LEWISTON — The Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center will celebrate Fête Nationale, the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist, on Friday, June 24.

The event will begin with a social hour and cash bar in Heritage Hall at 10:30 a.m. 

At 11:30 a.m., a Fête Nationale luncheon will be served, consisting of salad, rice with chicken and mushrooms, and Fête cake.

Following the luncheon will be a celebration in the Performance Hall.

Special guests include Marie-Claude Francoeur, head of the Québec Delegation to Boston, and representatives of the Ursuline Sisters, an order of nuns who arrived from Québec to teach in local parochial schools 100 years ago. A special dedication honoring the Ursuline centennial will take place at the end of the celebration.

The 12:30 p.m. program will include Gus LaCasse, the Franco-American Veterans Color Guard, and songs led by Les Troubadours.

LaCasse, a teenage phenomenon who lives in Ellsworth, got his start playing the fiddle when he was 11 years old. His family roots are French Canadian and his style is Acadian and Cape Breton. He is now a professional recording artist and has produced two albums.

Reserved meal tickets are $10. To purchase, visit the box office at 46 Cedar St. between noon and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, call 207-689-2000, or visit www.francocenter.org.

The event is in association with the Québec Delegation to Boston, the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College, the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society, Place St-Louis in New Auburn, and Museum L/A.