Keziah Jones, Sinclair, The Limiñanas... the Lino-Ventura Theater in Nice unveils its 2025/2026 season
A good thirty dates confirmed, options for a dozen more in the spring, a free shuttle system between Nice city center and the Ariane district implemented several times... For its 2025-2026 season, the Théâtre Lino-Ventura (TLV) will do things in a big way, a story of reconnecting with a rather exciting past that saw it welcome musicians of the caliber of Maceo Parker, Benjamin Biolay, The Kills and Sharon Jones.
Whether it's with the events offered by the City of Nice or other productions like Panda Events, Directo, Fever Prod or Imago, the coming months will offer great posters for fans of contemporary music, dance or comedy (read below) .
With Keziah Jones, Sinclair, The Limiñanas...On the music side, the first episode will be on October 3rd with a concert by Cape Verdean singer Elida Almeida .
The sound journey will continue the next day with the Fanfare Ciocarlia and its Balkan tunes.
The first "big name" will be Keziah Jones . The Nigerian, who has already had the opportunity to perform at the TLV, will return with his inimitable blufunk tracks on October 11.
On October 31, fans of inspired funk and guitars will not miss the performance of Sinclair , back with a new group, with whom he will revisit his hits and offer new tracks.
On November 10, we will switch to a more rock register with The Limiñanas , a lively group who will present Faded , an album dedicated to the forgotten heroines of cinema.
Having emerged as a YouTuber when he was still a pre-teen, Théodort now makes music, driven by his taste for rap, Afro-pop, and amapiano. Very popular with a young audience, he will be in Nice on November 14.
On November 22, Bonga , the Angolan voice highly prized in Portuguese-speaking Africa, with his strong sense of groove, will perform. Also on the bill that evening is Carlos Lopes , the talented French-Cape Verdean singer-songwriter based in Nice.
On November 29, it'll be swinging and bluesy with Sanseverino , a singer and multi-instrumentalist who has been on deck since the early 1990s. He promises us "a concert without labels, somewhere between musical stand-up and a stage whirlwind."
On the music front, the TLV will kick off 2026 with Miki . Born in Nice but raised in Luxembourg, the Franco-Korean, who performed at the Plages Electroniques in Cannes a few days ago, is one of the pop curiosities of the moment. She will arrive with her very first album, expected in September.
Also from Nice, Linh is also enjoying a great rise. Chosen by Gims for his opening acts, rewarded with a gold single for Je pense à vous , she is one of the great promises of French song. Listen to her on February 19.
Natacha Atlas will come to Nice on February 28, as part of an electro jazz quartet, to unveil her latest creation, Parallel Universe .
The Barbès National Orchestra will then be in town on March 12, during a tour marking its 30th anniversary.
Having also been to Plages Electro, Bordeaux native Aupinard will return to the Côte on March 14, with his tunes where bossa, pop and r'n'b come together.
Coming up on March 24th are Jamaican reggae icon Protoje , as well as rapper RSKO , expected on April 15th. Info: nicemusiclive.fr/salle/theatre-lino-ventura
Dance, unclassifiables and laughterAt the Lino Ventura Theatre, music dominates the proceedings. But other artistic disciplines are also given ample space. Thus, the season kicks off on September 27th, with , a classical ballet mixed with a technological dimension.
On October 14, it's time for , a hybrid creation between storytelling, hip-hop dance and video by the 6th Dimension Urban Dance Company.
On December 3, as part of the Ariane Children's Christmas, the public will be able to enjoy a free performance of .
On December 5 and January 16, two sessions of , an immersive play that has toured around fifty cities and where spectators play the role of members of a jury during a trial.
On March 26, Marie-Claude Pietragalla and her husband Julien Derouault will propose , a dance adaptation of a play by Eugène Ionesco.
In the unclassifiable section, we will place two shows: that of Clément Viktorovitch , doctor of political science and wise popularizer of the audiovisual landscape (November 8), entitled L'Art de ne pas dire . As well as that of the successful writer Bernard Werber, who will arrive with VIE – Voyage Intérieur Expérimental , "a sensory and introspective experience" , on February 13.
One thing is certain, there's bound to be a lot of laughs at the TLV, with so many dates dedicated to comedy. Nice-based influencer Gilzanira , in residence for five days, will launch the series on October 25.
Next up is the experienced Nordine Ganso , as part of the Plages du rire, on October 28.
On December 12, another proposal with France Inter columnist Yann Marguet .
The Algerian sexagenarian Abdelkader Secteur , discovered late in life, will open the comedy floodgates of 2026 with his show on January 24.
In collaboration with the Plages du rire winter edition, the TLV will then welcome Blandine Lehout and Tom Baldetti, very popular on social networks (January 28 and 29). Next will come Antonia de Rendinger (February 7) and Hakim Jemili, who has been very popular since his role in L'amour, c'est surcôté (February 14), then Sandrine Sarroche (March 7) and Elies Zoghlami (May 30).
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