• The 14-July is traditionally the occasion to shoot fireworks and to make balls in each municipality.

  • The Côte d'Azur is no exception despite a different program since July 14, 2016 and the attack that left 86 dead and 450 injured in Nice, on the Promenade des Anglais.

  • Here is a non-exhaustive selection of events scheduled between Wednesday evening and Thursday.

After two years of cancellations or adaptations linked to sanitary conditions, the events of July 14 are back on the Côte d'Azur.

Balls, pyrotechnic shows but also a commemorative day for the victims of the Nice attack, here is a non-exhaustive selection of what awaits you locally.

Fireworks everywhere

The traditional fireworks will be launched in several communes of the Alpes-Maritimes from Wednesday July 13 at nightfall.

This is the case of Grasse, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Antibes, Puget-Théniers, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, and Biot, where appointments are given between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

That of Cagnes-sur-Mer is scheduled for 11:15 p.m. in the city center.

In Antibes, the pyrotechnic show is part of the pyromelodic festival that will take place all summer long in the Bay of Juan-les-Pins and at Fort-Carré beach.

In Nice, the fireworks will begin at 10:30 p.m. and will be fired from the Quai des Etats-Unis.

After the attack of July 14, 2016, which left 86 dead and 450 injured, no more pyrotechnic shows were held during the summer until August 15, 2018. The following year, it took place on July 13 and no longer on the 14th. This year, he is making his comeback after two years marked by sanitary conditions.

In other towns such as Mougins, Vence, Carros, Beausoleil, Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Juan-les-Pins, the fireworks will take place on July 14 from 10 p.m.

In Cannes, the fire drawn opens the pyrotechnic art festival, one of the most important in the world, which is held until August 24 and which has as its theme "science fiction, beyond reality".

This Thursday, it is the French Aquarêve who will offer a multimedia show, out of competition, with, in addition to the pyrotechnic device, jet-skis, lasers and projectors.

A way to celebrate the return of international competition with six firms from all over the world to try to win the Silver Vestal, the prize for excellence in pyrotechnic art.

In 2021, due to Covid-19, the edition was 100% national.

Balls

Some cities offer Côte d'Azur festivities in addition to firecrackers of color in the sky.

In Menton, for example, before the fireworks display from the Baie des Sablettes at 10:30 p.m. on July 14, the Menton firefighters' association ball will be open from 8 p.m.

A dancing evening, but planned without firefighters, also near Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat from 9 p.m. that same evening as well as in Saint-Jeannet, Mougins and Vence.

In Beaulieu-sur-mer, the meeting is given on the place Maroni from 8 p.m. for a musette ball.

A military parade in Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey

It is not only on the Champ de Mars in Paris that it is possible to see a fashion show!

In Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey, the traditional parade of firefighters and military vehicles will be held from 9 p.m. in the main street of the village and will be followed by a popular ball on the Place Cavalier Fabre.

Tribute day in Nice

The whole day of July 14 is devoted to paying tribute to the 86 victims and their loved ones, six years later.

At 3:30 p.m., the memorial work

L'Ange de la baie,

by Jean-Marie Fondacaro, will be unveiled opposite the Palais de la Méditerranée on the Promenade des Anglais, at the place where the deadly race of the truck stopped.

Then will follow, the tribute to the victims of July 14, 2016.

At 6 p.m., still on the Prom at the entrance to the Albert 1er garden, a Republican parade will take place.

The commemorative day will end with the concert of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Nice on Place Masséna at 9 p.m., then the lighting of the 86 light beams on the Promenade des Anglais at 10:34 p.m., the time at which the terrorist was neutralized .

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