Summer music festivals in Nice and the French Riviera

Summer music festivals with Villahostels

Are you a big fan of music festivals?

This summer, the city of Nice and its surroundings will be hosting different really good music festivals.

Rock, electro, jazz, rap, classical … The summer season that opens is particularly glamorous for music lovers on the Côte d’Azur. 

Find out the four festivals you should not miss during the summer in Nice

#1. La Creme festival  – Villefranche Sur Mer

Walking barefoot, listen to live music, swim, play petanque, chill on a paddle, go out on a boat, share a drink at sunset, discover and dance, dance, dance, this is La Creme Festival.

The Cream Festival is 3 days of live concerts, DJ sets & outdoor lifestyle activities, in the most beautiful harbor in the world!

Past line-ups have included BUSY P & MYD, CORINE FILLE DE TA REGION, KAZY LAMBIST, CUT KILLER and many more…

☞ Where? Villefranche-Sur-Mer

☞ More information? www.lacremefestival.com

#2. Nice jazz festival – Nice

The Nice Jazz Festival, originally called The Jazz Festival, is a music festival held in Nice, France for the first time in 1948. It is sometimes considered “the first jazz festival to have gained international importance“.

Now the festival is also open to other musical trends like world music, reggae, rock, electro, hip hop always alongside great figures of jazz and blues.

Previous years have included BLACK EYED PEAS, NILE RODGERS & CHIC, ANGELE, IBRAHIM MAALOUF, A CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE SITUATION BIGFLO ET OLI, OMARA PORTUONDO and many more…

☞ When? Every July.

☞ Where? Théâtre de verdure et place Masséna

☞ More information?  www.nicejazzfestival.fr

#3. Festival Jazz A Juan – Juan Les Pins

59th edition of the Jazz à Juan festival. This dean of jazz festivals in Europe offers concerts of international stars in the Gould pine forest, by the sea.

The International Jazz Festival of Antibes Juan-les-Pins “Jazz à Juan” is an integral part of French culture and heritage. Without ever failing with its tradition at once chic, elitist, popular, but also eclectic, “Jazz à Juan” presents since 1960 all the jazz in the most beautiful scenery that can exist, under the centenary pines of the Gould pine forest, facing the Mediterranean.

This year, get ready for GEORGE BENSON, ELECTRO DELUXE, BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS, JAMIROQUAI, DIANA KRALL, THOMAS DUTRONC and much more

☞ Where? Juan Les Pins

☞ More information? www.jazzajuan.com

#4. Les plages electronics festival  – Cannes

The Electronic Beaches festival will liven up the beach of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes for another year. 

The biggest names in electronic music, but also urban, meet again at the foot of the Palais des Festivals for the biggest “beach party” of the Côte d’Azur. A megamix of unmissable headliners, artistic favorites and refreshing discoveries for a cosmopolitan, festive and trend-setting program.

Last year’s line-up included Cocorico with DJ SNAKE, whose international anthem Taki Taki Taki has broken all records of streams. His acolytes from the crew Pardon My French TCHAMI, MALAA & MERCER have also conquered America, MR OIZO no longer needs to be presented and we promise the same future to the confusing VLADIMIR NIGHTMARE.

☞ When? August.

☞ Where? Cannes

☞ More information? www.plages-electroniques.com