Throughout the year, Marseille is full of unmissable events, and 2025 will be no exception! Between music festivals, sporting events, gastronomic events and cultural celebrations, Marseille’s events in 2025 will be rich and eclectic. From the Delta Festival to the Fête des Suds, not forgetting the Défi de Monte-Cristo and the Foire Internationale de Marseille, there is something for everyone. Savoury lovers won’t be left out either, with the Marseille Provence Gastronomie and its unique culinary experiences. Whether you’re into sport, music or food, there will be something for everyone in Marseille in 2025.
Cultural events in Marseille in 2025
SIAC Marseille 2025: International Fair of Contemporary Art
An unmissable event for art lovers, every year the Marseille International Contemporary Art Exhibition (SIAC) brings together professional artists to exhibit their work. Painters, plastic artists, sculptors, mosaicists and photographers, all carefully selected, reveal a world in which colours, materials and forms intertwine. Far from traditional galleries, SIAC offers a direct encounter with the artists and an immersion in a wide range of techniques: oil painting, watercolour, clay, bronze, wood, glass and photographic art. s
- Dates: Friday 14 to Monday 17 March 2025
- Venue: Parc Chanot, Marseille
- Opening hours: from 10 am to 7 pm and until 10 pm on Fridays during the nocturne
- Admission: normal 10 ¤ / concessions 7 ¤ / free for children under 12 years of age
- Official website: https: //siac-marseille.fr/
30th edition of Ciné Plein-Air Marseille
Every summer, Marseille is transformed into an open-air cinema thanks to the Ciné Plein-Air event! For 30 years, the association Les Écrans du Sud has been setting up screens and projectors in emblematic places in the city to offer around twenty free screenings. Recent films, heritage classics, cinema-concerts or short films, there is something for everyone. Whether at the Mucem, the Parc National des Calanques or other emblematic sites in Marseille, you can sit down with family or friends, prepare a picnic and enjoy a screening under the stars.
- Dates: June to September 2025
- Venue: all over Marseille!
- Price: free of charge
MARSATAC music festival
A flagship event on the Marseille music scene, Marsatac electrifies the Parc Borély every summer with an eclectic and daring programme. From French rap and electro to West Indian vibes, the festival brings together the hottest new music in a heated atmosphere. With an XXL show, artists at the top of their game and an insane amount of energy, Marsatac promises to be another memorable edition, ready to rock Marseille until the end of the night.
Programme for Friday 13 June 2025: Laylow / Brutalismus 3000 / Kalash / Maureen / TH / Cera Khin / Otta / Kepler Invite Laze / Vybz Sound System
Saturday 14 June 2025: Fonky Family / Marc Rebillet / Saint Levant / Wallace Cleaver / Eloi / Adés the Planet / Jean-Paul Groove / Jeune Mort / La Frappe All Stars
- Dates: 13 and 14 June 2025
- Venue: Parc Borély, Marseille
- Opening times: day and night!
- Price: from 39 euros for 1 day and 76 euros for 2 days / reduced rates under certain conditions.
- Official website: https: //marsatac.com/
Delta 2025 Festival
Every summer, the Delta Festival transforms the Prado beaches into a gigantic open-air dance floor. Spread over 8 hectares, this unmissable event on the French electro scene promises a wild atmosphere and a crazy line-up. More than 100 artists will perform on several stages, with confirmed names such as Bob Sinclar b2b Paloma, Ofenbach Live, SDM, Eva Queen, Magic System, Kavinsky, Nina Kraviz, Tayc… In addition to the concerts, the festival offers themed villages for an immersive experience combining music, art and encounters. Ready to enjoy yourself under the Marseille sun?
- Dates: Wednesday 27th to 31st August 2025
- Venue: Prado Beaches, Marseille
- Price: 1-day pass from 62
- Official website: https: //www.delta-festival.com/
30th Marseille Festival
Since 1995, the Marseille Festival has been thrilling the city with its vibrant performing arts. Dance, shows, screenings, concerts and workshops take over fifteen venues in Marseille. There will be theatres, gardens, museums and roof terraces. With a rich and daring programme, the event transforms the city of Marseille into an immense artistic playground where discoveries, exchanges and festivities come together. For this 30th edition, get ready to see Marseille move like never before!
