Events
Festivals and trade shows
During the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Lions or the Yachting Festival, staying in Cannes is expensive and hard to find. Our three properties are a quarter of an hour away by train, on the seafront, and you come home to a real apartment rather than a hotel room.
Every year in July
Jazz à Juan
One of Europe’s oldest jazz festivals, under the pines of la Pinède Gould, facing the sea. Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles have all played here.
It is the event of the summer in Juan-les-Pins: the streets stay lively late, and the concerts carry down to the beach.
La Pinède Gould is a few minutes’ walk from Palais Juan and Brin d’Azur.
In July and August
The pyromelodic festival
Fireworks set to music, fired over the bay on several evenings through the summer.
It is free, and from Juan-les-Pins you simply walk down to the beach. If your dates fall on one of those evenings, don’t miss it.
Fired over the bay of Juan-les-Pins, visible from the beach.
In summer
Les Déantibulations
Street arts, circus, theatre and puppetry in the old town. The performances are free and happen outdoors, on street corners.
It is the easiest festival to enjoy with children: you come across it while walking.
In the streets of old Antibes, ten minutes away.
Usually in June
Les Voiles d’Antibes
The classic yacht regatta, in Europe’s largest yacht harbour. Wooden and brass sailing boats, some over a century old, racing across the bay.
You can watch from the ramparts without paying a thing.
Port Vauban, ten minutes away.
Every year in April
Antibes Art Fair
Art, antiques and fine crafts, on the harbour. One of France’s major fairs of its kind outside Paris.
Port Vauban, ten minutes away.
In April and May
Classic’Antibes
Classical music in the town’s heritage venues. A quiet season, in spring, while the coast is still calm.
Antibes, ten minutes away.
In summer
The Big Reggae Festival
Reggae in Juan-les-Pins, in the same open-air spirit as Jazz à Juan, but younger and more relaxed.
Juan-les-Pins, a few minutes’ walk away.
Every year in May
The International Bridge Festival
An international competition and events around bridge. It fills the town in May, outside the tourist season — worth knowing if you are looking for dates then.
Antibes, ten minutes away.
Every year in May
The Cannes Film Festival
For twelve days, Cannes hotels are full and triple their rates. Fifteen minutes away by train, you sleep in peace and you are there in a quarter of an hour.
Official screenings are for industry only, but Cinéma de la Plage shows films free of charge in the evening, facing the sea.
Cannes is 15 minutes by train from Juan-les-Pins, no changes.
Every year in April
Canneseries
The television series festival, at the Palais des Festivals. Many screenings are open to the public and free, which is rare in Cannes.
Cannes is 15 minutes by train from Juan-les-Pins.
In July and August
The Pyrotechnic Art Festival
An international fireworks competition, fired from the bay of Cannes on several evenings through the summer. Each country presents its own creation.
Free, and one of the finest shows of the season.
Fired over the bay of Cannes, 15 minutes by train.
Every year in February
The International Games Festival
Europe’s largest board game gathering, at the Palais des Festivals. Free entry, and enough to keep a whole family busy for two days.
It is also a reason to come in February, when the coast is empty and rates are at their lowest.
Cannes is 15 minutes by train from Juan-les-Pins.
Every year in June
Cannes Lions
The world gathering of advertising and creativity. The town fills with professionals for a week — Cannes accommodation is booked months ahead.
Cannes is 15 minutes by train from Juan-les-Pins.
Every two years, in autumn
The Cannes Dance Festival
A biennial devoted to contemporary dance, in venues across the town. It only takes place every other year — check before setting your dates.
Cannes is 15 minutes by train from Juan-les-Pins.
Every year in May
The Monaco Grand Prix
The weekend when the whole coast is full. Prices in Monaco and Nice become unreasonable; an hour away by train, you keep a normal rate.
Monaco is about an hour by train from Juan-les-Pins.
Every year in September
The Cannes Yachting Festival
Europe’s leading in-water boat show, in the Vieux-Port and Port Canto. September is also the best month to swim: the sea is still warm and the beaches empty out.
The months shown stay the same from year to year, but exact dates change. The Antibes Juan-les-Pins tourist office publishes the official programme for the current year.
Cannes is 15 minutes by train from Juan-les-Pins.
