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What's On in Cannes 2020 - Exhibitions, Events and Festivals

What's on in Cannes 2016
What's on in Cannes in 2020
  




   

   
 


Summer 2020 in Cannes   
16 July - 13 September
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Fourteen events are taking place on the terrace of the Palais des Festivals which has been adapted to the rules surrounding coronavirus to keep everyone safe. Each show starts at 9.30pm and costs from 10 to 30 euros.​ Book at the tourist office or FNAC


DANCE
16 July   Cannes Jeune Ballet Rosella Hightower – Dir. Paola Cantalupo
Students present a programme of classic and contemporary dance

CLASSICAL MUSIC
18 July  Jean-François Zygel : Beethoven Improvisations
This year is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven
 
20 July   Récital Dimitri Naïditch « Jazz plays Classical »
Rachmaninov by top jazz players 

22 July   Cannes Orchestra – Dir. Benjamin Levy  « In the mood for love »
Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert and Manuel de Falla

WORLD MUSIC
1 August   Juan Carmona Quartet
Flamenco
 
JAZZ CONCERTS
10 August    Aksham / Elina Duni and David Enhco Quintet
 
11 August    Mathias Levy Trio

13 August    Yaron Herman – Émile Parisien – Mario Costa

BREAKDANCE COMPETITION
19 August     Carte Blanche à Break The Floor Summer
 
FRENCH SONGS
22 August     CALI

BOAT SHOW - CANCELLED
8 -13 SEPTEMBER CANNES YACHTING FESTIVAL 
Europe’s leading in-water boat show taking place in the old  harbour




FREE EVENTS IN TOWN

CANNES LIT UP
14 July - 30 August, at 10pm and 11.30pm, lasting 10 minutes 
The facades of the Palais and the church at the top of Le Suquet have a light show each night
The Palais features a sea world voyage and Le Suquet lifts us to the starry skies. Free
 AV Exciters Architecture & Visuals

CINEMA
2 July - 23 August open air cinema at the Palais forecourt and La Bocca marketplace at 10pm every Thursday.
The final show will be opera from Paris and will start at 9pm at Le Suquet.
 
STREET MUSIC
Rue d'Antibes, rue Meynadier and La Bocca Marketplace every Friday and Saturday at 2pm and 9pm until 31 August. French and international music.  Mobile orchestra  throughout Cannes' streets on 14 July and 24 August at 9pm

CANNES' NIGHTS
14 July - 27 August every Tuesday on the Promenade Jean Hibert: Wednesdays at La Bocca marketplace; Thursdays Quai St Pierre.  Craft Markets  7pm till midnight 

SUQUET DES ART
22 and 23 August in the old town offering art in all its forms for all.

NINE ART EXHIBITIONS
These are to be found in the museums, galleris and the open air in town.  For example:
La Croisette   -   photographs of or by stars of the silver screen

The PASS EXPO costs 10 euros and allows you in to four of the exhibitions


  • 10 July - 1 November  « Kehinde Wiley» at La Malmaison   This American artist, famous for his portrait of Barak Obama,  has 30 works of art on show
 
  • 19 June - 14 October « Cannes (re)fait le mur » 17 photos of stars of the cinéma behind the scenes from Paris Match throighout the town.
 
  • 25 June - 31 August on the Croisette photographer Nikos Aliagas  shows 30 photos on the theme of Thalassa (the sea).
 
  • 12 June - 6 December « Olivier Masmonteil, des horizons si grands » Suquet des Artistes   Explores the history of art.Free
 
  • 27 June - 27 September at La Villa Domergue  « Louis Cane, Sculptures ». 
 
  •  6 July - 14 August at l’Espace Calmette « Between sky, sea and land : l’île monastique de Lérins (Ve-XXe siècle) », 1500 years of history of one of the west's oldest monasteries
 
  •  10 July - 31 August « Actresses », Gilles Traverso pays hommage to the stars of the Cannes film festival 1946-2019 at the kiosque des Allées, au square Frédéric Mistral et place du Marché à La Bocca. Isabelle Adjani, Sharon Stone, Sophia Loren, Uma Thurman, Catherine Deneuve among others
 
  • 2 August 3030 - 25 April 2021  Elger Esser at the Musée de la Mer, l’ile Sainte-Marguerite.
 
  • 15 juillet - 15 novembre  « Portraits de femmes » at the Musée de la Castre, Le Suquet. Women in art and as artists

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KEY EVENTS IN DATE ORDER

​Recital
DIMITRI NAÏDITCH, PIANO  20 July   
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PALAIS DES FESTIVALS TERRACE

Music
DIRECTION BENJAMIN LEVY « IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE »  22 July 
PALAIS DES FESTIVALS TERRACE

Music
ALEX JAFFRAY - LE SON D’ALEX  30 July 
TERRASSE DU PALAIS DES FESTIVALS

Music
JUAN CARMONA 1 August 
PALAIS DES FESTIVALS TERRACE

Art
EN SOMME, J'AI VU DE L'EAU, DU SOLEIL, DES NUAGES…2 August - Sunday 25 April 2021
Musée de la Mer

Music
LES PLAGES ELECTRONIQUES  8 August 
PALAIS DES FESTIVALS TERRACE

Music
AKSHAM/ ELINA DUNI & DAVID ENHCO QUINTET ELINA DUNI, CHANT - DAVID ENHCO, TROMPETTE - MARC PERRENOUD, PIANO FLORENT NISSE, CONTREBASSE - FRED PASQUA, BATTERIE  10 August 
PALAIS DES FESTIVALS TERRACE

