Diary - February 2019

Les Hivernales
in Avignon
LOne of the oldest dance festival celebrates its 41° anniversary with a week dedicated to artists & choregraphers in connection with the Mediterranean with 22 companies, 33 performances and 16 workshops.
January 30th - February 16th
www.hivernales-avignon.com

Bulle de Neige, Comics festival in Valberg

Bulle de Neige, Comic festival in Valberg
Between two ski slopes, privileged meetings and dedications with the authors, exhibitions, workshops ... among the guests: Nicolas Keramidas, Jean Bastide, Brice Cossu, Joel Jurion, Amandine ..., among others
February 2nd - 3rd

www.bullesdeneige.com

All set 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

Truffle festival in Carpentras
A day to know everything about the truffle, scrambled party, selling truffles, gourmet work shops, demonstration digging and field trip.
February 8th, 15th, 22th

www.carpentras-ventoux.com

Mimosa Trail
This is the period to set out on the "mimosa trail" in the pleasant winter sunshine, surrounded by sumptuous landscapes, passing through these 8 delightful stop overs : Bormes, le Rayol Canadel, Ste Maxime, St Raphaël, Mandelieu, Tanneron, Pégomas finishing in Grasse with a visit to the museum of perfume.
from January 15th
www.routedumimosa.com

Mimosa Corso in Ste Maxime
On Saturday visit of the construction workshops and their setting in flower. Sunday parade and grand parade of floats
February 2nd - 3rd

www.sainte-maxime.com

Mimosa Grand Corso in Bormes
Procession of floral floats, colour, music, brass band and majorettes to celebrate this important event.
February 24th
www.corso-fleuri-bormes.com
Cavalaire : February 9th - 10th
Lavandou : March 19th

Mimosa Festival in Mandelieu
This year on the theme "The Adventures of Marco Polo" Evening parades of lights on February 22, illuminated nocturnal corso on February 23, grand flowered corso on February 24 on the Promenade du bord de Mer
February 20th - 27th
www.ot-mandelieu.fr

Oursinades
inCarry le Rouet
Oursinades in Carry le Rouet Big Sea urchin festival with seafood and other shellfish on the port. All the cafe and restaurant terraces have entertainment with a wonderful ambiance, music, craft fair and provençal folks
February 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
www.otcarrylerouet.fr

Bread, Love and Chocolate Fair at Antibes
If you have a great love affair with chocolate ... you have a RV with the best producers of chocolates, breads & pastries in Antibes for Valentine's Day weekend.
February 13th - 17th
www.amourchocolat.fr

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

Open 13 in Marseille
Professional men’s tennis tournament which brings together the best players : Murray, Khachanov, Coric, Edmund and Tsitsipas and among the French: Chardy, Herbert, Monfils, Pair, Simon and Tsonga.
February 18th - 24th
www.open13.fr

Villefranche sur Mer Sea Battle of the Flowers

Sea Battle of the Flowers at Villefranche sur mer
A unique event in France : a battle of flowers on the water : Traditional procession of flower-decked pointus. A flower battle ensues between the boats as various attractions on the quaysides feature folk groups.
February 19th
www.villefranche-sur-mer.com

Games Festival in Cannes
Passionate or just curious players, it will be hard to resist this showcase of mind games and society. This festival offers initiations, competitions, tournaments, challenges and new games.
February 22th - 24th
www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com

The 2Cv club gold road trip
This is a major gathering of 2CV collectors and enthusiasts. They'll leave Grasse heading for Pégomas then Tanneron through forests of mimosa in bloom. A wonderful atmosphere - beautiful 2CVs and mimosa everywhere, a really great day out.
February 23th - 24th
www.azur2cv.org

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

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

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

Exhibitions

Fil du temps, connexion textile in Marseille
The exhibition is dedicated to the work of the craftsmen embroiderers, dressmakers, weavers of yarns and fabrics with the thread running time and the life that passes and hangs by a thread.
December 14th - February 16th, 2019
www.maisondelartisanat.org

20 years Retrospective in Marseille
To celebrate the 20 years of the museum, the most emblematic works of the 65 exhibitions from 1998 to 2018 on Provence, the south and the Mediterranean.
June 9th - February 17th, 2019
museeregardsdeprovence.com

"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

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

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 to 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