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Purchase Bastille Bash Tickets Online by Jul. 10! 07.09.14
Madison Valley’s third annual Bastille Bash is this Saturday, July 12 from 3-8 p.m.! The French-inspired celebration is expected to sell out so beat the lines this weekend by purchasing your tickets early. Food tickets and wine passports are available for purchase online until 12 p.m., Thursday, July 10. After that they will be available for purchase on July 12 at Bastille Bash.
Food tickets are sold in packages of four for $10. Each restaurant offers various menu items for one, two, or three tickets. One wine passport, priced at $20, entitles you to 10 tastings of wine, beer, or spirits. Bottles of wine will be for sale to take home and all proceeds benefit Art With Heart.
Wine and dine all along East Madison Street as local restaurants, wineries, distilleries, and breweries serve Parisian-inspired bites and refreshments. Here’s a sampling of what to expect:
Restaurants & Food:
Ascona Chocolate – Handmade chocolates
Bar Cantinetta – Meatballs, pecorino, fettunta
Belle Epicurean – Macarons, beet salad.
Cafe Flora – French brie and fresh tomato on baguette; Local berry bowls with fresh whipped cream.
Crush – Bites from Chef Jason Wilson
Harbour Pointe Coffeehouse – Shakerado (iced coffee drink); Cookies (shortbread or chocolate chip).
Harvest Vine – Paella.
Luc – Pork sausage, white beans, pickled vegetables.
Queen Bee – Crumpets with French brie and honey poached Rainier cherries; Duck confit, whole grain mustard and rosemary aioli.
Seattle Salads – Coconut Oil Popcorn: garlic or curry; Mini Salad Shakers in 3 varieties: Salade Nicoise, Lime Peanut Salad, Strawberry Mint Salad
Simply Soulful – Iced tea/sweet tea; Sliders; Gumbo.
Chef Thierry’s Dessert Booth – Yogurt bavarois, strawberries, blueberries, struesel.
Cool down with sips from some of Washington’s best wineries, breweries, and distilleries.
Wineries:
Boisset Family Estates
Forgeron Cellars
Garagiste Wine
Mark Ryan Winery
Pomum Cellars
Smasne Cellars
Swiftwater Cellars
Woodhouse Wine Estates
Zero One Vintners
Distilleries:
Sidetrack Distillery
Brovo Spirits
Sodo Spirits
Breweries:
Elysian Brewing
Ninkasi Brewing
Guests will also enjoy live French music and entertainment, street performers, kids activities, and more. Come by this Saturday to celebrate everything French in the name of the revolution!
For more information about the event including maps, entertainment schedules, vendors, and more details, visit the Bastille Bash website. Follow Bastille Bash on Facebook for the latest updates.
Proceeds from the event directly benefit the Detlef Schrempf Foundation and Art With Heart. The Detleft Schrempf Foundation supports organizations that provide assistance to children and families of the Northwest. Art with Heart is on a mission to help children overcome trauma through creative expression.TAGS: Bastille Bash, Bastille Day Seattle, beer, breweries, dance, distilleries, Entertainment, food, Francophiles, French, French-inspired, Kids, live music, Madison Valley, Restaurants, Seattle Bastille Day, street performers, Wine, wineries
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The 3rd Annual Bastille Bash is June 12! 07.02.14
Bonjour! The storming of the Bastille is approaching–the storming of the “Bastille Bash” that is! Madison Valley will host their third annual “Bastille Bash” up and down East Madison Street, Saturday, July 12th from 3-8 p.m. Stop by to enjoy copious amounts of French flair provided by Madison Valley restaurants, bars, shops and more.
Come prepared to bon appétit! Indulge in French inspired cuisine by local favorites Voila and Luc, or take a bite out of Seattle’s “Best Macaron” by beloved Parisian patisserie, Belle Epicurean. Over a dozen Madison Valley restaurants will be participating in the bash, offering enticing sweet and savory bites inspired by French cuisine.
Although Madison Street may be far from the rolling vineyards of Bordeaux, that doesn’t mean we can’t all enjoy a glass of wine in the name of the revolution! Take a sip from some of Washington’s best local wineries, breweries, and distilleries, and stroll down Madison colorfully decked out in red, white, and blue. Oui oui!
Guest will also enjoy live entertainment and music throughout the bash, which includes burlesque dancers, street performers, stilt walkers, accordion players and more.
For more information about the event including maps, entertainment schedules, and highlights, visit the Bastille Bash website, and follow them on Facebook for the latest updates.
Tickets:
The event is free to attend, but be sure to purchase food tickets and wine passports in advance to beat the lines!
Beneficiary:
Proceeds from the event directly benefit the Detlef Schrempf Foundation and Art With Heart. The Detlef Schrempf Foundation supports organizations that provide assistance to children and families of the Northwest. Art with Heart is on a mission to help children overcome trauma through creative expression.
