Lemon Festival 2020 Exhibition of citrus patterns:

Astonishment and amazement:

In the Biovès Gardens…Imagine…patterns that can be up to ten metres high…

During the festival, the Biovès Gardens take on dazzling yellow and orange sunshine colours. The decors are incredible, some requiring nearly fifteen tonnes of citrus fruit…

Every year, it takes thousands of hours to create these ephemeral sculptures, with the fruits placed one at a time…

Go into the Biovès Gardens and discover these giant sculptures made of golden fruit according to a tradition that has been carefully maintained since the start of the last century

Lemon Festival 2020 Golden Fruit Parade High-energy parades and colourful celebration:

On Sunday morning, the town gets busy, with the coming and going of coaches and cars… Like an endless farandole, the crowd moves here and there, stretching out through the narrow streets and finally coming together along the sea front. Confetti is scattered against a background of blue sky. Entertainers, brass bands and folk groups wheel, spin and dance between the magnificent citrus fruit floats…

Lemon Festival 2020 Gardens of lights Magical lights and sparkling enchantment:

As night falls, take a walk in the Biovès Gardens…The patterns light up and unusual sounds combine with strange creatures of light… The gardens take on a new look, a new perspective… With the play of light, the arrangements stretch out, soar upwards and amaze… Time seems to stand still in a world in which light and sound create a magical, enchanting place of unsuspected splendour… 

Lemon Festival 2020 Night-time parades Enthusiasm and a zest of extravagance:

Until dusk, the town seems to hold its breath…It’s all very peaceful, too peaceful…

In the distance, some drums show a touch of impatience, a trumpet replies… A float loaded with citrus fruit appears from nowhere, then another…

Time to party! Brass bands, orchestras, folk groups, dancers and the plain mischievous add a spark of splendour to the parade worthy of the most ambitious street festivals!

In apotheosis fireworks at 10pm:

Suddenly, the first explosions ring out and light up the night above Menton.

The crackle of the sparks as they fall into the sea signals the end of this moment of extravagance.

Lemon Festival 2020 Arts and Crafts show:

Local artisans present their work : wooden sculptures, glass engraving, ceramics and pottery…

Taste the citrus flavours and local foods that make up the Menton’s gourmet smorgasbord of delights. 

The Orchid Festival:

Presented by the Association des Orchidophiles et Épiphytophiles de France, orchids are opening and flourishing in their own garden at the Palais de l’Europe.

The ones on show are the world’s most beautiful, and they rival one another in colour, shape, and mysterious perfume. Like the carnival, the evocative and exotic names of these hybrid, botanical, and miniature varieties invite us to take a journey to a far-off land…