- Dates: Thursday 12 June to Sunday 6 July 2025
- Venues: many places of cultural interest in Marseille
- Price: £10 / £5 for AMU students and under 12s / £1 for people in need and the disabled
- Official website: https: //www.festivaldemarseille.com/
La Fête des Suds
For more than 30 years, the Fête des Suds has been electrifying Marseille’s nightlife with seaside concerts and spectacular performances. Every year, this emblematic festival makes the city dance to the rhythm of rhythms from near and far. For this 34th edition, the stage is already hosting legendary names such as Kassav’, Morcheeba and Keziah Jones, with many more artists to come. Between concerts, head to the food trucks for a gourmet stop: Mediterranean, Syrian and Chilean flavours, not forgetting churros, seafood, charcuterie and cheeses. It’s an unmissable way to extend the summer!
- Dates: Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 2025
- Place: Esplanade Gisèle Halimi, Marseille
- Price: 21 € / free for children under 10 years old
- Official website: https: //fiestadessuds.com/
Events in Marseille for food lovers
SAVIM spring 2025: the wine and gastronomy trade fair
SAVIM Spring returns to Marseille for its 23rd edition at the Parc Chanot from 21 to 24 March 2025. France’s leading gastronomic trade fair, it attracts nearly 82,000 visitors each year who come to meet the 240 exhibitors selected for their expertise. Here, quality takes precedence over quantity, with winemakers and artisans from all over France showcasing their best products, from grands crus to culinary specialities. Cured meats, cheeses, oils, jams and chocolates, but above all wines from the Rhône Valley, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Beaujolais… A real paradise for epicureans. Wine-lovers can also refine their palate with introductory wine-tasting courses led by master sommeliers (€5). For lunch, visitors can help themselves directly to the products sold by the producers.
- Dates: Friday 21 to Monday 24 March 2025
- Place: Parc Chanot, Marseille – Pavilion 8 (Palais de l’Europe)
- Opening hours: from 10:00 to 20:00 (closed on Mondays at 18:00)
- Price: 6 euros with engraved tasting glass / 3 euros with free invitation, for students and people with disabilities, with engraved tasting glass.
- Services available : cloakroom (€1), concierge service for cases of wine (free) and loan of trolley for transporting cases of wine to the vehicle (free during the 1st hour).
- Official website: https: //www.salons-savim.fr/
Marseille Street Food Festival
Get your taste buds ready, the Street Food Festival is back at the foot of the Cathedral of the Major! Every year, more than 40,000 visitors come to taste the creations of some forty restaurateurs and gastronomic artisans. From flavours from all over the world – Italy, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam… – to the Provençal and Mediterranean specialities presented this year, there is something for everyone. In a convivial atmosphere, this festival, a pillar of the Marseille Provence Gastronomie programme, celebrates the pleasure of eating well and in good company. An unmissable event for all street food lovers.
- Dates: Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 June 2025
- Venue: esplanade Jean-Paul II, 13 002 Marseille
- Price: free of charge
Marseille International Fair 2025
The second most important trade fair in France, the Marseille International Fair is also a paradise for food lovers. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the Parc Chanot for a culinary journey through the exhibitors’ stands. For its anniversary edition, the fair is decked out in a festive atmosphere punctuated by shows and street performances. Local products, regional specialities, world cuisines: a feast for the palate, with tastings, demonstrations and discoveries of new flavours. There is also a space dedicated to the gastronomy of the 5 continents, where you can try exotic spices, homemade sweets and traditional recipes.
- Dates: Friday 26 September to Monday 6 October 2025
- Place: Parc Chanot, Marseille
- Opening hours: 10 am to 7 pm on weekdays, until 8 pm on weekends and until 11 pm for evening and gastronomic evenings.
- Admission: 8 ¤ on site / 6 ¤ online / 5 ¤ for young people, students and groups / free for children under 12 and on special occasions.
- Official website: https: //www.foiredemarseille.com/
Marseille Provence Gastronomie (MPG) gastronomic events in 2025
Marseille Provence Gastronomie celebrates cuisine in all its forms with two flagship events in 2025.
The Solidarity Banquet 2025: More than a dinner, a gesture of solidarity. For each ticket purchased, a seat will be donated to a person in need through charitable associations. A moment of sharing and conviviality, where gastronomy becomes a true social bond. On the menu: a complete experience including transport to the banquet venue, a welcome drink, a refined meal and immersion in an exceptional setting.
