Jazz à Juan e Jammin'Summer 🎷 Festivais de jazz em Antibes

This is a complete guide to the Jazz à Juan and Jammin’Summer jazz festivals, held in Antibes, including the locations, ticketing, insider information, history, and showtimes.

Every summer, two incredible jazz festivals rock Antibes and Juan les Pins. While welcoming the greatest jazz figures since 1960, the Antibes Juan-les-Pins festival retains a double attraction. Firstly through its rich line-up, true to authentic jazz, but also and above all because it remains a real laboratory where everyone can see that jazz is still a living musical style: high quality opening bands, (free) “Off” fringe concerts, hotel bars and streets carried away by Brass bands.

Here are all the details you need to attend and have an exceptional time at these festivals:

The Jazz à Juan Festival

O Jazz à Juan é conhecido por seus artistas de primeira linha, e este ano conta com a presença de estrelas do jazz como Winton Marsalis e John McLaughlin. Este festival internacional de jazz acontece todos os anos no cenário histórico da floresta de pinheiros de Gould.

The oldest jazz festival in Europe, Jazz à Juan is an integral part of the culture and heritage French and features the best jazz musicians in the world. Since its first staging in 1960, it has gained international fame and luster. Artists from around the globe perform here every year to celebrate and enrich the jazz music scene. It is a prestigious event to enjoy jazz music.

Created in 1960, the festival has established itself over the decades as one of the legendary events where the memory of jazz is elaborated, but also and above all where its eternal renewal is affirmed. Jazz à Juan remains an international benchmark in the field.

There is plenty to be discovered: a musical style which is varied, pleasing and always at a human level, on a famous site between beach and stars. Performers throughout the world see the Pinède Gould as the equivalent of what the Scala of Milan represents to opera singers: a confirmation and an exceptional opportunity to perform to the public, the ideal cocktail for a legendary place.

O festival Jazz à Juan apresenta todos os tipos de jazz, desde jazz latino, jazz-rock, jazz moderno, blues, electro e até jazz gospel. Ao longo dos anos, o festival Jazz à Juan adotou novos e diferentes estilos de jazz para atrair um novo público. O festival realmente contribui para a rica história do jazz.

“Juan-les-Pins isn’t just a scene, it’s mythical for me, like Carnegie Hall for the classic. When you step onto this stage, you are in the footsteps of giants.” – John McLaughlin

Dica: Os concertos de Jazz à Juan começam todas as noites às 20h30. Se quiser chegar cedo, pode comer algo num dos food trucks localizados à sombra dos pinheiros, atrás das barracas, e relaxar ao som de um DJ, ou divertir-se com os amigos numa partida de petanca. Aqui estão: mais detalhes sobre isso.

Jazz à Juan’s Seaside Location

The festival’s home is La Pinède, the famous pine grove (with hundred-year-old pine trees) in the town of Juan-les-Pins, which is part of Antibes, no Riviera Francesa. The relaxed ambiance complements the funky groove of jazz rhythm. The stage is set on a beautiful natural backdrop, the Mediterranean Sea.

At night, the scene gradually transforms as the lights of Juan-les-Pins, Golfe Juan, and the nearby Cannes becomes visible. There are boutiques for souvenirs and numerous restaurants and cafés around the square. Small bars and places for snacks are also present within the vicinity.

Guided Tours for Jazz à Juan

Throughout the summer, you can explore the history of jazz in Juan-les-Pins during the guided tours organized by the Tourism Office.

In honor of the Jazz à Juan and Jammin’Summer festivals, our guides invite you to explore the Jazz in Juan-les-Pins in a festive atmosphere. You will discover mythical places, the exhibition installed for the occasion, as well as the Walk of Jazz Giant along the Gould Pine Grove.

A free concert awaits you at the end of the visit in the Petite Pinède. (Jammin’Summer Session)

Tour Details: Departure from the Juan-les-Pins Tourist Office
Reserva prévia obrigatória no Posto de Turismo ou por telefone no +33422106001 ou email accueil@antibesjuanlespins.com

Tour Price: Adults: €7 (couple €12) / Reduced price (8 to 16 years-olds & students): €3.50 / Under 8: free

The History of Jazz à Juan

O primeiro festival «Jazz à Juan», em 1960, foi criado em homenagem a Sidney Bechet, um músico famoso e apaixonado por Antibes. Foi o evento que deu origem a muitos outros festivais que rapidamente se espalharam pela Europa.

