WHAT'S ON IN CANNES
What's On in Cannes 2024 - Exhibitions, Events and Festivals
What's on in Cannes in 2024
WHAT'S ON IN CANNES: MARCH 2024
There is an app called Cannes Agenda which lists cultural events
22 March: Cinema and Opera Music concert at Espace Miramar Bookings 06 03 03 11 33
23 March: at Holy Trinity church a concert by Caravan Jazz Quartet at 6pm
Tel 06 08 25 77 16
23/24/26 March: Concerts by the Cannes National Orchestra at Arlucs Auditorium
See www.orchestre-cannes.com
24 March: At 4pm Notre Dame de Bon Voyage church, Concert
Amadeus Last Project, Requiem Intime. Tenor Gilles San Juan
Booking advised: www.mgart06.fr
28 March: Ballet Don Quichote by the students of the world famous Rosella Hightower school at Debussy Theatre, Palais des Festivals. See www.pnsd.fr
30 March: at Holy Trinity concert Jazz Music at 6.30pm
Tel: 06 73 91 96 63
31 March: So Chic So Cannes secondhand luxury clothes sale at Canopy by Hilton Hotel
from 10am to 6pm
Exhibition: The Beauty of Age until 31 March at Espace Mirama.
Photographs by Corinna Busch. Free entry, closed 1 - 2 pm daily.
Exhibition: Sun Azur and Elegance photographic exhibition at Espace Calmette (Municipal Archives) until 8 June. Cannes in the 1930s. Booking essential 04 89 82 20 70
Tai Chi lessons every Tuesday 9-10am Maison des Associations,
1 ave des Broussailles. Tel 06 53 13 97 08
CANNES SUMMER EXHIBITIONS
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You can buy the Cannes Expo Pass which allows you to see five exhibitions for 10 euros. Tickets are on sale at the venues: Villa Domergue; La Malmaison; Suquet des artistes; Musée des explorations du monde; Musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal (Île Sainte-Marguerite); Tourist office at the Palais.
Please note: We do not list theatre, comedy or lectures as we presume if your French is that good you will find it yourselves.
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Summer 2023 Programme
Villa Domergue
7 July - 18 September 11am to 7pm
Entry 6.50 euros, 3.40 concessions and free for under18s
Guided tours of house and gardens included in entry fee if required.
Art Exhibition
Square Dansant
5 July and 16 August Square Verdun, Croisette from 8.30pm to 12.30am
Dancing in each others arms to cha cha and rock n roll.
10 euros
Night Markets 4 July - 31 August: 7pm to midnight
Every Tuesday: Esplanade Pantiero
Every Wednesday: La Bocca Marketplace
Every Thursday: Promenade Jean Hibert
National Day 14 July
Fireworks at 10pm & Dancing from 10.30pm at Les Allees, Cannes centre, and Place de l'Etang, Palm Beach.
Summer Cinema Museum
11 July - 27 August at Palais des Festivals
Workshops (make a film); photographic exhibition of Romy Schneider
and much more
Pelote Basque 7 July -18 September
full programme & reservations www.cannes-pelote-basque.fr
Provencal Festivals
Saint Cassien 22 July 9pm Concert Liane Foly at Butte St Casien
Patron saint of Cannes, this festival dates back to 14th century.
Lovely old church to visit, traditional costumes and dances
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
16 - 18 August 2024
Plages Electroniques Palais Beach and Terrace. Tickets for Plages Electroniques are now on sale from www.plages-electroniques.com/billetterie The giant three day beach party has a mega line up of stars. One day tickets cost 50 euros, 70 with afters, and a three day ticket costs 120/180 euros. |
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Fireworks Festival 2024
July & August
All start at 10pm. One of the best places to see the fireworks and hear the music, is near the JW Marriott hotel, on the Croisette. This year the countries in competition are Norway, USA. France, Austria, and Switzerland. There will be five barges in the bay from which the fireworks take off. If you want to avoid a cricked neck you can hire sunbeds on the beach and lie back to enjoy the view. All the hotels and beach restaurants are open for dinner - do make a reservation in advance though. If you bag a spot to watch out of earshot you can listen to the music on Cannes Radio.
