What to Do in November in and around Nice – 2025
C’est Pas Classique (It’s Not Classic!) is a super fun and sometimes quite strange FREE music festival, November 8-23, 2025, with over 25 free concerts. To see the program, just click on ‘program’ and then scroll down, and for most concerts no ticket is required, you just show up. A select few DO need free tickets, which you can lock in online starting October 20 at 12:30pm (and they go fast!)… but even if they are sold out you can also waitlist as there are always people that reserved more than they could use.
The Picasso Museum in Antibes offers a free week for everybody every November, and this year it’s November 4-9, 2025.
Nice-Cannes Marathon Sunday November 9, 2025 – Just possibly the most picturesque marathon course in the world!
Stand up Comedy in English – Every Sunday Bobar Comedy Club in Old Nice does a stand-up comedy show (Spill the Tea) in English at 5:15pm and cover charge is just 8€ or 5€ students. 27 rue Benoit Bunico, tram stop Cathedrale.
Thursday November 20th is the date for the uncorking of the Beaujolais Nouveau, a young red wine that by law can’t be sold before the third Thursday in November. Honestly, the wine is not great, but it’s an excellent excuse for a festive moment in every wine shop in France! Click the link above to find out what it’s all about…
For a fun and oh-so-French way to celebrate, Hit a Nizza bar and café is throwing a Beaujolais apero concert featuring classic French chansons accompanied by… accordion, bien sur! 6:30pm-8:30pm, Thursday 20 November, Hit a Nizza 11 rue Lapante, tram stop Jean Medecin. Free entry, just order a drink.
Free Sunday Orchestra Concerts – FREE – Every Sunday at 3:30pm the Nice Orchestra d’Harmonie gives a free concert in the either the Church in the Port (tram stop Port) or the Basilica Notre Dame (tram stop Jean Medecin). Click here and scroll down for this week’s concert program.
Afterwork Jazz Concert at ‘secret bar’ Cave Bianchi – March 18 and 19, 2026, 6pm, Part of the Nice Opera’s Afterwork series, this short 1-hour homage to Jazz, Pop and Soul is held in a historic ‘secret bar’ that is rarely open to the public. The 20€ ticket covers your first drink, and honestly this surprising venue is so cool you won’t want to miss it. 7 rue Raoul Bosio, tram stop Opera or Massena.
The Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival, November 20-December 4, 2025, held in the opulent Opera Garnier in Monaco, blending traditional jazz with creative influences in a stunning venue.
Thanksgiving is the holiday that tugs hardest on the heartstrings of American expats, because in France the third Thursday in November is just… Thursday. So attention nostalgic Americans: La Barque Bleue Restaurant in the Nice Port is offering a traditional Thanksgiving menu with all the trimmings, lunch, late lunch, or dinner, from Thursday November 27 all weekend through Sunday November 30, for 45€ per person. Reserve at labarquebleuenice@gmail.com or call +33 4 93 55 39 74. Tram stop Port Lympia
Also this might be the occasion to discover Delphine’s, a new arty cultural café/bar just above the Liberation neighborhood, that is going to do a Thanksgiving dinner with three courses for 40€. 34 boulevard Auguste Raynaud, tram stop Borriglione
Black Friday Sales – France has jumped on the Black Friday bandwagon, and even if they don’t really have any idea what it is or why… who cares? Hit the Black Friday Sales the entire last half of November, cha-ching!
Flea Markets/Car Boot Sales/Neighborhood Garage Sales November usually has a few Vide Greniers, which means ’empty your attic’ …and empty it they do, with all kinds of oddball stuff trading hands at bargain basement prices. One person’s trash is another one’s treasure, and believe me, ‘treasures’ abound at these local sales. Click here to find one near you.
Classical Concerts in Nice – There is a whole slate of at least 10 classical concerts every month by different Baroque and Classical ensembles performing in Nice’s fabulous Baroque Churches.
The Nice Opera has all kinds of events going on all month long: Here is this month’s schedule
- Insider Tip: The Nice Opera ticket office has a Ticket Happy Hour… a last-minute ticket line one hour before the performance, where unsold seats drop to half-price! (This only applies to major concerts with reserved seating, and not open-seating single-price events.)
- Under-30s are always half-price for the major concerts.
This month’s Candlelight Concerts are at the Chateau de Cremat winery, which is a beautiful venue but hard to get to if you don’t have a car. Better to wait until December 6th, and attend the Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Candlelight Concert on October 25, 2025 under the fresques at the majestic Hotel Westminster right on the Promenade des Anglais. Tickets start at 33€. New: They have just started doing Candlelight Concerts in Monaco as well, at the majestic cliff-perched Oceanographic Museum…
Jazz/Blues/Rock Concerts in Nice Besides nightly concerts at local jazz clubs and rock bars, there is also a robust monthly concert schedule with Nice Music Live; the concerts at Theatre de Verdure, Black Box, and Stockfish, all have easy tramway access.
The Opera de Monte-Carlo is presenting a Bonsoir Mont- Carlo, a tribute to Josephine Baker on November 18 and 21, 2025.
Get in the winter spirit with a little ice skating! Nice has a full-sized indoor ice skating rink with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the rooftops, and it’s just 7€ including skate rental. Easy access: the Patinoire Jean Bouin is right across from the Palais des Expositions tram stop.
Annual Lighting Ceremony – Free – 6pm Thursday November 27 at Place Massena. The mayor presides over this festive annual event to inaugurate the Christmas Village, but the best part is when suddenly all the holiday illuminations surrounding Place Massena go live all at once. This is the spot to snap that shot in time to make custom holiday photo cards…
See Related Pages:
- Weekly Open-Air Markets – don’t miss the famous Monday Antique Market at Cours Saleya, and great shopping for Italian wares at the sprawling Friday Market in Ventimiglia, even in winter!
- Nice by Nite – concerts, jazz clubs, salsa and tango venues, pub quiz nights, English-language theater and movie venues…
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