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The 2025 Lemon Festival in Menton has a title : Journey(s) to the stars. It takes place from February 15 to March 2, 2025.

Photos courtesy of Ville de Menton

The 2025 Lemon Festival in Menton

As every year, this exceptional festival is a parade of floats, whose figures are entirely covered in citrus fruits.
The parades take place during the day, the Golden Fruit Corsos, and at night, the Nocturnal Corsos. These parades are enlivened by various musical groups, dancers and other street entertainment.

Corsos nocturnes

Thursdays, February 20 and 27, 2025.
The procession of illuminated floats starts at 9pm, Promenade du soleil, ending around 10:30pm with a pyrotechnic show.

Golden Fruit Corsos

Sundays, February 16, 23 and March 2, 2025.
Floats unfurl from 2:30pm, Promenade du soleil.

Please note: pets are not allowed along the corsos.

Other entertainment in the immediate vicinity

Craft market

On the same dates, a large craft market is held, Esplanade Francis Palmero. Free admission.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 6pm, Thursdays until 7pm.
Saturdays and Sundays, from 9am to 7pm, except Saturday, February 15, from 2pm to 7pm.

Exhibitions of citrus motifs

the Jardins Biovès play host to magnificent sculptures composed of citrus fruit. Characters and architectures are always stunning feats.
Every day, open house.

Orchid and winter garden show

The Palais de l'Europe, hosts a magnificent orchid exhibition.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 6pm, Thursdays until 7pm.
Saturdays and Sundays, from 9am to 7pm, except Saturday February 15, from 2pm to 7pm.

Practical information 2025 lemon festival in Menton

Access

Access by train, TER line. The station is close to the parade site. This is the preferred solution.
Access by car. Parking lots are available, but further from the festival than the SNCF station. Free shuttles are available to reach the Lemon Festival. See the official website.

Official 2025 website
Download the brochure

Raoul Dufy, le miracle de l'imagination is an exhibition taking place at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Cheret in Nice. From December 13, 2024 to September 28, 2025.

The Raoul Dufy exhibition, the miracle of the imagination

"This exhibition dedicated to Raoul Dufy presents a vast selection of works, from the beginnings of his career as he followed the path opened by Cézanne, to the mature paintings with their inimitable style. It also highlights his work in engraving, textiles and ceramics. An immersion into the world of an artist who resolutely celebrates the miracle of imagination."
Several rooms present paintings from Raoul Dufy's different artistic periods, but also the diversity of his talent: some engravings, weavings, ceramics. In short, the exhibition offers a fine overview of Dufy's works and his evolution.

By kind permission of the Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Cheret de Nice.
Click on photos to enlarge.

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was trained in Normandy, where he painted extensively, then in Paris. He was influenced by the Fauvism and Matisse of this period, but was impressed by Paul Cézanne, and then the beginnings of Cubism.
In 1911, he married Eugénie-Émilienne Brisson from Nice (to whom the Musée Jules Cheret owes many of its works by Dufy).
It is safe to say that it was from 1919, during his stay in Vence, that he found his style of free drawing and joyful colors.

Color becomes the primary vehicle for his paintings. He paints the largest picture of its time, the Electricity Fairy, for the 1937 Exposition Universelle in Paris (now on view at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris). Dufy illustrated numerous books (André Gide's Les Nourritures terrestres in 1949, then Colette's L'Herbier in 1950).
He was honored and recognized in artistic circles (Légion d'honneur, prize for painting at the Venice Biennale). He died in 1953 in Forcalquier. His body was later transported, in 1956, to the Cimiez cemetery in Nice.

Practical information

Musée Des Beaux-Arts Jules Cheret
33, avenue des Baumettes - Nice

Exhibition Raoul Dufy
From December 13, 2024 to September 28, 2025

Open every day except Monday
from 11am to 6pm

Access

• Tram line 2, stop Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen
  Grace the stairs and reach the building overlooking.
• Bus 38: Musée Chéret stop

Official website

The Nice Carnival runs from Wednesday, February 12 to March 2. As every year, it takes place on Place Massena and all around Jardin Albert 1eer, via the Promenade des Anglais.
The theme of the carnival is: King of the Oceans, to echo the World Ocean Conference, June 9-13, 2025.

Nice Carnival 2025 program

• Wednesday, February 12: big hullabaloo, at the Maison du carnaval, Rue Docteur Pierre Richelmi for the first float outing. Free event.
• Friday, February 14: the Veglione Ball, at the Opéra de Nice.
• Saturday, February 15: the Carvalinana, place Masséna from 11am. First illuminated corso at 8:30 p.m., along the entire carnival route.
  EVERY FOLLOWING EVENT RUNS ALONG THE CARNIVAL ROUTE.
• Wednesday, February 19: Battle of the Flowers at 2:30 pm.
• Saturday, February 22: battle of the flowers at 2:30pm. Corso illuminé at 8:30 p.m.
• Sunday, February 23: daytime carnival parade at 2:30 pm.
• Tuesday, February 25: illuminated parade at 8:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 26: battle of the flowers at 2:30 pm.
• Saturday, March 1: battle of the flowers at 2:30pm. Corso illuminé at 8:30 p.m.

