Diary - March 2019

Nice Carnaval
Giant parades, processions of illuminated floats, flower parades on the Promenade des Anglais ... the magic of the Carnival explode around King Carnival sacred " King of Cinema "
February 16th - March 3rd

www.nicecarnaval.com

Lemon Festival Menton
Golden Fruits Parades which will make their way along the seafront. Fanfares twirl and zigzag through the citrus-laden floats to the sound of bands. Night parades, fireworks, citrus exhibition and gardens of light in the jardins Bioves.
February 16th - March 3rd

www.feteducitron.com

Violet festival at Tourrettes sur Loup
The whole village is in flower and fragrances fill the air. The streets play host to the farmers' market. The high point of the festivities is the great Violets Procession with flower battle.
March 2nd - 3rd
www.tourrettessurloup.com

Marseille International Exhibition of Art

International Exhibition of Art
in Marseille
More than a hundred professional artists exhibit and sell their creations, paintings, collages, ceramics, sculptures ... among others.
March 8th - 11th
www.siac-marseille.fr

Nice International Fair
One of the most popular events of the French Riviera with more 140 000 visitors and 1 200 exhibitors.
March 9th - 18th

www.foiredenice.com

Last day for the truffle seasons
The markets are open from November to March (mornings) :
Richerenches : Saturday starting Nov17
Carpentras : Friday starting Nov 16
Aups :Thursday starting Nov 29
www.richerenches.fr

Women Voices Festival in Saint Martin de Crau

17° Women Voices Festival at
St Martin de Crau
A festival that pays tribute to women artists, actresses, humorists and women voices in French music, jazz and world music
March 9th - 23th
www.cdc-smc.fr

Le Printemps des Poètes
The theme this year :"The beauty ". Readings, exposure, conferences, workshops of poetry ... many events will celebrate the poem in all the area.
Toulon, Fréjus, Aix, St Raphaël ...
March 9th - 25th
www.printempsdespoetes.com

Cycling race Paris Nice
One last push on the pedals for the arrival of the famous race on the Promenade des Anglais after 1 206 km and 4 stops in Provence French Riviera : March 14 in Barbentane, March 15 from Peynier to Brignoles, March 16 from Nice to la Bollene Vésubie by the Col de Turini and arrival on March 17 at Nice
March 14th - 17th

www.letour.fr

Le Printemps des Arts
in Monte-Carlo
offers a selection of musical events of international quality, portraits of composers ... an approach to music and different inventive or rub concerts, shows, dance & visual arts.
March 15 - April 14th
www.printempsdesarts.com

Lavandou Corso
This great flower procession takes over the town in a party mood, with more than 20 floral floats, a flower battle, flag throwers and a brass band, making this great colourful and lively parade one of the most magnificent events at the start of the season.
March 17th
www.ot-lelavandou.fr

20° Aubagne Film Festival
Movies lovers, film music lovers and everything related to the soundtrack and movies creation, this festival is for you : film competition, retrospectives, master class, exhibitions...
March 18th - 23rd

www.cineaubagne.fr

Boat show at La Ciotat
La Ciotat provides the perfect location for the boat business and people who love boats and the sea ... whether by sail or motor, everything that floats will be there.
March 23th - 31st
www.salon-lesnauticales.com

Cougourdons festival in Nice
Each Spring this large and popular local fete brings the Cimiez gardens to life. What's a cougourdon ? They are a strange sort of squash, traditionaly grown and dried in Nice, whose ornate shapes are open to all sorts of interpretations.
March 31st
www.nice.fr

Gardens Festival
It's spring time, time to celebrate gardens. This 2nd Festival will consist of a competition of garden design in pop-up gardens installed in town centres in the most beautiful sites in the departement :Nice, Cannes, Grasse, Antibesand Menton.
March 30th - April 28TH

festivaldesjardins.fr

European Days Art and Crafts
For 3 days, discover the most talented craftmakers and step inside the backstage, discover the know-how ... 317 events in Provence and Côte d'Azur : workshops, exhibitions, meeting ...
April 1st - 7th
www.journeesdesmetiersdart.com

Meeting of the 9th Art in
Aix en Provence
With a program that is off the beaten path, the comic book festival in Aix offers a range of exhibitions, workshops, meetings with authors, performances and a treasure hunt..
April 6th - May 25th
www.bd-aix.com

