Les Lumières BLANC: The Olympics: Sport, Culture and Community

Join us in the Vaudeville Ballroom (Level B1) at Le Méridien Melbourne as we explore sport, culture and community.

All eyes will soon turn to Paris for the Olympics – Historian Joy Damousi takes us on a cultural journey back through time, providing a historical context for women in sport.

This is a FREE and ALL AGES event (under 16s must be accompanied by an 18+).
Show your Les Lumières event ticket to receive a 10% discount on yourtotal dining bill (when food is ordered)at Dolly, the old-world European restaurant and cocktail bar located at Le Méridien Melbourne. Join us for French wines and cocktails after the seminar or enjoy a delicious prix fixe dinner for $60 per person.

This Les Lumières event is being held as part of the 2024 Bastille Day French Festival.

Swap your beanie for a beret and rendez vous at the iconic Queen Victoria Market's Sheds C & D this Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July for the annual Bastille Day French Festival. Everyone's favourite celebration of all things French in Melbourne is back in 2024 with our most authentic feel yet in this new venue.

The Bastille Day French Festival includes a French Winter Market, which will transport you to a classic wintry French town square, as well as a cultural program filled with Les Lumières talks, Walking Tours and masterclasses, right in the heart of the city!

We will also have our Online Program in full swing so if you can’t join us in person, join us online for a range of live crosses to France, in conversations, musical delights and more! Join us in person or online, as the joie de vivre returns this July.

To find out more, visit: https://www.bastilledaymelbourne.comI

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