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Côte d’Azur Event & Festival calendar 2025
Throughout the year, many exciting and traditional events are held in the cities of the Côte d'Azur. See the overview here.
Events on the Côte d'Azur
Events
Tourrettes-sur-Loup
The Violet Festival in Tourrettes-sur-Loup – A tribute to the purple flower
Every spring, the charming medieval town of Tourrettes-sur-Loup is transformed into a colorful floral paradise during the annual Violet Festival.
Cannes
The Cannes International Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival is world-renowned and considered one of the film industry's most prestigious events.
Cannes
Cannes Fireworks Festival
Every summer in July and August, Cannes transforms into a spectacular stage for six evenings of world-class musical fireworks.
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Flowery Naval Combat in Villefranche-sur-Mer
The “Combat Naval Feuri” is a flower carnival which takes place on the Villefranche-sur-Mer’s harbor promenade, both on land and at sea.
Grasse
Rose Festival in Grasse
May is the month of roses in France. This is celebrated in the world's perfume capital Grasse, where the air is already filled with the scents of the surrounding jasmine and lavender fields.
Grasse
Jasmine Festival in Grasse
Every year on the first weekend of August, the Jasmine Festival – Fête du Jasmin – takes place in the beautiful medieval town of Grasse.
Monaco
Formula1 Monaco Grand Prix
Formula1 in Monaco is a four-day motor race with speed, celebration and glamour, and one of the biggest events of the year in the Principality of the French Riviera.
Nice
Carnival in Nice
The Carnival in Nice is a two-week intense spring festival on the French Riviera. Experience the carnival parades, brightly colored costumes and alluring samba rhythms that fill the streets of Nice with thousands of spectators.
Menton
Lemon Festival in Menton
The Lemon Festival combines carnival traditions with the celebration of Menton as Europe's lemon capital. The celebration contains magnificent ..
