JANUARY

• Cannes Shopping Festival: Palais des Festival

Cannes rolls out the red carpet for the annual Cannes Shopping Festival, five days of glitzy fashion shows, A-list schmoozing and gala events at the Palais des Festivals that attract the very biggest hitters from the world of la mode. Each year, the likes of Salvatore Ferragamo, Kenzo and Valentino hit the Cannes Shopping Festival to present their spring ready-to-wear collections, and although these high-profile catwalk shows are reserved for professionals, it's still very much worth a trip to Cannes to soak up the accompanying buzz.

Visitors can take in Cannes Fashion, an exhibition dedicated to the newest names on the block, and best of all, during the Cannes Shopping Festival boutiques and stores throughout the city offer huge discounts, whipping all fashionistas and would-be catwalk queens into a frenzy.
Related Information
http://www.cannesshoppingfestival.com/

• MIDEM Music Festival: Palais des Festivals

The MIDEM Music Festival flies the flag for new talent, so as well as sponsoring gigs by established artists at venues across Cannes (last year's programme included Beth Rowley, Richard Hawley and Reverend & The Makers), you'll also find open-mic initiatives such as "Talent Only", taking place in a suitably swanky setting by the sea
http://midem.com/

FEBRUARY

• Games Festival: Palais des Festival

Games of every variety are played and displayed at this annual Games Festival in Cannes' Palais des Festivals.
Serious Bridge players settle down to a few rubbers and Scrabble-heads furiously add up triple word scores as fans of every kind of game under the sun gather to shop and compete. Backgammon, Burraco, Go, Othello, crosswords, card games and video games are just some of the amusements on offer at Cannes' Games Festival.
http://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/

APRIL

• Sonny World Photography Awards: Palais des Festivals

Held at Cannes' Palais des Festivals, the Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) pays tribute to the very best in photography from around the world.

MAY

• Cannes films festival : Palais des Festivals

Cannes is the biggest and most famous film festival in the world. It is the mayor event held on the French Rivera, each year, gathering all the most famous stars, actors, producers from all over the world.
The Festival has been supporting the evolution of the movie industry, promoting new films, artists and helping creativity to “serve the movie industry in its whole dimension”.
Each year the renounded “Palm d’or” is awarded and has become the symbol of the Festival.

www.festival-cannes.com/

JUNE

• Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival : Palais des Festivals

The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is the only annual gathering of the world's advertising, creative, media and marketing communities.

• Cannes International Water Symposium : Palais des Festivals

Cannes' International Water Symposium comes to the Palais des Festivals each year since 1999, bringing together more than 3000 participants from some 78 countries for three days of talks and events aimed at raising awareness surrounding water, the environment and sustainable development.

JULY

• Nuits Musicales du Suquet : Eglise Notre Dame de L’Esperance

During the Nuits Musicales du Suquet, visitors can catch soothing classical tunes from a variety of visiting performers in the square outside the Eglise Notre Dame de l'Esperance in Cannes.

• Firework Festival : Cannes

Each summer Cannes hosts six nights of fireworks at the Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique.
6 countries are represented, competing for the prize “La Vestale” with the bay of Cannes, the Tip of “La Croisette” , the “Cannes Harbor” and the “Esterel Mountains” for background this musical pyrotechnical competition has become the 2nd of such event in the world after Montreal.

AUGUST

• Russian  Art  Festival : Palais des Festivals

The annual Russian Art Festival at Cannes' Palais des Festivals showcases Russian art, music,
dance and folklore.

• Pantiero Festival : Palais des Festivals

The Pantiero festival is an outdoor electro festival held in the heart of Cannes, on the terrace of the Palais des Festivals.

SEPTEMBER

• Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show : Vieux Port

The Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show drops anchor again at the Vieux Port and Port Canto. For sailing enthusiasts this is one of the most comprehensive - not to mention glamorous - shows on the calendar.

OCTOBER

• MIP-Com: Palais des Festivals

Bringing together producers, distributors, buyers, investors, broadcasters and webcasters at Cannes' Palais des Festivals, MIP-Com is one of the biggest international film and TV markets in the world.

NOVEMBER

• Cannes Dance Festival : Palais des Festival

Every 2 years Dance and Choreography take over the Palais des Festival, the various Cannes Theater and the whole city – with a selected programme, various national and international Dance companies it brings to the public a number of few contemporary creations dynamics and chorographical diversity.

DECEMBER

• Cannes Dance Festival: Palais des Festival

Every 2 years Dance and Choreography take over the Palais des Festival, the various Cannes Theater and the whole city – with a selected programme, various national and international Dance companies it brings to the public a number of few contemporary creations dynamics and chorographical diversity.

More events on:
http://www.whatsonwhen.com/