Charlotte French Festival July 14

The French American Chamber of Commerce is presenting the Charlotte French Festival on Sunday, July 14th, 2019, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Nevin Park, 6000 Statesville Road.

Admission is $5. You can purchase tickets in advance. Tickets are $5. Kids under 3 are free.

Some of what’s going on (scroll down for a schedule):

• Food and wine
• Pétanque tournament. See below!
• Crepes
• Pastries
• Music
• Entertainment
• Dog costume contest
• French style market
• Raffle
• Kids’ activities

Festival schedule:

• All day: Petanque demo, initiation and games
• 11 a.m.: Pottery workshop
• 11 a.m.: Culinary demo
• 11:30 a.m.: French language workshop
• 11:45 a.m.: Culinary demo
• 12:30 p.m.: Culinary demo
• 12:30 p.m.: Music by the Mark Larson Trio
• 12:30 p.m.: Theater scenes and games in French and English
• 1:30 p.m.: Culinary demo
• 2 p.m.: The Mark Larson Trio
• 2:30 p.m.: Culinary demo
• 3 p.m.: French language workshop
• 3 p.m.: Pottery workshop
• 3 p.m.: The Mark Larson Trio
• 3:30 p.m.: Culinary demo
• 4 p.m.: The Mark Larson Trio
• 4:30 p.m.: Culinary demo

For the kids:

• Petanque demo, initiation and games (all day)
• Face painting (all day)
• 11 a.m. Pottery workshop
• Beginning of every hour: story time in French

Here is a helpful video about petanque.

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