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==Culture== ===Conservation=== On 25 May 1999, the town was the first in the [[Departments of France|department]] to sign the State Environment Charter, which pledges to actively conserve the natural environment.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} ===Sports=== Sport is an important part of the local culture; the town hosts the National Training Centre for basketball. The now demolished [[Jean Bunoz Sports Hall]] hosted several games of the [[1999 FIBA EuroBasket]]. The city is home to [[Olympique Antibes]], a professional basketball team of France's top division [[LNB Pro A]], which plays its home games at the [[Azur Arena Antibes]]. The local [[association football|football]] team is [[FC Antibes]], who play at the [[Stade du Fort Carré]], best known for when it hosted one game of the [[1938 World Cup]], between [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] and [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]]. The town is also home to the [[Antibes 6 Day Race]] and the Antibes Yacht Show. The town has various athletic associations and host a fair in September at Fort Carré that allows residents to meet the various athletic associations and explore their offerings.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.antibes-juanlespins.com/information/agenda/fete-jeunesse-et-sports-2024 | title=Fête Jeunesse et Sports 2024 | work=Antibes Juan-les-Pins : Site Internet | last1=Juan-Les-Pins | first1=Antibes }}</ref> ===Theatre and music=== The Théâtre Antibea, Théâtre des Heures Bleues and Café Théâtre la Scène sur Mer all offer a variety of performances from orchestra music to dramatic plays. Music of all types, from live jazz to DJs spinning techno, can be found in the bars and nightclubs and there are a number of festivals and special outdoor concerts during the summer. Jazz is still the speciality around here.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} [[M83 (band)|M83]] (an electronic band) hails from Antibes. ===Festivals=== [[File:Antibes, modern sculpture.JPG|thumb|right|Le Nomade, by [[:Jaume Plensa]], Bastion St-Jaume, Antibes]] Antibes and Juan les Pins host a number of festivals, mainly during the summer months. There's not much in the way of traditional cultural festivals in Antibes; most of the festivals focus on music and contemporary activities. * '''[[Jazz à Juan]]''' Since its inception in 1960, the festival has attracted many jazz artists each year to play outdoors. (July). * '''Antibes Yacht Show''' * '''The Antique Show of Antibes''' attracts thousands of collectors for two weeks in April. * '''Voiles d'Antibes''' is one of the world's biggest gatherings of old teak and brass sailing vessels.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} They converge on the port for one of the most regal regattas in the Mediterranean (June). * '''The Saint Peter Celebrations'''<ref>{{Cite web |date= 28 January 2019|title=Saint-Pierre celebrations - Antibes {{!}} Office of Tourism official website |url=https://www.antibesjuanlespins.com/en/must-see-must-do/going-out/diary-all-the-events/saint-pierre-celebrations-2031710 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418153704/https://www.antibesjuanlespins.com/en/must-see-must-do/going-out/diary-all-the-events/saint-pierre-celebrations-2031710 |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date= |website=www.antibesjuanlespins.com}}</ref> is the annual celebration of the patron saint of fishermen. A colourful procession through the town is followed by all the local fishermen adorning their boats and floating along the coast (June). * '''The Festival of Notre Dame de Bon Port''' begins on the first Thursday of July and continues to the following Sunday, celebrating Notre Dame de Bon Port, the local manifestation of [[Mary, mother of Jesus|the Virgin Mary]]. At sunrise on the Thursday a mass is held in the chapel next to the Garoupe lighthouse and fishermen dressed in traditional [[sailor suit|sailors' outfits]] subsequently carry the statue of Notre Dame de Bon Port from the chapel (where it resides for most of the year) down the Chemin de Calvaire to [[Antibes Cathedral]] at the head of a large procession. The statue remains in the cathedral for the remaining four days of the festival, which includes multiple masses, a torchlit procession through the town on the Saturday evening, and parties at which [[pissaladière]] is traditionally eaten.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.06-only.fr/evenementiel/fetes-de-notre-dame-de-bon-port-antibes-2019/ |title=Fêtes de Notre Dame de Bon Port |website=06-only.fr |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.riviera-ports.com/en/evenement/fetes-de-notre-dame-de-bon-port |title=FÊTES DE NOTRE-DAME DE BON-PORT |website=RivieraPorts |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> * '''The Festival of Sacred Music''' takes place in Antibes Cathedral, which has renowned acoustics. Sacred music is the theme of this popular festival, which attracts huge crowds each year (January).
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