Events calendar Côte d'Azur

This young exhibition, the first edition of which took place in 2010, is organized by a passionate team. The event extends over four days and brings to the hippodrome of the Côte d'Azur the professionals of the fishing industry, water sports, aquatic recreation and underwater recreation. Also at the meeting: associations, federations, clubs, tour operators, fishing guides… The opportunity also to raise public awareness of the richness and fragility of the marine environment and fisheries resources. Many animations: fishing competition, vol, cooking courses of the sea…

For its third edition, the Garden Festival invites visitors to discover the French Riviera on a dreamlike journey along the fragrant paths of "artists' gardens", the theme this year. In Antibes, Cannes, Grasse, Menton and Nice, as well as in Monaco, numerous events are organized and no less than thirteen landscape creations will be competing for one of the seven prizes awarded. Nature lovers will also appreciate the ephemeral gardens outside the competition in Cap d'Ail, Mandelieu-La Napoule and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

Dix Mille Tours du Castellet is an annual race organized by Peter Auto on the famous Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet, Var. Depending on the grid, it uses both tracks, the F1 Grand Prix track and the other one without the northern chicane with the Mistral straight line allowing to reach 300 km/h for the Group C Racing prototypes. The Dix Mille Tours du Castellet is also the presence of car clubs (vehicles before 1971 or possibly more recent) that can participate in driving on the track, but also the presence of merchants and exhibitors.

This painter is studying the effect of time on works. It focuses on erosion research, women. Paintings, sketches prints inspired by archaeology, relief in paper.

Since 1960, the world's finest jazzmen and jazzwomen have brought their instruments and voices to Juan-les-Pins, offering audiences top-flight jazz. On the stage of the Pinède Gould, with the sea as a backdrop, legendary artists such as Ray Charles, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald have made the festival a must for fans of the genre. In addition to the festival, Summer Sessions and exhibitions will be held from July 8 to 18.

What success! Years in years the notoriety of the Castellet racing races won't be démérite! You who have never seen this fabulous and impressive spectacle, you who have already seen it and die of returning to it: All of you must no longer hesitate and organise a weekend to attend one of these races. Visit the website of the Paul Ricard circuit to track its programming. You may then be able to attend the FIA GT 1 World Championship (in July), 4 hours of Paul Ricard V V (where historical vehicles are displayed in September), the World Series by Renault (in September) or even participate in one of the GT steering courses organized here.

For over 45 years now, La Croisette has played host to the Royal Regatta Festival. The event welcomes over 150 of the world's finest yachts. For a week, the largest and most famous yachts of the last century, often over a hundred years old, compete in fierce jousts in a convivial atmosphere. The regatta is held off the coast of the Lérins Islands. Don't miss the royal regatta village with its many exhibitors.

It's the friendly, inter-generational rendezvous of the gaming world! Animations, tournaments, exhibition areas, board games, traditional games, simulation games, trading card games, video games, there's something for everyone! Whether you're an occasional gamer, a family gamer or a hard-gamer, this event will give you the chance to meet all the gaming communities, test board games and meet the authors of your favorite games.

This is one of the most beautiful traditional festivals in France! Organised by the association "The Circle of Peillasque Union", the festivities allow to share and make known the strong times of the lives of the inhabitants of yesteryear, very marked by the succession of harvests and thus seasons: the villagers and the exhibitors are doing so, the time of a weekend, to revive the actions of their elders, perpetuating the traditions of wheat and lavender cutting which make the village originality. The atmosphere is at the heart of joy and conviviality. Moreover, all those who wanted it can participate in the cuts.

The merchants'association, the Bandol Yacht Club and the Bandol Yacht Company put their heart to the book to breathe new life into this nautical event in the noble title. La Veil d'Or, which celebrated its 26 th edition in 2014 after two years of interruption, brings together a more experienced day and winter pleasure, the time of a coastal race, both sporty and convivial.

Every first May, the USAM organizes the Nature of the Three Forts in Faron. Accessible to athletes as well as to Sunday riders, this is an original way to rediscover the Toulon Mountains, while taking a fresh breath of fresh air. There are three courses at different levels depending on the candidate's age (1 km, 2 kilometres and 11 kilometres). The slopes will surely make you regret for a moment not having taken the cable car, but the satisfaction of getting away is worth it!

Tariff: 10 € in presale.

Duration: from 1 a. m. to 2 p. m.

Difficulty: .

On August 12 th, the commune of Guillaumes will be on the rhythm of his Bullfighting Hike. In the program, no bull reassured you, but a 8,2 km foot race composed of three identical loops. The course gives you a total difference of 250 m: so it is better to be a brin trained before you start; you are warned! Do you want to make your summer holidays a little sport? Take advantage of the opportunity and visit 18 h 30 of General de Gaulle!

Tariff: 5 €.

Distance: 8,2 km.

Difficulty: average to difficult.

Rendez-vous: Place de Gaulle in Guillaumes. Departure at 18 am.

Other practical information: any non-licensee shall have a medical certificate indicating the absence of a contraindication to the practice of the race on foot.

On August 5 th, the municipality var var Du will host its sporting event «les 1000 Pattes», a 10,6 km rolling race in the forest, alternating between underground paths. Want to add a competitive dimension to your regular workouts? It seems that the opportunity falls by the wayside: so join the 120 athletes expected that day! The meeting is given on the place of the town hall at 17 p. m. for the removal of the funds: don't miss him!

Tariff: 8 €, or 10 € on site.

Distance: 10,6 km.

Difficulty: average.

Rendez-vous: place of town hall - Le Thoronet. Departure from 17 pm and departure at 18 pm.

Other practical information: any non-licensee shall have a medical certificate indicating the absence of a contraindication to the practice of the race on foot.