Fair of Avignon
Almost 400 exhibitors to the Spring Fair.
April 12th - 15th
www.foireavignon.com

Strawberry Festival at
Carpentras
Tasting and sale, pie competition, music and entertainment ...
April 13th

www.carpentras-ventoux.com

Monaco Tennis Open
Make a date for one of the most beautiful tennis club in the world. A prestigious post with the top 50 players in the world
April 13th - 21th

monte-carlorolexmasters.com

Easter Antique Fair at
L'Isle sur la Sorgue
A must for all bargain hunters and merchants from around the world.To celebrate its 100 years this year, 300 exhibitors, a profusion of objects of the finest pieces of antiquity to the most kitsch gadgets.
April 19th - 22th

www.foire-isle-sur-sorgue.fr

Easter Feria in Arles
For 4 days and 4 nights the whole of the Camargue parties, bull fights, abrivados, bull running... the arenas will never empty. Café terraces become bodegas, music, dancing, guitars and flamenco will ring out around the Camargue.
April 19th - 22th
www.feriaarles.com

Printemps des Potiers
atBandol
Open air exhibitions of jars, pots, pitchers, just about every kind of crockery... and everything to put the little pots in the big ones. Easter Week end : big potiers market quai du Port.
April 20th - May 12th
www.leprintempsdespotiers.fr

Orange tree festival in
Bar sur Loup
Gourmets get your taste buds ready... competitions for the best homemade orange wine and bitter marmalade. Entertainment, games, dances, music, exhibitions, harvesting and distillation of this precious fruit.
April 22th (Lundi de Pâques)
www.lebarsurloup.fr

Exhibitions

l'Art mange l'Art exhibition in Marseille

L’Art mange l’Art et De la table au tableau à Marseille
Two exhibitions on the occasion of the year of gastronomy to make gourmets and fine taste salivate by the multiplicity of visions of the artists around the food.
March 5th - October 13th, 2019
museeregardsdeprovence.com

Behind the scene of the jewel exhibition in Marseille

Behind the scene of the jewel in Marseille
The exhibition is dedicated to the work of all the craftsmen who work around the creation of a jewel and you discover all the stages of creation from the drawing to the finished jewel.
March 8th - May 18th, 2019
www.maisondelartisanat.org

Chagall, from black and white to color in Aix en Provence

Chagall, from black and white to color in Aix
More than 100 works by Chagall testify to his artistic exploration of black and white towards particularly bright, intense and deep colors.
November 1st - March 24th, 2019
www.caumont-centredart.com

Cross the light at Granet Muséum in Aix en Provence

Cross the light at Granet Muséum in Aix
The exhibition brings together works by French non-figurative artists including Roger Bissière, Jean Bazaine, Elvire Jan, Jean Le Moal, Alfred Manessier and Gustave Singier.
November 9th - 31 March 31th, 2019

www.museegranet.fr

"On danse " exhibition at the Mucem in Marseille

"On danse "at Mucem in Marseille
Dance is not just about virtuosos, we all dance at a given moment. It is a shared social fact, creator of links illustrated in this exhibition by films, sounds and text extracts and a good scenography.
January 23th - May 23th, 2019
www.mucem.org

Bonnard in Black and colors exhibition in Le Cannet

Bonnard in Black and colors at Le Cannet
Often described as the painter of color and light, Bonnard spent much of his life recreating it in his paintings. 60 works to discover of which many unpublished.
November 24th - June 9th, 2019
www.museebonnard.fr

Exhibition Van Gogh, the starry night at the Baux de Provence

Van Gogh, the starry night at Les Baux de Provence
The monumental Carrieres de Lumieres host extraordinary multimedia shows which are unique : spectators are totally immersed in the image projected onto all the surfaces of the rock
March 1st, 2019 - January 5th, 2020
www.carrieres-lumieres.com

Gallery of the Mediterranean in Mucem of Marseille

Gallery of the Mediterranean in Mucem at Marseille
Everyday objects mixed in with works of art, bearing witness to the practices and beliefs of the past and the present, from the Neolithic period to the contemporary works covering a 1,500 m² floor area.
Permanent exhibition
www.mucem.org