The Solidarity Banquet 2025:
- Date: Thursday 19 June 2025
- Venue: Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille
- Price: 80 euros
Les Dîners Insolites 2025: A series of 20 unique dinners to taste the best of Provence’s terroir in extraordinary locations. Natural spaces, wine estates, salt pans or industrial sites revisited, each evening promises an extraordinary culinary immersion orchestrated by a different chef. With its original flavours and settings, the experience promises to be as surprising as it is delicious.
Unusual Dinners 2025:
- Date: 1-31 July 2025.
- Venue: anywhere in Provence.
In Marseille, you don’t have to wait for a special occasion to treat yourself. The city has a huge variety of restaurants to choose from all year round.
Events in Marseille for sports fans
Marseille Petanque World Cup 2025
In Marseille, pétanque is sacred! Every summer, the Marseille Petanque World Cup brings together thousands of players, amateurs and professionals, in a friendly and fierce competition. In triples, mixed or not, the matches are played by direct elimination to 13 points. This sporting event takes place in the Parc Borély, as well as in around thirty other playing areas throughout the city. Whether you come to try your luck or simply to admire the most spectacular chips, the atmosphere is always great. So get ready!
- Dates: Sunday 6 to Wednesday 9 July 2025
- Venue: around thirty playgrounds spread all over Marseille
- Opening times: all day
- Price: £9 for members / £10 for non-members / free for spectators
- Official website: https: //mondiallamarseillaiseapetanque.com/
Marseille – Cassis 2025
Every year, 20,000 cyclists set off from the Orange Vélodrome on a legendary route to the heights of Cassis. From the demanding ascent of the Col de la Gineste to the breathtaking views of the Parc National des Calanques, the Marseille-Cassis race is as demanding as it is unforgettable. Whether you’re aiming for the fastest time or just running for fun, the event is popular far beyond local borders. Don’t have a race bib? No problem. There’s also a great atmosphere at the roadside, where supporters cheer on the runners in a frenetic atmosphere.
- Date: Sunday 26 October 2025
- Place: start at the Orange Velodrome
- Time: start at 9.00 a.m.
- Price: 85 euros
- Official website: https: //www.marseille-cassis.com/fr/
Urban Trail – Outdoor experiences in Marseille
After a successful first edition, the Marseille Outdoor Experiences is back for a second year in 2025 with 3 routes adapted to all levels: 21 km, 12 km or 5 km. More than a race, this urban route is a real immersion in the streets, squares and emblematic monuments of Marseille. From the Corniche Kennedy to Notre-Dame de la Garde, via the Old Port, the Panier and the Cours Julien, every stride is a discovery – a must for sports and active tourism enthusiasts!
- Dates: Sunday 9 November 2025
- Place: Plage des Catalans (12 km and 21 km) and Esplanade de la Major (6 km)
- Times: 21 km start at 7.30 a.m. / 12 km start at 8 a.m. / 6 km start at 10 a.m.
- Price: 43
- Official website: https: //www.marseilleoutdoorexperiences.fr/
The Montecristo 2025 Challenge: open water swimming in Marseille
Every year, thousands of swimmers take up the challenge inspired by the legendary escape of Edmond Dantès. The Montecristo Challenge, Europe’s largest open water swimming race, returns in 2025 for five days of intense competition. It is an event that is all about effort, adrenaline and self-improvement. With almost 15 events on the programme, from 1 km to 6 km, with or without fins, there is something for everyone. It is an impressive sporting spectacle, watched by nearly 10,000 spectators who have come to admire these swimmers crossing the waters of Marseille. Ready to dive in?
- Dates: 6 – 7 – 8 June and 14 – 15 June 2025
- Venue: Petit Roucas Blanc Beach, Marseille
- Price: from 37 euros (1 km) to 64 euros (6 km)
- Official website: https: //defimonte-cristo.com/fr
The Marseillaise of Women
Since 2010, La Marseillaise des Femmes has established itself as an unmissable women’s sporting event in Marseille and throughout the South of France. More than just a race, this festive event brings together thousands of participants around an accessible 5 km route. Open to both female runners and walkers, it promotes two major causes: women’s rights and breast cancer research. Men are also welcome… but only if they are invited by a woman!
- Date: Sunday 18 May 2025
- Place: Parc Borély, Marseille
- Price: from 17 euros / -20% for students and pensioners
- Official website: https: //marseillaisedesfemmes.com/
