Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July
Festival of Notre Dame de Bon Port
Barefoot sailors have brought the statue of Notre Dame de Bon Port to the cathedral and taken it to its shrine by the Chemin de Calvaire the following Sunday, on the first Thursday of July since 1016. There are special services and masses, sailors’ songs, concerts and bonfires during this festival that is held dear by all residents of Antibes.
Organiser: Corporation of marines of Antibes. Mr Jean Michelis. Tel: 04 93 33 40 68

1st, 4,6,8 and 10th July
21st Music in the heart of Antibes
Villa Eilenroc. Av Mrs L-D Beaumont in Cap d’Antibes
For the last 21 years, Antibes Juan-les-Pins has staged this exceptional series of operas in “Music in the heart” with Eve Ruggieri which is once more performed in the glorious setting of Villa Eilenroc in the heart of Cap d'Antibes. The voices of wonderful artistes soar in the open air on this most beautiful of musical journeys where nations and man unite. A true example of “the arts are the most certain method of escaping from everyday existence, and are also the best way of uniting the world.”
Contact Tourist Office. 11 Place de Gaulle, 06600 Antibes – Tel : 04 97 23 11 11

Early July
Reggae Festival
From 19.00 – Pinède Gould
Best of the best reggae in Juan!
Contact Tourist Office. Tel : 04 97 23 11 11

11 to 20 July
49th “Jazz in Juan” International Jazz Festival
20.30 in Pinède Gould in Juan-les-Pins
Pinède Gould is to jazz musicians what the Scala of Milan is to opera singers: an important milestone in their career and a very special performance venue. Doyen of European jazz festivals, “Jazz in Juan” is a veritable mixing pot of styles and the latest trends. Popular music and off-beat, young artistes who have gone on to great fame, the classics and modern pieces… Many are the greats who have trodden the boards of the stage since the first festival in 1960 in the mythical Pinède Gould. Once again this year, they come to Juan to enchant and excite their audiences with the most brilliant performances on offer today.
Contact Tourist Office. 11 Place de Gaulle, 06600 Antibes.
Tel : 04 97 23 11 11. www.antibesjuanlespins.com

11 to 19 July
The « Off » Jazz in Juan Festival
As usual this year, the Tourist Office has organised jazz in the streets and venues around the town, including concerts in hotels in Juan-les-Pins and the Eden Casino during the 49th edition of “Jazz in Juan”. There are many exceptional groups and solo artists.
Contact Tourist Office.

JULY 2009 DAY BY DAY

1, 2, 3 and 4 July
Café Theatre “La Scène sur mer”
20.30 - Place Nationale – 04 93 34 11 21. www.theatredelamarguerite.com
“Madison County”, by Eric Assous, with Sandrine Leroy and Omar El Hariri.

Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 July
Bastille National Day
13th at 22.30 – Fireworks on Ponteil promenade and Salis. Dances at 21.00 to 1.00 in Cours Massena, Place du Safranier and Square Dulys.
14th at 22.30 – Fireworks in Juan-les-Pins bay. Dance in Pinède Gould.

EXHIBITIONS IN JULY 2009

Postcard Museum
4 avenue Tournelli. 04 93 34 24 88
“Extra flesh and cellulite – the chubby ones”
Open 14.00 to 18.00 except Mondays

Bains Douches Art Gallery. Bd d’Aguillon. Tel: 04 93 34 74 30
Homage to Pouey
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 22.00. Sunday 10.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 18.00.