Galettes and Kouign Amann.
* 11:00 a.m.- Members of the local Pétanque Club will offer lessons and demonstrate the French sport of Pétanque.

Get more info here.

Finish off the evening with 2nd Saturday ArtWalk Downtown

July 11th  – 6pm-9pm

See the Art – Buy the Art during the 2^nd Saturday ArtWalk & Student Arts Expo! Explore the Downtown Lafayette Cultural District as art galleries display works by the best of local and regional artists. Downtown comes alive with more than a dozen galleries, museums restaurants and shops offering live music, food, drink and of course, art for purchase, brought to you by Downtown Lafayette.

Browse Arts & Fleas at Parc de Lafayette and meet local vendors!

Enjoy live music by Three37 Band at Parc de Lafayette

Take a stroll around Downtown to enjoy the local culture through fascinating exhibits full of history, expression and talent from art collections to original paintings, jewelry, glasswork and textiles. In addition to the expo and galleries, businesses in the district showing works for ArtWalk include The Acadiana Center for the Arts, Artmosphere, Ballet Academie, Benoit Gallery, Bizarre Ink, Cajun Spice, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Chase Tower, Creations by Fire, Francis Pavy Studio, The Lafayette Public Library, Galerie Touchet, Gallery 333, Galery 549, Gallery R, The Greenroom Kelli Kaufman Studio and Gallery, Lounge Gallery, Mon Reve, Parish Ink, Sans Souci Gallery, SOLA Violins, Svendson Studio, The Vertical Barre, Whoojoo Stained Glass, and Zoom Photo Studio.  Rukus, Frederick’s Hair Studio.

Also, don’t forget your discount on all art sold in the Downtown Lafayette Cultural District – original works are exempt from all sales tax!