 Festival of contemporary circus at La
Seyne sur Mer:
Each day several troops of circus present
their creations, it is beautiful, funny, poetic and magic ... Under
capital at "Les Sablettes".
February 26 th to March 7th
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Week
end Velo Nature
Bigreen Mandelieu
organises
a week end determinedly centred on the mountain bike: hikes, mountain
bike village, nature, second hand mountain bike market, Bike Fun Park...
The " Bigreen " favours the discovery of the natural heritage rich
in natural landscapes that affords a lot of outside sports
March 6th - 7th
www.mandelieu.fr
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 Magic festival in Juan-les-Pins
The finest international magicians and illusionists converge on Juan-les-Pins to find out the latest on their profession. They will be staging a show full of glamour, illusions, mystery and humour !
March 26th -27th
www.antibesjuanlespins.com |
 Salon decoration
& garden at Monaco
The warm weather arrives, terraces and gardens are in the current
events again, it's the right time for the Mediterraneen rendez-vous of
decoration.
March 25th -29th |
 The Cougourdons Festival
at Nice.
Each Spring the Cougourdons Festival, a large and popular
local fête 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...
28th March |
For Arles and Saintes
Maries Easter
is sacred !
For 4 days and 4 nights
the whole of the Camargue parties : bull fights, abrivados, bull
running, novilladas, horse skills competitions the arenas will never
empty. Café terraces become bodegas, music, dancing, guitars
and flamenco will ring out around the camargue. This is an unmissable
rendez-vous for aficionados !
Les Saintes Marie : April 3rd - 5th
Arles : April 2nd - 5th
www.feriaarles.com
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 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 5th
www.lebarsurloup.fr |
  Auriol horses and cattle fair
Horses,
goats, sheep, pigs will be there for the fair with the horses and
cattle of Auriol. Organized by the Saint-Eloi group of Auriol, she
will still know this year, are into sure, an immense success.
April 11th |
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 Relive Napoléon's arrival at the Vallauris
Golfe Juanas if you were there... a historic reconstruction of the landing with more
than 300 soldiers in period uniforms, bivouacs, processions, changing
the guard naval battle. The highlight of the event is a minute by minute reconstruction
of the landing in the old port on Sunday : the General, his field
Marchhalls and the napoleonic soldiers in all their splendour
March 6th -7th
www.vallauris-golfe-juan.fr
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 Violet
Festival at Tourettes
sur Loup
The
whole village is in flower and fragrances fill the air. The streets
play host to the farmers' market, which includes flower growers,
farmers and wine-growers , and come to life with games for children,
folklore events and jazz groups. You will also be able to visit
the fields of violets. The high point of the festivities is the
great Violets Procession (grand Corso des violettes) at 2.30 pm
which brings the day's events to a close (7th at 2.30 pm)
March 5th-7th
www.tourrettessurloup.com |
 Important donkey festival at Barbentane
celebrating St Joseph's day : ancient cart procession
at 11.30am, folklore, events
and a craft fair in the strets of the village. To bring the festival
to a fitting close, the final spectacle starts at 17.30pm
March 28th
Donkey festival at Gonfaron : Craft fair and reconstruction of the legend of Gonfaron wich is the village where donkeys fly, according
to a XVth century legend. All
the day place de la Victoire.
March 28th |
 Monaco : Le Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo offers a selection of musical events of international quality. Particular emphasis is placed on recitals and chamber music, thematic programming is opening the festival to a plethora of styles
(jazz, new music, theatre, cinema, plastic arts).
From March 15th to April 6th
www.printempsdesarts.com |
 Exhibition "Russian Easter" at Marseille
2010 is the Year of Russia in France. Easter is a very important event for the Orthodox ... Discover the traditions of Russia.
February 16th to April 5th
www.maisondelartisanat.org |
Les Baux de Provence
New show at the Cathédrale d'Image : Australia
A journey into the world on this island continent where large spaces are at the gates of cities ... Once again the show promises to be spectacular !
From February 24th to Jan 2nd 2011
www.lesbauxdeprovence.com
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Archaeological exhibition: "Caesar, the Rhône for memory" in Arles
The exhibition looks back at 20 years of excavations in the river at Arles and off the coast at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Of more than 500 objects on show, undoubtedly the most impressive is this famous bust of Julius Caesar. Departmental museum of Ancient Arles.
October 24th to Sept. 19th 2010
Tickets on line |
 Monaco Dance Forum celebrates the centenary of the Ballets Russes with 300 artists to make some masterpieces, including Le Sacre du Printemps (Nijinsky), Scheherazade (Jersey), The Prodigal Son (Balanchine), but also installations and exhibitions ....
March 27th - April 16th
www.ballets-russes-monaco.com |
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