Summer is the time to relax, especially on the weekend. During this a bit slow time you can enjoy music and visit some of the exhibitions.
Kyoto Jazz Massive Feat Echoes of a New Dawn Orchestra will continue the programme of the Summer Festival on Friday 27 at 9 pm and Saturday 28 June 2025 in La Note Bleue.
The genre-defying project, KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE (KJM), founded by the OKINO brothers and revealed by Gilles Peterson, finally returns to the European stages after a 15 years hiatus, celebrating its 30th birthday with some fresh new material and a brand new line up. Led by Shuya Okino, KJM is now backed (live and in the studio) by the powerful Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra (EOANDO), spreading their unique cross-over vision from jazz-funk, broken beat to soulful house, cosmic grooves and everything in-between!
Presented at Villa Paloma during summer 2025, the exhibition “Les Années folles de Coco Chanel” will explore Gabrielle Chanel’s abundant production in the specific context of the Côte d’Azur in the 1920s. The exhibition features over two hundred objects, including textile creations and emblematic works which pay tribute to Chanel’s distinctly visionary approach in her invention of the “new woman”. The exhibition runs until October 5, 2025.
Bernard Alligand Exhibition “Iceland Telluric Garden” is held till June 30, 2025 in Louis Notari Library. A land of ice and fire, Iceland has always held a certain attraction for writers, whether it was Jules Verne who drew inspiration from it for his Journey to the Center of the Earth or Pierre Loti who set the scene for The Fisherman of Iceland. Painters from the continent, for their part, were far fewer in number to visit Iceland. Yet! What place could be wilder, more deserted, closer to its origins than Iceland?
Bernard Alligand, after exploring many other lands, whether Asian (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) or Mediterranean (Egypt and Morocco, where he stayed several times for artist residencies), discovered Iceland about fifteen years ago, an island state in the North Atlantic, located between Greenland and Norway, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge separating the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, a land of volcanoes, geysers, fjords, and glaciers. Half explorer, half geologist, with a passion for highly contrasting landscapes, raw materials, and unusual light, the artist was immediately captivated.
An Immersive exhibition “There Was a First Time” opened at Louis II Stadium to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
The exhibition is staged along the pedestrian walkway inside the stadium, newly renovated for the occasion, and will be open to the public for several months. It will highlight landmark firsts at the stadium: the first football match, the first world record, the first archery competition, the first concert, the first boxing gala and many others.
Thanks to archives, photographs and posters contributed by various organisations and bodies, visitors will have the opportunity to relive these historic occasions and gain a sense of the impact that the Louis II Stadium has had on sport and culture in Monaco.
The Monaco Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology invites you to discover its new temporary exhibition: The Butterfly Effect: The Pre-History of Animals, organised under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. Explore whole rooms themed to the animal kingdom and biodiversity, and take a fascinating journey through archaeology and our natural history! It is open until Monday 1 December 2025, from 9 am to 6 pm in Musée d’Anthropologie Préhistorique.
The Oceanographic Institute of Monaco presents “Mediterranean 2050”, a 1,000 m² immersive exhibition at the Oceanographic Museum from Saturday, March 29, 2025. This brand-new, immersive and interactive exhibition aims to inspire visitors to the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco to take a different interest in the Mediterranean and commit to its protection, through a space-time journey to 2050.
Of course there are other interesting events taking place in Monaco. If you want to learn more about them visit our Calendar.
So have fun and enjoy your weekend!
