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We keep this Google Calendar updated with the latest events information for Monaco and all the towns on the French Riviera. You can subscribe to add this as a separately-viewable calendar in your Google Calendar screen or subscribe via iCal. Once you subscribe, it will be added in your Google or iCal account, and you’ll be able to choose when to view or hide this calendar by checking or unchecking the box next to the name of this calendar. If you are having trouble viewing the calendar, here’s the direct Google Calendar link.
Go here for a complete list of flea and antique markets on the French Riviera.
Current Exhibitions
- Art Exhibit until October 15: The Nouveau Musée National de Monaco presents Santo Sospir, an exhibition by the artist Mauro Restiffe, inspired by the house occupied and decorated by Jean Cocteau in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat between 1950 and 1962. This silent conversation, orchestrated by Restiffe in the Villa Sauber, is like a cinematographic montage that alternates long shots and close-ups, monumental prints and smaller formats, fostering an embodied vision of the tattooed villa, where a (faceless) self-portrait of the author appears. Until Sunday, October 15 at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco – Villa Sauber . More details here.
Major Annual Events
Below are the biggest events and festivals, with links to view more information about the event:
Entire French Riviera
- JANUARY to FEBRUARY: Winter Shopping Sales
- APRIL: Gardens Festival
- JUNE to JULY: Summer Shopping Sales
- NOVEMBER: C’est pas Classique
- DECEMBER: Christmas Markets & Events
- DECEMBER: New Year’s Eve Events
Antibes & Juan-les-Pins Events
- APRIL: Antibes Art Fair
- JULY: Jazz à Juan & Jammin’Summer Jazz Festivals
- DECEMBER: Christmas Village & Events
Beaulieu-sur-Mer Events
- JULY: Les Nuits Guitares Music Festival
- DECEMBER: Christmas Events
Cagnes-sur-Mer Events
- DECEMBER: Christmas in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Cannes Events
- MAY: Cannes Film Festival
- JULY to AUGUST: Cannes Fireworks Festival
- SEPTEMBER: Cannes Yachting Festival
- NOVEMBER to DECEMBER: Cannes Dance Festival
- DECEMBER: Christmas Village & Events
Menton Events
- FEBRUARY: Fete du Citron
- DECEMBER: Christmas Celebration
Monaco / Monte-Carlo Events
- JANUARY: St Devote’s Day
- MARCH: Performing Arts Festival
- APRIL: Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Tennis Tournament
- APRIL: Monte-Carlo Film Festival
- MAY: Monaco Grand Prix
- MAY: Monte-Carlo Fashion Week
- JUNE: Monte-Carlo Television Festival
- JUNE: uPaint Street Art Festival
- JULY: Art Events include artmonte-carlo, Monaco Artist’s Forum, & Monaco Art Week
- JULY to AUGUST: Monte-Carlo Summer Festival Concert Series
- JULY to AUGUST: Summer Concerts at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco
- AUGUST: art3f Art Fair
- SEPTEMBER: Monaco Yacht Show
- NOVEMBER: Monaco National Day / Fete National / Fete du Prince
- NOVEMBER: Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival
- NOVEMBER: No Finish Line – Charity Run
- DECEMBER: Christmas Events, Village and Markets
Mougins Events
- DECEMBER: Christmas Celebration
Nice Events
- FEBRUARY: Carnaval de Nice & Lou Queernaval
- APRIL: Nice Art Expo
- APRIL: In&Out Gay Film Festival
- JULY: Nice Jazz Festival
- JULY: Pink (Gay Pride) Parade
- DECEMBER: Christmas Village
St-Paul de Vence Events
- DECEMBER: Christmas Celebration
St-Tropez Events
- OCTOBER: La Grande Braderie de Saint-Tropez
- DECEMBER: Christmas in Saint-Tropez
Villefranche-sur-Mer Events
- DECEMBER: Christmas Celebration
School Holidays
Expect increases in tourism during all of the school holidays. Expect the beaches to be much busier with plenty of children and teenagers crowding the beach and markets during these dates.
Monaco School Holidays
Here is the official school schedule calendar from the Monaco government.
In Monaco, during school vacations, many Monaco residents leave to vacation at other destinations along the French Riviera or elsewhere around the world. Monaco fills up, instead, with tourists from France.
French Riviera School Holidays
To alleviate holiday traffic and crowded resorts, education authorities are divided into three geographic zones, with staggered winter and spring holiday periods. The French Riviera is in Zone B. Here is the government’s official website listing the holiday dates.
