![Vincent Hernandez, left, organiser of the Bastille Festival at Circular Quay with Maxime Peyrot playing the Barbarian Organ.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170715220115im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/a/i/p/m/image.related.landscape.460x307.gx9kdj.png/1499947235448.jpg)
'Music and dancing in the streets': Bringing Bastille Day to Sydney
What began as a simple celebration of food and wine on Bastille Day has turned into an important "expression of unity" for Sydney's French community amid ongoing political turmoil in France and Europe.