Editing Alpes-Maritimes (section)

== Culture ==
Cultural life is rich and fully described in the daily regional ''[[Nice-Matin]]'' newspaper and announced in the weekly supplement ''JV Wednesday''.

=== Events ===
* [[Cannes Film Festival]], an annual film festival held in Cannes
* [[Marché du Film]], held annually in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival
* [[Midem]], an annual trade fair for the music industry held in Cannes
* [[Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity]], an event of the advertising and creative communications industry
[[File:Carnaval de Nice 2013 P1010487.JPG|thumb|[[Nice Carnival]] (2013)]]
[[File:20130304FeteDuCitronMenton 041.jpg|thumb|La Fête du Citron (Lemon festival) in Menton]]
* Pantiero Festival, [[Cannes]] (electronic and independent music) in August
* International Dance Festival, Cannes, a dance festival held in late November and early December every second year
* International Festival of Games, Cannes, in February
* Festival of Night music at [[Le Suquet]], Cannes, classical music in July
* Fireworks Festival, Cannes, fireworks in July and August
* Festival of Performances of actors, Cannes, June
* Festival of dances "Break the Floor", Cannes, January
* International Dance Festival, Cannes, November
* Festival of Russian Art and Dance, Cannes, August
* International Youth Ballets, organized by the Senior Dance School of [[École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower]], Cannes, March
* La Fête du Mimosa, [[Mandelieu-la-Napoule]], February
* Italian Market, [[Mougins]], (formerly the Piedmontese Market before 2011)
* International Gastronomic festival, Mougins
* [[Jazz à Juan]], [[Juan-les-Pins]]
* [[Nice Jazz Festival]]
* [[Nice Carnival]]
* Naval Combat with flowers, [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]]
* Lemon Festival, [[Menton]]
* Southern Nights in [[Vence]], world music
* Festival Tomawok, [[Nice]] (rock, metal music), June
* Book Festival of [[Mouans-Sartoux]], three days in early October (21st Festival in 2008)
* This Is Not Classic, an annual event<ref>[http://musique.france2.fr/musique-classique/info/35911384-fr.php "C'est pas classique !" for music-lovers of Nice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507010203/http://musique.france2.fr/musique-classique/info/35911384-fr.php |date=7 May 2008 }}, France Musique website {{in lang|fr}}</ref> for classical music, created by the General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes<ref>[http://193.48.79.10/cg06_V3/cms/cest_pas_classique/index.php?id=15 Website of the Conseil général] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305174746/http://193.48.79.10/cg06_V3/cms/cest_pas_classique/index.php?id=15 |date=5 March 2016 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> in 2005. It takes place at the Acropolis convention centre in Nice and occupies all available rooms beginning with the large auditorium seating 2,400 people.
* Chestnut Festival

=== Museums ===
[[File:Antibes Museum Picasso.jpg|thumb|The [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|Picasso museum]] in Antibes]]
Famous museums include:
* the [[Maeght Foundation]] in [[Saint-Paul-de-Vence]]
* the [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|Picasso museum]] in Antibes
* [[Concrete art]] in [[Mouans-Sartoux]]
* the [[Fernand Léger Museum]] in [[Biot, Alpes-Maritimes|Biot]]
* the [[Chagall]] and [[Musée Matisse (Nice)|Matisse]] museums in Nice
* the [[Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain|Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art]] (MAMAC) also in Nice