Vive la France! Each year, Bastille Day brings the best of France to NYC for a day (more like a week) of celebrating French culture with wining and dining across the city. There are loads of Bastille Day celebrations taking place across the city tonight and into the weekend. We’ve picked out some of the best events so you can join in on the festivities. Flute Gramercy (40 E 20th St) is hosting a free Champagne Open Bar with complimentary passed hors d’oeuvres from 6-7pm this evening.  You have to RSVP here if you would like to attend. Bastille Day Brooklyn takes place this Sunday from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Smith Street between Bergen and Pacific.  This annual street festival features the largest pétanque tournament in the U.S. and plenty of live music, food and drink.  Here are several more Bastille Day happenings in NYC, many of which are free. 

Free Bastille Day Wine Tasting at Astor Center (399 Lafayette St) — Taste six Provençal wines as you raise a glass to French independence. Every bottle is on sale, and you can taste them all for free from 6-8 p.m.

Free Bastille Day Wine Tasting at Crush Wines & Spirits (153 E 57th St) — Taste 10+ wines at this Midtown East wine shop between 6-8 p.m.  To attend, they ask that you RSVP at events@crushwineco.com.  We hear the Frites ‘N’ Meats truck will make an appearance outside, peddling their delicious burgers.

 Free Côtes de Provence Wine & Crostini Tasting at Fig & Olive (420 W. 13th St) – From 5-7 p.m., Fig and Olive in Meatpacking will provide the crostini to pair with the various wines from France’s oldest wine region. 
After seven, the chef will be offering an amazing three course, fixed price Provencal menu with an optional wine pairing flight. 

Bastille Day Oyster & Wine Party at Union Square Wines (140 Fourth Ave) – Wine and bivalves is what you’ll get tonight at USQ for just $15.   Attendees may look forward to a lineup of sparkling wines, sauvignon blancs, chardonnays, and chillable reds while sipping and slurping their way through one dozen oysters. Executive Chef Paul Jambor of critically-acclaimed Wild Edibles Seafood Market will be on hand. Reservations ARE REQUIRED to attend this walk-around event.  Tickets cost just $15 and include one dozen oysters (Please note that there are no substitutions on the oyster platters- 6 east coast and 6 west coast oysters per person).  All featured wines will be discounted evening of event only. As space is limited, please limit two tickets per person.  Sign up here.

Special Bastille Day Tasting at Bouchon Bakery (Time Warner Ctr) — Enjoy a specially prepared French dinner followed by desserts at Bouchon Bakery. Tickets are $65.

Bastille Day Fête at The James Beard House (167 W. 12th St) — Native Frenchmen Philippe Ruiz and Sébastien Verrier of Palme d’Or in Florida’s Biltmore resort will prepare a French feast for Bastille day at the Beard House. Tickets are $130 for members and $170 for nonmembers. More info here.

Sud de France Festival Party at The Frying Pan ($20) — From 8-12 a.m. tonight at The Frying Pan, guests will get to drink Sud de France wine from Languedoc-Roussillon and taste Mediterranean cuisine while watching a colorful sunset.  For the next 2 months, wines from the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France will be available for tasting at 59 wine retailers and restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens including Cafe d’Alsace, French Roast, and the 8th Street Wine Cellar. See here for exact times and locations.

French Tuesday Bastille Day Event @ Water Taxi Beach (LIC) — French Tuesday’s presents a Bastille Day bash at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City (accessible by water taxi from E 34th).  Morei nfo here.

Live Jazz & Special Bastille Day Menu at Brasserie Cognac (1740 Broadway) — Live jazz music begins at 6pm and a special $45 Bastille Day prix-fixe will be offered, featuring a main course of seafood vol-au-vent.

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