Music
MATHIAS LEVY TRIO - "UNIS VERS" - MATHIAS LEVY, VIOLON - JEAN-PHILIPPE VIRET, CONTREBASSE - LAURENT DERACHE, ACCORDÉON 11 August 
TERRASSE DU PALAIS

Music
YARON HERMAN, PIANO - EMILE PARISIEN, SAXOPHONE - MARIO COSTA, BATTERIE
Thursday 13 August 2020
PALAIS DES FESTIVALS TERRACE

Dance
BREAK THE FLOOR  19 August 
TERRASSE DU PALAIS 

Music
CALI DUO  22 August 
TERRASSE DU PALAIS 

Boat Show - CANCELLED
​CANNES YACHTING FESTIVAL  8 - 13 September 
Europe’s leading in-water boat show taking place in the old  harbour

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Some highlights in 2020 on the Riviera:
Normal programming cancelled due to virus
  
                       
February 19-26                         Mimosa Festival, Mandelieu La Napoule
February  15 - 29                      Nice Carnival
February 15 - March 3               Menton Lemon Festival
February  21 - 23                      International Games Festival, Cannes     
May 12 -23                               Cannes Film Festival   
May 8 - 10                                ExpoRose, Grasse
​May  24                                    Monaco Grand Prix 
June 6 - 8                                 Showjumping Cannes
July 17 - 21                              Nice Jazz Festival
​July 9 - 22                                Jazz a Juan

July - August                  Menton Classical Music Festival   www.festival-musique-menton.fr
September 11- 16                     Cannes Boat Show
                                                                         
Cannes Conferences 

​March 10-13                             MIPM Cannes
March 30 - 2 April                     MIPTV
April 27 -May 1                         Cannes Series 
June 5 - 8                                 Midem 
June 22 - 26                             Cannes  Lions   
October 1 - 10                          Tax Free Exhibition
November 14 - 16                     MIPIC

MAJOR EVENTS in CANNES


 :
FEBRUARY  21 - 23
​International Games Festival     

MARCH 10 - 13
MIPIM                                          
                 
                                   

MARCH 30 - APRIL 2
MIPTV                                           
                                           
APRIL 27 - MAY 1
Cannes Series
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MAY 12 - 23

Film Festival 2020 
                     
         

JUNE 
MIDEM                          5 - 8
Lions                          22 - 26
                                           

Showjumping               6 - 8                
free daytime: from 28 euros evenings

​Old Port Festival                            tba
                                                    
                    *JULY*
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Night Market, La Bocca                  tba

Live Concert, La Bocca                      
Liane Foly, free

Cinema Museum       July -  August

Night Market, old harbour             tba 


Crazy Dancing Ball             
Dancing from 4pm till midnight.  Every evening has a different theme.  Only over 18s and entry is free to the Palais Terrace.

Fireworks Competition         14/22/29    see below  
                                             

Water Jousting                               
Quai St Pierre 8.30pm     Free
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Square Dansant                        
​Ball                                                 14


Le Suquet Music Nights   

Seven concerts on two intimate stages on the forecourt of the Notre Dame church.  Concerts at 7pm 15 euros and at 9pm 32 euros

Film Music                                      
Debussy, Palais Cannes Orchestra 9pm
10 -32 euros


Villa Domergue  opens   July -  September
                    
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SEPTEMBER
Crazy Dancing Ball                             
Dancing from 4pm till midnight.  Every evening has a different theme.  Only over 18s and entry is free to the Palais Terrace.

International Boat Show       11 - 16
  see below                                      
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OCTOBER
Regattas Royales                    20 -24
  see below 
Tax Free                                   1 - 10
                                                                 
DECEMBER                    
Dance Festival                                            Christmas Village
​Ice Skating          
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Jazz at Domergue
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Provencal Water Jousting
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Quai St Pierre Night Market
 
                   *AUGUST*

Crazy Dancing Ball                 
Dancing from 4pm till midnight.  Every evening has a different theme.  Only over 18s and entry is free to the Palais Terrace.

Fete de St Sauveur 
                       
Jazz at Domergue:                   
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Water Jousting                        
Quai St Pierre 8.30pm   free                                          
Night market La Bocca        
Night market old port 
                

Square Dansant                        
Ball                                                 


Fireworks Competition      5/15/24        
      see below

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Plages Electroniques                      
Four stages, 40,000sq m of dance floor and 50+ artists booked to appear.  New this year is the after party Sunday evening at the Rotonde, Palais until 5am.  There will be food trucks, massage and a beauty corner on hand. 
Entry 40-65 euros

www.plages-electroniques.com     
  
Fete de la St Barthelemy   
        

Flower parade, La Bocca               

Russian Art Festival                   
Celebrates Rudolph Nuryev & Russian cinema   10 -160 euros

Liberation of Cannes                       24
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Suquet Art  ​

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​​Cannes Film Festival
​12 - 23 May 2020

​73rd Anniversary

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Stairway to the Stars
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Fireworks Festival Cannes

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  Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Sweden and USA.  This year there will be five barges in the bay - four last year - 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.

JAZZ A JUAN: 9 -22 July 2020 
Europe's oldest jazz festival - cancelled

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Lionel Richie - Hello Tour 2020 - appears at Juan on July 22.

Marcus Miller, Anne Paceo and Ibrahim Maalouf are also booked for this year
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Main stage
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THE MAIN PROGRAMME
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Booking on-line opens March.

Book through local tourist offices
or www.jazzajuan.com


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 CANNES BOAT SHOW
September 2020 Cancelled

PictureCannes Old Port

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.

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​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 in the Bay of Cannes​

Yachting Festival
Royal Regattas Cannes

Buy your tickets for "What's on" at FNAC

Whats on in Cannes

​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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