| Description: | From Santa Barbara French Festival Website: Each year the Santa Barbara French Festival returns to Oak Park to celebrate Bastille Day and all the things that make the French cultural history so rich. Great food, wine, mimosas, crepes, delicious pastries, music, dance, -- and, of course, the infamous Poodle Parade and Femme Fatales Drag Revue! It is a community event not to be missed. It's a Dance Festival, a Music Festival, an Arts, Crafts and Travel Festival and, of course, a Food Festival. Each day the fun starts at 11:00 am when the entertainment kicks off on three different stages and continues non-stop until 7:00 pm, all in the beautiful setting of Santa Barbara's Oak Park. It's the perfect weekend date or family outing. It is also a fun way to support Center Stage Theater and Speaking of Stories, two great Santa Barbara non-profits.
France comes to Santa Barbara! Fresh baked french breads and pastries. Classic and nouvelle cuisine and regional specialties. Crepes, onion soup, quiche, pates, sausage, escargots, Cajun and French Moroccan food, salads and cheeses. Beer, wine, sparking Champagne. Orangina, Perrier, and frothy cafe au lait. Chef Michel Richard says it's like going to France without paying for it.
Handcrafted jewelry. Berets. French books, tapes and videos. Get a Henna tattoo and even a relaxing massage.
Raucous cancan. Folk music and dancing. Accordion players. Tributes to Edith Piaf and Django Reinhardt. Moroccan belly dancing. Cajun bands. Jazz. Tango. A complete schedule with performance times will be distributed at the Festival.
A huge, specially commissioned Eiffel Tower is the focal-point of the Fete.
Face painting, mask making. Facepainters. Little Girls' Cancan.
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