The carnival village

The Carnival Village opens Promenade du Paillon, beyond the water mirror. It consists of carnival-themed stalls and a few food stalls. Young and old alike can enjoy a variety of entertainment: face painting, street shows, etc.

How to see Nice Carnival

Nice carnival grandstands

Four grandstands are erected on the Place Massena, as well as two others on the Promenade des Anglais, opposite the Albert 1er garden. These grandstands offer the advantage of a perfect view of the Nice Carnival. And what's more, visitors are seated.

Walking and standing access

Spectators can also walk along the carnival route, but remain standing. The view of the floats may be closer than from the grandstand.

Practical information

Given its popular success and mandatory security measures, the entire Nice Carnival is ticketed (except for the grand charivari on Wednesday, February 12, 2025).

Billeteries

Free entry for anyone in full costume, from head to toe. Please note that a mask or a few scattered items of clothing are not enough to get you in free of charge.
Also, only the person in disguise gets in free of charge, not any accompanying persons.

• Rates
• Free admission
  Free admission for anyone fully disguised from head to toe. Please note that just a mask or a few scattered items of clothing are not enough to get you in free.
  Furthermore, only the disguised person gets in free, and not any accompanying persons.
• The main ticket office is set up in front of the miroir d'eau, in Place Massena.
  Open from February 6, every day, 10am-6pm (except Sunday 9)?
• A second ticket office is located at 5 Promenade des Anglais, opposite the Tourist Office, on the seafront.
• Online ticketing

Official carnival website

The Numera // Natura photo exhibition is by photographer Benoît Barbagli Vautier. It is presented at the Gallerie du musée Charles Nègre de la photographie, from November 23, 2024 to April 6, 2025.

Numerera // Natura photo exhibition

The Numera // Natura photo exhibition features 25 works by Benoît Barbagli Vautier, including 20 large-format photographs. Essentially, young people frolicking in the water.
The exhibition title Numera // Natura reveals the inspiration for the works: digital and nature.
In fact, in addition to the starting photograph, the artist brings AI (Artificial Intelligence) into play. Some of the works are purely artificial, rivalling those created by human will and creativity.
These are works to be admired for their freshness and originality. And let's not hesitate to discover the little details that add interest to the works.
The boundary between the intended and the virtual is tenuous. The two worlds respond to each other, uncovering a complex reality that eludes us, a sensitive and artificial truth that the digital rewrites.

The Numera // Natura photo exhibition and Greater B-NOÎD

In this exhibition, test yourself with AI. You can create your own graphic work and accompanying text, on the subject that interests you. It's up to you.
The AI porgramme here is called the Great B-NOÎD.

Benoît Barbagli

Benoît Barbagli (1988-) is the grandson of Ben and Annie Vautier. He trained as an artist at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nice. His artistic practice is multidisciplinary, combining photography, performance, sculpture and installations. Added to this is his use of digital technology.
He questions the relationship between humans and nature, particularly water, the original element where social and gender distinctions are erased.
He exhibits in a number of prestigious galleries, including the Galerie Eva Vautier in Nice.

Practical information

Musée de la Photographie Charles Nègre
1 place Pierre Gautier, 06300 Nice

Numerera // Natura photo exhibition
from November 23, 2024 to April 6, 2025
Every day from 10am to 6pm, suaf on Mondays.

Official website of the Charles Nègre Museum of Photography
Official website of the artist

The Nice Jazz Fest will take place on Thursday 24, Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 July 2025.
It will be located in the Jardin Albert 1er (between the Place assena and the Promenade des Anglais).
The program is not yet known but, given its success, the organizer is opening online ticketing. Reservations may be advisable.

Official website and ticketing

Christmas 2024 on the Côte d'Azur and in Nice in particular is an exceptional period. Exceptional for the weather, which is often so mild that many events take place outdoors. Exceptional, too, for the diversity and originality of what's on offer. Let's take a closer look.
Several updates to this page are planned as information becomes available.

Christmas 2024 on the Côte d’Azur and in Nice in particular

Nice residents and visitors alike look forward to the festive season. But which towns on the Côte d'Azur have Christmas markets? Which streets are the most illuminated? What to do with a child, and where?
Here's some useful information about the festive season in towns on the Côte d'Azur.

