Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Cannes, Frankrijk

Druk — Christmas holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Mimosa season

  15 jan – 10 mrt · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The Tanneron hills behind Cannes go yellow with mimosa in winter, and neighbouring Mandelieu-la-Napoule holds its Fete du Mimosa with flower parades in mid-February. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas in Cannes (26 nov – 5 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — Festival International des Jeux, Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Festival International des Jeux

  20 feb – 5 mrt · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  The Palais des Festivals fills with board, card and video game players for a late-winter weekend; free to enter and one of the few times out of season the Croisette gets busy. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Mimosa season (15 jan – 10 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Festival International des Jeux, MIPIM property fair

• Festival

  MIPIM property fair

  15–19 mrt · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  The property industry takes the Palais and every hotel room on the Croisette for a week in the middle of March. Rooms triple and the restaurants run on corporate bookings only. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Easter weekend

  4–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  Easter Monday is a public holiday and the long weekend is spring's first big getaway: motorways and TGVs fill, towns that draw holidaymakers get busy and some rooms are priced up, and many shops close on the Monday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Mimosa season (15 jan – 10 mrt (meestal)), Festival International des Jeux (20 feb – 5 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter weekend, Canneseries

• Festival

  Canneseries

  15 apr – 2 mei · meestalFilmfestivalDruk

  A week-long festival of new television series in late April, with red-carpet premieres at the Palais. Screenings are free with booking, a cheap way to see the steps before the film crowd arrives. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter weekend (4–6 apr)

Topdrukte — Canneseries, May holidays and ponts

• Feestdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Cannes Film Festival

  11–22 mei · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  Twelve days in the second half of May when the Croisette is fenced, badges rule everything and rates go to their annual peak. The free beach screenings are the part with no accreditation. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Canneseries (15 apr – 2 mei (meestal))

Druk — Cannes Lions, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 5 okt · meestal

  The bay is swimmable from the middle of June to the start of October. The public stretches between the beach clubs are free and are where the town itself swims, early and late in the day.

• Festival

  Cannes Lions

  15–26 jun · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  The advertising week in the third week of June: beach takeovers along the Croisette, a full Palais, and hotel rates that behave like May's. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei)

Topdrukte — Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Festival

  Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique

  4 jul – 24 aug · meestalLicht & vuurDruk

  Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition. The Croisette closes to traffic and fills two hours before. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique, Summer holidays in Frankrijk

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique (4 jul – 24 aug (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — MIPCOM television market, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  MIPCOM television market

  12–16 okt · meestalDruk

  The television business fills the Palais for four days in the middle of October, which is why the shoulder season here is not as cheap as the calendar suggests. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Christmas in Cannes

  26 nov – 5 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  A Christmas village of wooden chalets sets up on the Allees de la Liberte by the old port from late November to early January, with lights along the Croisette. Many beach restaurants are shut by then. Bron ↗

Druk — Christmas holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas in Cannes (26 nov – 5 jan (meestal))