Events Calendar for Monaco & the French Riviera

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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

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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
• JUNE to JULY: Summer Shopping Sales
• DECEMBER: Christmas Markets & Events
• DECEMBER: New Year’s Eve Events

Antibes & Juan-les-Pins Events

• JULY: Jazz à Juan Jazz & Jammin’Summer Jazz Festivals
• DECEMBER: Christmas Village & Events

Beaulieu-sur-Mer Events

• MARCH: Kids Carnival (see calendar above for details)
• 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 to APRIL: Performing Arts Festival
• APRIL: artmonte-carlo & Monaco Art Week
• MAY: Monaco Grand Prix
• MAY: Monte-Carlo Fashion Week
• JUNE: Monte-Carlo Television Festival and art3f Art Fair & uPaint Street Art Festival
• JULY to AUGUST: Summer Concerts at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco
• 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
• JULY: Nice Jazz Festival
• JULY: Pink (Gay Pride) Parade
• NOVEMBER: C’est pas Classique
• 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.