Bastille Bash Participating Businesses:
Restaurants & Food:
Araya’s Place
Ascona Chocolate
Bar Cantinetta
Belle Epicurean
Cafe Flora
Crush
Essential Baking
Harbour Pointe Coffeehouse
Harvest Vine
Jae’s Asian Bistro and Sushi
Luc
Northwest Catering
Pagliacci Pizza
Queen Bee
Seattle Salads
Simply Soulful
The Spoon Project
Thierry’s BBQ
Voila
Wineries: (Bottles of wine will be for sale to take home. All proceeds benefit Art With Heart.)
Forgeron Cellars
Pomum Cellars
Swiftwater Cellars
Zero One Vintners
Boisset Family Estates
Mark Ryan Winery
Smasne Cellars
Woodhouse Wine Estates
Garagiste Wine
Breweries:
Ninkasi Brewing
Distilleries:
Sidetrack Distillery
Brovo Spirits
SoDo Spirits
Retailers:
All The Best Pet Care
Baas Framing Studio
City People’s
Fast Frame
Fury Consignment
Henrietta’s Hats
Hoa Salon
Honey Skin Spa
Istina
Jarbo Design
Kate’s Day Spa
Lavender Heart
Lila Yoga
Maison Lux
Missi Lu
Paragon Fitness
River Song
Sugarlump
Vian Hunter
Entertainment from local artists + performers:
Live music: Vin Voleur, Nu Klezmer Army, Isobella Bloom Duet, street buskers and more.
Burlesque & Dance: The Shanghai Pearl, Russel Bruner, Inga Ingenue, Rainbow Fletcher, The Castaways, and Holly Pop.
Street performers: Cherry Manhattan as Marie Antoinette, juggler Nickolai Pirak, stilt walker Babette LaFave, mime Tiny Tim, and more.
We hope to see you at this lively celebration of fine French food, wine, music, and entertainment! Au revoir!
TAGS: Bastille Bash, Bastille Day Seattle, beer, breweries, dance, distilleries, Entertainment, food, Francophiles, French, French-inspired, Kids, live music, Madison Valley, Restaurants, Seattle Bastille Day, street performers, Wine, wineries
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Bastille Bash is tomorrow July 13th! 07.12.13
Bonjour! Madison Valley’s 2nd annual Bastille Bash is this Saturday, July 13 from 3-8 p.m.! They are decking out East Madison with French flags, banners and all things red, white and blue and getting ready to enjoy la vie en rose.
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.
View menus, entertainment schedules, maps and more online to plan your afternoon and ensure you don’t miss a thing, then follow their Facebook page to receive instant updates.
Highlights include: Spirits Garden in Rover’s courtyard, eight live music and dance acts, bites and sips from more than 30 food and beverage partners, a chef demo stage featuring Cormac Mahoney of Madison Park Conservatory, Jason Wilson of Crush, Jim Drohman of Le Pichet and Cafe Presse, and John Platt of St. Cloud, and the chance to win a weekend in Paris by France Homestyle!
Beneficiary: Proceeds from Bastille Bash support the Children’s Response Center.
Tickets: The event is FREE to attend and tickets for food and beverages will be sold at the event on 29th Avenue. 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.
With all the fun festivities in store, the local media has been buzzing. Here are some highlights of recent articles and radio interviews to get all the Bastille Bash scoop:
- The Stranger Suggests you hightail it to Bastille Bash to catch a glimpse of their Marie Antoinette impersonator!
- They love Bastille Bash’s Francophilia and retail offerings over at Seattle Met Magazine.
- Seattle Magazine says Bastille Bash is a MUST for this weekend.
- Daily Candy can’t wait to enjoy the Spirits Garden at Rover’s and how the neighborhood is reminiscent of a bucolic village in Provence.
- KIRO Radio’s “Let’s Eat” hosts had a blast chatting up Nat Stratton-Clarke, one of the event creators and planners, about the amazing chef talent for the demos and enjoying French culture in Seattle.
- Neighborhood paper the Madison Park Times is excited Bastille Bash is back for a second year!
- Chat With Women radio network host Holly Brown, of The Brown Lounge, chatted with Nat about all of the delicious French food and wine offered at Bastille Bash, eating local, and how to cook simple French food at home.
- The Seattle Times highlighted Bastille Bash in their Sunday NW Arts & Life section as a must attend event this week!
- The moms over at Red Tricycle gave Bastille Bash the thumbs up for their kid friendly activities like art classes at Thrive, and event proceeds that benefit the Children’s Response Center.
Bastille Bash Food Partners:
Cafe Flora
Crush
Dry Soda
Essential Baking
Harbor Point Coffee
Harvest Vine
Ines Patisserie
Jae’s Asian Bistro & Sushi
Luc
Pagliacci
Perrier
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
El Zacatecano
Project V
Sidetrack Distillery
Kids Activities:
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.TAGS: Bastille Bash, Bastille Day Seattle, beer, dance, food, Francophiles, French, Kids, live music, Madison Valley, Restaurants, spirits, street performers, Wine
