Nice Jazz Festival ★ 4.2
Nice Jazz Festival runs four nights in late July on Place Massena and the Theatre de Verdure, Europe's oldest jazz festival since 1948 with Riviera apero.
Festin des Cougourdons is a food festival in Nice.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Jardins des Arenes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice
Nice Jazz Festival runs four nights in late July on Place Massena and the Theatre de Verdure, Europe's oldest jazz festival since 1948 with Riviera apero.
The Fete du Citron in Menton is the two-week citrus festival on the French Riviera, drawing 200,000-plus visitors to the lemon and orange parade floats and the Jardins Bioves citrus sculptures.
Carnaval de Nice runs mid-February to early March each year on Place Massena, with flower battles, illuminated parades and the canonical Carnaval ganses.
Fete du Citron Menton runs in parallel with Carnaval de Nice every February, 40 minutes east on the train and the Menton lemon parade the longest running.