For its 75th edition, the Nice Fair will be held again in March 2019 at the Palais des Expositions. On more than 17,000 m², you will find several hundred exhibitors in all fields: food, crafts, leisure, fashion, decoration, furniture, household equipment, beauty, health, associations, insurance... Outside, Esplanade Tassigny is dedicated to the outdoors: swimming pools, pergolas, barbecue, garden furniture... Finally, on two floors of the Acropolis Palace, the Bâtir exhibition, considered as the leading building exhibition in the far south-east, reveals to visitors all the keys to designing a healthy, trendy, high-quality and even eco-friendly home.

More than 60 free concerts and entertainment, three days of musical excitement, a space dedicated to the very young and nearly 50,000 visitors: C'est pas Classique has become the great musical event of the fall! The objective? To introduce or rediscover to the public the full breadth and variety of the classical repertoire, performed by artists and ensembles of local and international renown, an event awaited by young and old alike, including, since last year, the opening of a Baby Muses space for children aged 0 to 3. Don't miss the 15th edition to be held in November 2019 at the Acropolis Palace!

The Nice Martial Arts Festival, organized by Essor Riviera Karate, is the oldest event of its kind in the region, it is also the most recognized by athletes and martial arts federations. Since 1996, all the best known and most successful champions have come to Nice to participate in this spectacular show and represent their category: karate, capoeira, taekwondo, krav-maga, kung fu, MMA and many others.... There will surely be the discipline of your dreams. Tickets can be purchased online or in partner stores (Fnac, Carrefour, Auchan, Fightershop...) so don't miss the 2019 edition!

For more than 20 years, this festival has become a summer must! Les folies des lacs, are free concerts, under the open sky, organized in the exceptional natural setting of the commune of Valdeblore-La Colmiane. The public is numerous each year to come and listen to classical music, jazz and world music around the lake of La Colmiane but also around the lake Nègre. A musical festival out of the ordinary, where the public is as varied as the musical genres offered: tourists, locals or simply curious, everyone will find something to satisfy them!

After the immense success of their first passage, the Grand Ships are back in the Harbour of Toulon! Three schooner masts, boat masts, brigantine and others: the adventurers of the seas will come from every corner of the world to the toulonnaises waters, from 27 to 30 September 2013, in Europe's most beautiful harbour! In the program of this incredible stopover, four days of free festivities for an exceptional show: street arts, concerts, nautical and aeronautical animations, sounds and lights, giant fireworks (Sunday 29 in the evening), exhibitions, crew parade, balls, and of course free visits to boats at dock! A village with exhibitors will make you discover the innovative activities of the environment, the environment and regional know-how. Coup-Bihoué kemper at the opening Ceremony on September 27 th at 12 p. m. and the same evening for the light and light show. Nor do we forget the sports tournaments of crews: canoes, kayaks, beach volley, regatta, rope shooting, etc., as well as concerts, choirs and harmonies, and the Ulm Ballet! A day full of magic, not lacking under any pretext.

On March 17th, the town of Beausoleil celebrates Saint-Joseph by means of sporting challenges. If you enjoy very good physical condition? Go in the rise of the 458 stairs Riviera, which leave the city centre, near the market Gustave Eiffel, and that goes up to Riviera Palace. A race against the clock as intense as unusual, which is on the way allows you to enjoy the picturesque scenery of the city! And if you prefer softer efforts, you can choose the natural race “Souvenir Lilia Porta”, which changes on a 8 -mile loop, on the upper part of town.

Price: € 6, € 10 both.

Distance: race stairs: 458 stairs; natural race “Souvenir Lilia Porta”: 8 km from running.

Difficulty: average difficult.

Appointment: race of the staircases: departure at 10:00 in bottom of the staircase Riviera, boulevard de la République (downtown); natural race "Souvenir Lilia Porta": departure at 14:30 on the site of Devens, park of the sports and leisures André Vanco.

Other practical information: very participating not set off will have to bring a medical certificate mentioning the lack of counter-indication to running in competition.

The lighthouse event, the Ekiden, is not taking place the following day, but as a way of putting it into mouth, the Mini-Ekiden will run the streets of Toulon on March 4. In the programme: 5,2 km in relay to four young people on a 1 kilometre loop. Adults who are more trained, will certainly take part in the famous Toulon marathon on March 5, in relay to six athletes!

Tariff: free (for information, the registration fees at the Ekiden, on 5 March at 7 h 30, amount to € 60 per team of six).

Distance: 5,2 km.

Difficulty: pretty easy.

Rendez-vous: Parking Tour Royale - Toulon. Departure at 14 pm.

Other practical information: any non-licensee shall have a medical certificate indicating the absence of a contraindication to the practice of the race on foot.

Every summer, on the second Sunday in June, Escragnolles celebrates donkeys. In the neighborhood of Colette, donkeys from all regions of France are gathered. Demonstrations of maréchalerie, exhibitions and presentations of donkeys and ponies, promenades walks, as all visitors.

The world of gliders and vélivoles is at the honor for two days on the airfield, with initiation flights - paying - air show, demonstration demonstration, gliders exhibitions of old and recent gliders.

Renaissance of a former local tradition where the villagers secretly celebrated their patron saint Clair through a long solemn procession through the streets. Rounds of tromblons, songs, folk dances and three scenes interpreted on the square of Romérage close this procession.

Once a year, the fat galline - chicken - is cooking for about five hundred guests, to remind you of the huge meal that would emerge at the end of the harvest. A demonstration associated with Templières days.

A traditional and folk procession in memory of Saint Aygulphe, a pilgrim monk of Lérins Abbey who was tortured by the rebel monks in the year 660.