WHAT'S ON IN CANNES
What's On in Cannes 2024 - Exhibitions, Events and Festivals
What's on in Cannes in 2024
CANNES SUMMER EVENTS
You can buy the Cannes Expo Pass which allows you to see five exhibitions for 12 euros. Julien des Monstiers - Dessus Dessous at Suquet des artistes; Odette Domergue, Villa Domergue; Bottled Sea 2124, Musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal; Musée Éphémère du Cinéma - The kid, Charlie Chaplin, Palais; Les collections du Musée des explorations du monde, Musée des explorations du monde
Tickets are on sale online and at the above venues as well as the tourist office.:
Full details of events can be obtained from cannes.com or on the app cannes agenda and
tickets from cannesticket.com or the tourist office or the Palais ticket office
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 2024 Programme
Luna Park fairground
1 July to 31 August from 8pm to Midnight
Coubertin car Park La Bocca
Beach Library/Pages a la Plage
1 July - 30 August Zamenoff public beach
Night Markets
2 July - 29 August: 7pm to midnight
Every Tuesday: Esplanade Pantiero
Every Wednesday: La Bocca Marketplace
Every Thursday: Promenade Jean Hibert
Croisette Station - a chill out station
5 July to 25 August at the Gare Maritime every Tuesday to Sunday cocktails and food together with everything from talks to DJs and live music.
Pelote Basque
5 - 26 July full programme & reservations www.cannes-pelote-basque.fr
Villa Domergue
7 July - 22 September 11am to 7pm
Entry 6.50 euros, 3.50 concessions and free for under18s
Guided tours of house and gardens included in entry fee if required.
Art Exhibition plus sculptures by Odette Domergue in the garden
Fool's Ball
7/13/21/28 July Themed Fancy Dress at the Palais
First one is themed Angels and Demons. Music is Rock to Disco
Summer Cinema Museum
9 July to 25 August Mediterranean Hall, Palais. Free for under 18s, 2.50 & 4.50 euros
A fun, informative and participant exhibition taking everyone back to 19th century London to celebrate Charlie Chaplin's The Kid.
There is also a photographic exhibition by Traveso of Music & Cinema
Sports & Cinema Exhibition: JO24 outdoors at les Allees
It features 19 sports people who have become actors and vice versa. You will find Nanni Moretti, Italian actor-director and former water polo player; Vinnie Jones who has acted in forty thrillers (footballer); plus Bruce Lee; Bud Spencer (swimming); Geena Davis (archery), Michelle Yeoh (martial arts); Eric Cantona; Jean-Claude Van Damme; Lino Ventura; and Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy ) who became a Le Mans 24 hour racing driver.
Square Dansant
11 and 25 July and 8 August Square Verdun, Croisette from 8.30pm to 12.30am
Dancing in each others arms to cha cha and rock n roll.
10 euros
Le Suquet Festival
17 - 20 July. Two stages and a free programme
6.30pm Young talent from classical to jazz
7.30 -8.30pm classical concerts: Museum courtyard
9-10pm Jazz concerts: Place de La Castre
Concert - Palais Terrace
15 July 9pm James Blunt. Tickets from 41 to 55 euros
Concert - Palais Terrace
23 July 9pm Nile Rodgers and Chic.
Concert - Debussy Theatre
30 July celebrating Charlie Chaplin's music for The Kid
Tickets 26 - 34 euros
National Day 14 July
Fireworks at 10pm & Dancing from 10.30pm at Les Allees, Cannes centre, and Place de l'Etang, Palm Beach.
Provencal Festivals
Saint Cassien 19 - 21 July Free
20 July 9pm Concert Joe Dassin at Butte St Casien
Patron saint of Cannes, this festival dates back to 14th century.
Lovely old church to visit, traditional costumes and dances
Fete St Sauveur 2 - 5 August Free
3 July concert with Boney M
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
4/14/22 July & 7/15/24 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 Spain, England, Belgium, Italy, Canada and China.. 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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4/14/22 July & 7/15/24 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 Spain, England, Belgium, Italy, Canada and China.. 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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FURTHER AFIELD
JAZZ A JUAN: July 8 - 18 2024
Europe's oldest jazz festival: 63 years old
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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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Vence 4 - 13 July Southern Nights Music
Valbonne 5 - 7 July Street Art: music, humour and circus
Mougins 8 - 11 July Notre Dames de Vie classical music
Mandelieu 11 July - 20 August Robinson Nights: plays, comedy & music
St Paul de Vence 20 - 28 July Classical & Jazz concerts
Menton 27 July - 12 August Music Festival: Big Names from the Classical World
Grasse 2 - 4 August Jasmine Festival
You can pick up the Alpes Maritimes Summer Guide from the Tourist Office
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Valbonne 5 - 7 July Street Art: music, humour and circus
Mougins 8 - 11 July Notre Dames de Vie classical music
Mandelieu 11 July - 20 August Robinson Nights: plays, comedy & music
St Paul de Vence 20 - 28 July Classical & Jazz concerts
Menton 27 July - 12 August Music Festival: Big Names from the Classical World
Grasse 2 - 4 August Jasmine Festival
You can pick up the Alpes Maritimes Summer Guide from the Tourist Office
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CANNES BOAT SHOW
10 -15 September 2024
Cannes Old Port
Largest in-water boat show in Europe. There will be nearly 700 boats from 5 - 50 meters on show with 600 exhibitors featured. Port Canto marina will feature power boats. The Old Port has mono and multihulls, rigid and semi rigids, new and secondhand boats plus sail and motor boats. The super yachts as ever are there and you can go aboard and even go out to sea before buying one. There is also an equipment village plus those all important toys.
Shuttle boats take you between the old port and Port Canto.
Shuttle boats take you between the old port and Port Canto.
ROYAL REGATTAS
23 - 28 September 2024 in the Bay of Cannes
Royal Regattas Cannes
Stairway to the Stars
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
13 - 24 May 2025
CHRISTMAS IN CANNES 2025
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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Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Cannes Lions - Cannes Tourist Office