Christmas 2024 in Antibes

November 30 to January 5, 2025
Rides, Ferris wheel, carousel and various chalets, mostly gourmet.
Practical information
Esplanade du Pré des Pêcheurs
November 30 to December 20: 11am to 8:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays 11am to 9:30pm.
December 21 to January 5: 11am to 9:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays 11am to 10:30pm.
See our other pages on Antibes.

Christmas 2024 in Biot

Christmas market from December 20 to 30, 2024
Illuminations, parades, gourmet entertainment, Christmas chalets. Also on the program: a magical trail of Christmas façades, Place de Gaulle transformed into a gourmet square, and a competition to find the most beautiful Christmas sweater.
Practical information
Open 11am to 7:30pm (Tuesday December 24, 11am to 4pm), closed December 25.
Giant urban Advent calendar.
The children of Biot have come up with a calendar. The giant squares open one by one, starting 20 days before Christmas.
See our other pages on Biot.

Christmas in Cagnes-sur-mer

December 14 to 24, 2024
Rides and entertainment, Place de Gaulle.
Original! Traditional Nordic market
Villa Ingeborg on November 22 and 23.
See our other pages on Cagnes-sur-mer.

Christmas in Cannes

Christmas Market
From November 30 to January 5, 2025
Street entertainment, some sixty designer and artisan chalets, fun and varied workshops for children with Christmas tales and meetings with Santa Claus, competition for the most beautiful chalet and ice rink.

Practical information
cours Félix Faure
From 11am to 9pm, Fridays and Saturdays until 10pm.
The Cannes ice rink
350m2 ice rink.
Free admission from 10am to 1pm for children aged 4 to 10. From 1pm, €3 admission for all.
See our other pages on Cannes.

Christmas market in Menton

From December 7, 2024 to January 5, 2025
Wonderful Christmas of the 4 seasons: this will be the theme of the 35 gourmet and craft chalets, merry-go-rounds, entertainment and fir forest.
Practical information
Mail du Bastion.
Sunday to Thursday: 10am - 7pm, Friday and Saturday: 10am - 10pm.

Also an ice rink.

Original! Christmas car show, December 14, 18 and 21 at 4pm, in front of the Palais de l'Europe.

Original! Jazz concerts on December 13, 20 and 27, and on January 3, from 6 to 9 p.m., in the open air, on the Palmero esplanade.

See our other pages on Menton.

Monaco

From December 6 to January 5, 2025
Christmas village, designed around the theme "Gingerbread and delicacies".
21 food stalls, 24 decoration and craft chalets, Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, carousel, toboggan sled, Santa's sleighs, children's workshops and special evening for December 31 Eve from 9pm, with fireworks at midnight.
Practical information
Port Hercule
From 11am to 10:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays from 11am to 11pm. Special days on 24/12 from 11am to 7:30pm and on Sunday 31 December from 9pm to 2am.

Christmas 2024 in Nice

From November 28, 2024 to January 1, 2025

Nice Christmas Village

Nice Christmas village in four areas: the Chemin de Caléna with artisans and shopkeepers displaying their food, craft and decorative products, the Coin des pichouï with games, handcrafted toys, picnic tables and entertainment, the Monde du père Noël with illuminated decor, Santa's house, face painting stand and book box and Place aux festins in the heart of the village with tasting of Christmas specialities.
Practical information
jardin Albert 1er,
Mondays to Wednesdays from 12pm to 9pm, Thursdays and Fridays from 12pm to 11pm, Saturdays from 11am to 11pm, Sundays from 11am to 7pm, December 24 and 31 from 12pm to 7pm, December 25 and January 1 from 2pm to 9pm.

Christmas parade in Nice

On December 8, 2024, starting at 5 p.m., a grand Christmas parade will wind its way down Avenue Jean Médecin, featuring street entertainment, acrobats, music, shopping promos and more. The parade ends at 6:30 p.m. in the Place Massena.

The crèches

In addition to the cribs in the churches, note Lou Presèpi, the life-size crib, Place Rossetti, from December 19 to 29, 2024.

Original! Giant Santa

An 8-metre-high Santa Claus faces the Lenval children's hospital.

Christmas scenes

Beautifully decorated, Place Garibaldi.

Illuminations

The streets of Nice, including the famous Promenade des Anglais, will be illuminated. A fabulous prospect that never ceases to delight Nice residents and visitors alike. But the illuminations are not confined to the Promenade. Numerous streets and squares will also be illuminated, Old Nice as well as the other districts, from north to south, east to west.
Don't miss the port district, avenue Jean Médecin, the Libération district (Gare du Sud), etc.

See our other pages on Nice.

Saint-Laurent-du-Var

Raclette party
December 21, 2024, 7pm to 10pm
with DJ
at Parc Layet

Villefranche-sur-mer

Torchlight procession
December 22, 2024