This year, the jasmine festival will celebrate its 65th anniversary to pay tribute to this rare and intoxicating flower, historically associated with the heritage of Grasse. This event, a space for various festivities, is an essential gathering for the people of Grasse and the many visitors during this season.
Its famous flower battle will allow the crowd, showered with jasmine flower water, to leave with a variety of bouquets.
Provençal groups, dancers, and musicians in international colors will liven up the city center during these three days of celebrations.
For the first time, Kristian, the famous cartoonist and neighbor of Cabris, has specially created for the 65th anniversary of the jasmine festival a float representing a five-legged sheep, symbol of the city and its origins.
Event Program
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
AFTERNOON DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT
Comedic group, dancers, and marching bands!
9 PM: FLOWER PARADE, FLOWER BATTLE
Around twenty astounding groups will make you dance to wild rhythms!
JASMINE FLOWERS:
Jasmine flower women to pay homage to this magnificent flower.
THE DRAGON AND LION PARADE: “FRENCH DRAGON AND LION DANCE ASSOCIATION.”
The lion and dragon dances represent nobility, bravery, and luck and celebrate the year of the dragon, which brings good fortune and success!
THE EXOTICADANSE ANGELS: dancers with black and white feathers straight from the Rio carnival.
THE SEAHORSE BALL: a musical procession under a flow of bubbles, light, and fireworks.
COLOMBIAN GROUP: Colombian, Venezuelan, and French dancers, salsa, merengue, and bachata.
AFRICAN MASKS: wild rhythms and colorful costumes inspired by traditional African masks.
BAISSO LUSERNO: Provençal folk group from the Grasse region, in traditional costume, accompanied by their galoubets and tambourines.
BATUNGA & THE SUBPRIMES: this band fights against dark forces with dancing and hypnotic music.
CIRQUE EN KIT: this comedic group parades with trumpets and drums, filled with imagination and overflowing vitality!
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS: an interactive show on the theme of flowers and nature with mixed music.
INCA: assured exoticism with extravagant and colorful costumes.
THE VARNISHERS: comedic characters in work uniforms, friendly, motorized, not very clever, and especially very ugly! They parade while singing and spread a rain of colorful ribbons over the public.
MARACATU MIX: Brazilian percussion and Afro-Brazilian dance group.
LA TIMBA DEL MUNDO: they describe themselves as warriors fighting against gloom and routine!
BOLLYWOOD WAY: original choreographies inspired by Bollywood films, the dancers transport you to India.
WARNAHTAKA: a favorite with this group that mixes stilt walkers, dancers, and makeup artists for children…
BRAZIL PARADE: get ready to dance samba with this Fiesta Brazil in luminous costumes!
PAM LOISIRS FLOWER THROWERS: smiling and dynamic young people from Grasse to offer you flowers for an unforgettable evening.
