Around the festival
Welcome, cataphobes !
In other words, if you have a phobia of new ideas, a fear of something new, then it can wait for another day. On the other hand, if you fear standing still, then it’s time to take a wonderful trip to the land of sounds!
Throughout the summer, the city of Antibes Juan-les-Pins offers a whole range of cultural events, concerts, shows and art, as part of Summer Pop Art. Whether during the Jazz Festival or after it, the Tourist Office invites you to have fun … fun for the eyes by visiting the exhibition, fun for the ears by following the Marching Bands, rounding off your evening at the Jazz Club, or coming to discover the Jammin’Summer session bands.
Jammin’Summer session
The Petite Pinède in Juan-les-Pins & Bandstand, place Nationale, in Antibes
From July 8th to 18th, July 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st and August 1st and 2nd
Médiathèque Albert Camus (Library), in Antibes – the July 9th and 18th at 11am
Free concerts as high-quality as they are varied to the delight of Jazz lovers. The set-up of these stages is simple, free … while chairs are available for use in front of the stages, you can also sit on the café terraces or in the Petite Pinède with your beach chair, blanket and picnic, while respectfully enjoying the work of the musicians, of course
A few words about these concerts:
Jammin’Summer session aim to introduce you to emerging European Jazz bands. Carefully selected, these bands, generally made up of young musicians or sidemen, show a real desire to continue to bring jazz to life, that music without barriers that has continued to evolve throughout its history. Jammin’Summer session, like its big brother Jazz à Juan, programmes all jazz, all types of jazz, ranging from classic to electro. So bring your curiosity, come along and listen, see and applaud these young artists who will surprise, enchant, sometimes even get you dancing, and who will certainly be the stars of tomorrow.
The Petite Pinède stands at the corner of rue Leonetti and boulevard Baudoin in Juan-les-pins. The bandstand is located on place Nationale in Antibes. The Médiathèque Albert Camus is boulevard Chancel in Antibes.
Jazz à Juan experience: the Before
A quick pétanque with friends? A DJ aperitif?
The concerts of Jazz à Juan begin, every evening at 20:30 (except exceptional cases).
If you want to arrive early, you can take advantage of the offers of the foodtrucks located in the shade of the pines, behind the stands to the sounds of an atmospheric DJ and indulge with friends in a game of petanque in 13 points.
3 DJs will come to animate “the before” of Jazz à Juan
July 8th, 9th and 10th: Claude Sérieux
July 11th, 12th and 13th: Ora
July 15th, 16th and 17th: Mab’Ish
Marching Bands
The July 14th, 18th, 23rd, 25th and August 1st, 6th, 8th, 13th, 15th.
Even before the 1st edition of “Jazz à Juan”, the great original tradition of jazz music had already come to the streets of Antibes and Juan-les-Pins (who doesn’t remember the images of Sidney Bechet’s wedding in 1951?!). So, because “Jazz à Juan” has always combined traditional and modern, a major place is left throughout the summer for the region’s Marching Bands.
Route:
Antibes : departure Office du Tourisme Marenda Lacan
Rue Fontvieille – Traverse Marenda Lacan – Place des Martyrs – Rue de La République – Place Nationale – Rue Thuret – Boulevard d’Aguillon – Rue Aubernon – Rue Clémenceau – Place Nationale – Rue de la République – Place des Martyrs – Traverse Lacan – Rue Fontvieille
Juan-les-Pins : departure Palais des Congrès
Avenue Georges Gallice – Boulevard Edouard Baudoin – Carrefour de la Joie – Promenade du Soleil – Ruban Bleu – Promenade du Soleil – Carrefour de la Joie – Boulevard Edouard Baudoin – Avenue Georges Gallice
Exhibitions
For the 63rd edition of Jazz à Juan, 2 exhibitions are organised in the convetion centre of Juan-les-Pins.
-Hervé Rubeaud,painter
-Drumsville!, a historical exhibition on the theme of drums, presented in 2018 at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
Jazz Collection
The 63rd edition of Jazz à Juan marks a significant turning point with the unveiling of an innovative identity and the launch of an exclusive project of collectible cards. This initiative redefines communication on social media by using the card visuals in order to share, in a captivating way, the very essence of the festival.
More than simply serving to illustrate our online publications, these visuals are coming to life in the unique form of collectible cards, 50 in number. Each of these cards has been designed to reflect the multiple facets of the 63rd edition of Jazz à Juan. For this first year, these collectible cards will be reserved for our partners and other key players, thereby establishing privileged links to the event. Each pack contains 8 random cards and offers an immersive experience, ranging from the artists and instruments to the festival professions. During concert evenings, you may be approached by our communicators who, with your permission, will film your opening sleeves.
To view the complete collection, play… and find the odd one out, use the QR-Code or click on that link.
Le Jazz Club
From July 8th to 17th
During the festival, from 11.00pm to 1.00am, after each Jazz à Juan concert, you’ll find the Jam Sessions led by a group, at the Jazz Club of the Hotel Ambassadeur, Chemin des Sables, Juan-les-Pins.
In 2023, Nils Indjein and his 2 musicians will come to animate the Jazz Club.
The concert is free but it is strongly recommended to reserve your table.
The Handprints of Giants
Every summer, international jazz stars perform at Jazz à Juan, and 62 of them have left their handprints, which you can discover, embedded along this Jazz “Walk of Fame”, which borders Pinède Gould.
