When: 19 - 26 Jul 2008 (annual)
Where: Cimiez Arenas and Gardens
Cost: €31-€51; children €9-€11
Three-day pass €96-€105; eight-day pass €185
Opening Hours: Various - please visit the website for details
http://www.nicejazzfestival.fr
Find the Nice Jazz Festival from 19 to 26 July 2008 in the Arena and Gardens Cimiez in Nice …
Since 1974, when its first edition, the Nice jazz festival together some 55 000 spectators love with jazz. Over time, the event opens to other trends such as pop music, world music, soul, R’n'B, funk.
The 2007 edition posted internationnale renowned artists such as Jimmy Cliff, Lauryn Hill, Oxmo Puccino, Marcus Miller, Katie Melua ….
But no concern for the 2008 edition, it will live up to this festival. Twenty artists have already been announced as: George Benson, Diana KRALL, Alain Bashung, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Hocus Pocus, Hubert Felix Thiefaine, Paul Personne, Ibrahim Maalouf, Macéo Parker, Pink Martini, Sanseverino, Stacey Kent, Yael NAIM …
A new musical journey ahead for July in Nice!
Programming
19 July
ARCHIS SHEPP TRIO
Avishai COHEN
Rufus WAINWRIGHT
Stacey KENT
20 July
Ibrahim MAALOUF
Barbara HENDRICKS & The MAGNUS LINDGREN QUARTET
HOCUS POCUS
George BENSON
21 July
SANSEVERINO
Stefano DI BATISTA
Peter VON POEHL
Diana KRALL
22 July
THE BAD PLUS
Maria SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA
Leonard COHEN
Macéo PARKER avec le WDR Orchestra Big Band
23 July
Nigel KENNEDY QUINTET
Jean-Luc PONTY BAND
OREGON
RETURN TO FOREVER (Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Lenny White)
24 July
Hubert-Felix THIEFAINE & Paul PERSONNE
Michel PORTAL TRIO
THE SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ COLLECTIVE
Alain BASHUNG
25 July
Gary BURTON QUARTET REVISITED with Pat METHENY
John MAYALL
AaRON
Yael NAIM
26 July
BONOBO
PINK MARTINI
JOAN BAEZ
Craig ADAMS & THE VOICES OF NEW ORLEANS
Tarifs (selon les dates):
De 31 à 51 €
Etudiants: 22 à 36 €
Enfants: 9 à 11 €
Pass 3 jours: 105 €
Pass 8 jours: 185 €
The Nice restaurant Sur La Pouce is on a corner on Rue Saint Francois in the Nice Old Town.
The friendly mustachioed patron offers a great welcome in this tiny restaurant/café. Don’t be put off by the slightly tatty decor because Sur La Pouce is great! Sur La Pouce offers great street food to be grabbed as a takeaway or alternatively sit on one of the benches outside and watch the world stroll by.
To get a real taste of classic Nice food go for the assiette Nicoise. It gives you all the classics on one plate: stuffed vegetables, courgette flowers, sardines
Open daily from 9-6pm and situated on in the Cimiez quarter, this Franciscan monastery boasts not only beautiful architecture but contains masterpieces of medieval art by Louis and Antoine Bréa. The adjacent museum, Musée Franciscain is extremely interesting and the monastic buildings and gardens provide visitors with a peaceful, picturesque retreat.
The museum shows the life of the Franciscans in Nice from the 13th to the 18th C. and the general spiritual and social work of the Franciscan order. Inside the church there are fine altarpieces of the Nice school, including a Crucifix by Bréa dating from 1475.
Cours Saleya
Vieux Nice
06000 Nice, France
Chapelle de la Miséricorde, the baroque masterpiece church is situated on the extremely popular cours saleya, one of the most delightful areas of the old town, this chapel belonged to the high brotherhood of Black Penitents. It was built in the 17th century by Guarino Guarinone and contains a beautiful Rococo interior.
Its rich decoration is immediately striking, though that’s just a veil for the magnificent architecture, the basic design. According to art historians, this is one of the ten most beautiful baroque buildings in the world.
Av. Ephrussi
06230 St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
France
Tl: +33(0)4 9301 3309
http://www.villa-ephrussi.com
Musée Ephrussi de Rothschild (Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild) is one of the finest of the villas built on the Cape Ferrat peninsula and is a must if you venture out this way. Created by Beatrice Ephrissi de Rothschild (1864-1934), in 1912, it combines Moorish and Italian elements with marble columns, mosaic flooring, Renaissance religious artwork and numerous hangings and tapestries, of the highest quality. The Villa has been opulently decorated with exquisite furnishings, fabrics and art. In addition to the stunning villa and contents are formal gardens that are truly breathtaking. The garden design themes vary, amongst others; there is one to resemble the prow of a ship, one Florence garden and another Japanese garden. However, the villa holds a rather sad tale of poor Beatrice. Four years after the completion of the mansion her beloved husband died and Beatrice never lived there again.