You can also view the fireworks from a boat which leaves Quai Laubeuf at 9.15pm. Essential to book 04 92 98 71 30 or at Quai Laubeuf. You can take your own picnic on board the Horizon catamaran www.horizon-lerins.com
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July & August
All start at 10pm. One of the best places to see the fireworks and hear the music, is near the JW Marriott hotel, on the Croisette. This year the countries in competition are Norway, USA. France, Austria, and Switzerland. There will be five barges in the bay from which the fireworks take off. If you want to avoid a cricked neck you can hire sunbeds on the beach and lie back to enjoy the view. All the hotels and beach restaurants are open for dinner - do make a reservation in advance though. If you bag a spot to watch out of earshot you can listen to the music on Cannes Radio.
You can also view the fireworks from a boat which leaves Quai Laubeuf at 9.15pm. Essential to book 04 92 98 71 30 or at Quai Laubeuf. You can take your own picnic on board the Horizon catamaran www.horizon-lerins.com
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JAZZ A JUAN: July 8 - 18 2024
Europe's oldest jazz festival: 63 years old
Book through www.jazzajuan.com or at local tourist offices 2024 PROGRAMME JULY 8: MANU KATCHE; TOTO JULY 9: LAUFEY; SELAH SUE JULY 10: TIKEN JAH FAKOLY; YOUSSOU N'DOUR JULY 11: LEL COMITE; AVISHAI COHEN BANDA IROKO JULY 12: ADI OASIS; PINK MARTINI JULY 13: BELMONDO DEAD JAZZ; CHRIS POTTER, BRAD MEHIDAN,JOHN PATITUCCI, JONATHAN BLAKE JULY 14: SAKI OZAWA; LI XIAOCHUAN;POETIC WAYS; ORIGINAL PINETTES BRASS BAND JULY 15: ERIC TRUFFAZ ROLLIN'&CLAP; SOFIANE DAMAST JULY 16: SCARY POCKET; KOOL AND THE GANG JULY 17: JOSHUA REDMAN GROUP; MARCUS MILLER JULY 18: JUINETTE ROSE AND THE VOICES OF CREATION |
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CANNES BOAT SHOW
September 2024
Largest in-water boat show in Europe. There are more than 550 boats on show with 500+ in the water so you can sail before you buy that dream yacht or boat.
At the old port there are seven colour coded areas to make locating that multi hull, day boat, fishing boat or luxury super yacht easy. There are also secondhand boats for sale, as well as new boats making their world premiers at Cannes. There is an Equipment village offering services and equipment and there is a shopping village in the Palais.
Shuttle boats take you between the old port and Port Canto where the world's top brokerage and charter companies are located.
ROYAL REGATTAS
September 2024 in the Bay of Cannes
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
14 - 25 May 2024
CHRISTMAS IN CANNES 2024
Everyone in Cannes can enjoy a Provencal Christmas in and around Cannes. There are exhibitions, live nativity plays known as pastorales, Christmas markets and food fairs, ice skating, circuses, Christmas lights and lumieres, horse racing and Christmas sailing regattas in and around Cannes.
Buy your tickets for "What's on" at FNAC
A very good booking service can be found at FNAC, 83 rue d'Antibes where you can buy tickets for all major events in Cannes and elsewhere, including concerts, shows and sports fixtures.
Or at the tourist office, Palais des Festivals
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Popular Cannes Sightseeing Trips:
Antibes, Juan Les Pins, Golfe Juan, Le Cannet, Mougins, Mandelieu La Napoule, Theoule sur mer, Vallauris
Antibes, Juan Les Pins, Golfe Juan, Le Cannet, Mougins, Mandelieu La Napoule, Theoule sur mer, Vallauris
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