Claude Nobs, inventor of the great Montreux event, said himself: “If I hadn’t passed through Antibes, Montreux wouldn’t exist.” The concept was revolutionary. For the first time, the general public could discover the main artists of the great saga which jazz had already become, with the heroes on stage in person, and the most beautiful natural décor one could wish for. It was certainly a bit of a gamble, but one which more than lived up to its promises.

As early as 1960, the remarkable concert by Charles Mingus took place, then the start of the love affair between Ray Charles and the pine grove, the revelation of Miles Davis in 1963, the memorable duet between Ella Fitzgerald and a cicada… In 1968, after the Coltrane shock, while heated debate was raging back and forth, there was the irresistible free-style period, before Jazz Rock and fusion were at their height in 1976, then the impressive collection of pianists in 1981 (Petrucciani, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett).

This was followed by the revelation of Al Jarreau, the extraordinary duet between Stanley Clarke and Miroslav Vitous in 1984, another duet by Sarah Vaughan and Michel Legrand, the performances by Carlos Santana and the great Jessie Norman… Not forgetting, of course, the fabulous concerts by three of the most faithful returning artists: Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and Sonny Rollins.

O Jazz à Juan representa uma grande diversidade de estilos e programas, mas também músicos: estreantes que se tornaram nomes famosos, iconoclastas que marcaram tendências, clássicos e modernos, todos membros da grande família do jazz…

Nenhum outro festival fez mais pelo reconhecimento da música improvisada e culturalmente misturada de todo o mundo: em Juan, a África aqueceu os corações do público, o “Som do brasil” dançou com cubanos latino-americanos e Tito Puente converteu a França à magia do mambo, depois John McLaughlin e Shakti abriram a Passagem para a Índia…

These landmark concerts now contribute to European jazz history while also building the future, as illustrated by the recent performances by Roy Hargrove, Richard Bona, Thomas Dutronc, Norah Jones and Jamie Cullum. Since 1960, the jazz saga has flourished in Juan thanks to the immense diversity of the artists: newcomers or famous names, innovators or iconoclasts, classical or modern.

Jammin’Summer Session Jazz Festival

A Jammin'Summer Session retorna todo verão, de julho a agosto. 125 músicos de jazz se apresentam em mais de 30 concertos gratuitos. Esses concertos são bem menores e com músicos menos famosos do que o Jazz à Juan, mas são gratuitos.

On the Place Nationale in Antibes and the Petite Pinède in Juan-les-Pins , international artists will perform all the different currents of jazz: classical, gospel, hip-hop, rock, electronic, vocal, gypsy, latin-jazz…

The Walk of Fame

Todo verão, estrelas do mundo inteiro se apresentam no "Jazz à Juan" e no "Jammin'Summer", o berço do jazz na Europa, e deixam a marca de suas mãos, que você pode encontrar estampadas ao longo desta "Calçada da Fama". O Boulevard Edouard Baudoin, no parque La Pinède, é um testemunho da popularidade do jazz, com as marcas das mãos de mais de 50 músicos que se apresentaram no festival espalhadas pela calçada, atrás do palco à beira-mar. Algumas das lendas do jazz que se apresentaram e tiveram suas marcas estampadas na calçada são: Al Jarreau; BB King; Georges Benson; Pink Floyd; Ray Charles; Stevie Wonders; Stéphane Grappelli; Eddie Louise; Dee Dee Bridgewater; entre outros.

Video of the Jazz à Juan Jazz Festival

Jazz à Juan & Jammin’Summer Session 2025: Event Details

Local na rede Internet: Official Jazz à Juan website e a Jammin’Summer Session schedule.

Ingressos: Get tickets for Jazz à Juan here. The Jammin’Summer concerts are free and on a first-come basis.

Localização: Most concerts are held in the park La Pinède Gould, seaside in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes. Some Jammin’Summer concerts also happen at the Antibes bandstand at Place Nationale .

Para mais eventos, confira nosso complete Mônaco e Riviera Francesa Calendário de Eventos.