\u201cEspace immense, multilingue, espace de pollinisation, de cr\u00e9olisation, d\u2019influences r\u00e9ciproques\u201d (Leila Slimani)<\/em>, the Francophonie<\/strong> gathers 300 million French-speaking people around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every year in March, the 88 members of the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) celebrate the French language they share and the cultural and linguistic diversity they represent. They also have common values (promoting peace, democracy and human rights) and support education, training and gender equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UK network of Alliances Fran\u00e7aises and the Institut fran\u00e7ais du Royaume-Uni dedicate the whole month to events and initiatives celebrating la langue de Moli\u00e8re, Maryse Cond\u00e9 and L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are happy to organise the first ever “Festival de la Francophonie” in Milton Keynes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What to expect?![\"\ud83d\ude00\"](\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tce\/1\/16\/1f600.png\")
\u00a0Meet the teachers and discuss how you can learn French with
Alliance Fran\u00e7aise MK (for teenagers and adults),
Les Poussins (for bilingual families) and
La Jolie Ronde (for children and after-school clubs)
– Discuss your translation needs with Claire Husaunndee from French-Matters
– Discover French speaking holiday destinations with Michael Rickard from Not Just Travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+ Food and drinks:
French p\u00e2tisseries by David Illa
French cheese and bread by The Farm Deli![\"\ud83e\udd5e\"](\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t61\/1\/16\/1f95e.png\")
Savoury and sweet cr\u00eapes by The Biscuiterie Mobile Cr\u00eaperie and Dessert Van
Brioches by Brioche Pasquier UK![\"\ud83c\udf77\"](\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/teb\/1\/16\/1f377.png\")
Onsite bar (selling wine, beers, soft drinks) and charcuterie platters by V and B Northampton<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+ African crafts and design
Prepare your summer buying colourful high quality handmade accessories from Togo with St\u00e9phanie and Lenaa’D, fashion designer & textile artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+ live performance:
3pm to 3.45pm: French songs and covers by Ga\u00ebl & Laurence
4pm to 4.15pm: Les Poussins de MK
4.30pm to 5.15pm: “Chansons fran\u00e7aises” by Les Fr\u00e8res Amri
5.30pm to 6pm: Karaoke<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+ 3 workshops in French (please register for those): York House Centre Facebook event . https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/1mn43NqYP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n From the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise cultural events page : https:\/\/www.afmk.co.uk\/culture\/cultural-events\/\u201cEspace immense, multilingue, espace de pollinisation, de cr\u00e9olisation, d\u2019influences r\u00e9ciproques\u201d (Leila Slimani), the Francophonie gathers 300 million French-speaking people around the world. Every year in March, the 88 members of the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) celebrate the French language they share and the cultural and… Read More »French Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,9,8,11],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe","tag-afmk","tag-alliance-francaise","tag-french-festival","tag-les-poussins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
3.15pm to 4pm: Art in French workshop
Register here : https:\/\/www.afmk.co.uk\/community\/event-rsvp\/?event_id=65<\/a>
4.15pm to 5pm: Raw Chocolate and Essential Oils Workshop. Register here : https:\/\/www.afmk.co.uk\/community\/event-rsvp\/?event_id=66<\/a>
5.15pm to 6pm: Meet Zo\u00e9 Brocaille, author of Journal d\u2019une fausse Parisienne in London. Register here . https:\/\/www.afmk.co.uk\/…\/meet-zoe-brocaille-author-of…\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
from 3pm until 6pm
Saturday 23rd March 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.french-matters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Poster-French-Festival-724x1024.jpeg\")
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