International Games Festival in Cannes 2024
International Games Festival – Thursday, February 22, Friday, February 23, Saturday, February 24, and Sunday, February 25, 2024
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes
In February, the city of Cannes and its Palais des Festivals become the epicenter of international gaming news.
You can have fun with thousands of board games for free (the current As d’Or award-winning games, new releases, previews, and best-sellers), meet the authors and illustrators of your favorite games around animations, autographs, and tournaments, attend our conferences to better understand the gaming world, and discover our exhibitions.
New for 2024:
- 3 and a half days of the festival with the PRIVILEGE PASS and AS D’OR PRIVILEGE PASS
- A half-day ticket to enjoy the festival starting at 2:00 PM
Find your ticket to access the festival.
CANNES AS THE CAPITAL OF GAMES
The city of Cannes and its Palais des Festivals organize the International Games Festival every year, and for a week, it becomes the epicenter of what’s new in the international gaming industry. Studios, publishers, authors, illustrators, gamers, and the like all gather on the famous Croisette. All disciplines and industry actors come to Cannes for a week of intense gaming. Amateurs, experienced competitors, as well as professionals take over the Palais des Festivals, which becomes a massive gaming board with over 45,000m² of traditional and classic games, recent board games, video games & VR, simulation games (RPGs, miniature, historical and fantastic Wargames, etc.), cards, construction games, Arts & Crafts, toys, and much more.
DURING THE 2024 EDITION
The 37th edition continues its development.
The Cannes International Games Festival expands its offering and rethinks its spaces in the area of the Palais des Festivals. Everything has been thought out for you to fully enjoy the Festival, whether it is for a day or for the whole weekend.
Inside the venue, exhibition areas on Levels -1 and 0 will feature all gaming universes this year, totaling 24,000m² of booths.
- The Expo Hall on Level -1 will now host families, children, casual, expert, and intermediate games.
- The Hall and Rotonde Riviera on Level 0 will continue to host families and children’s games and will be joined by casual games.
- The Rotonde Lérin on Level 1 will continue to host role-playing, Wargames, and Figurines games, joined by casual games and will highlight the “Label As d’Or, game of the year.”
Multiple exhibitions will take place across these different areas.
Outside, development continues!
Structures on the beach and the esplanade will host general public spaces where you’ll find all the exhibitors’ novelties, best-sellers, and tournaments, a covered restauration area, ludic and musical animations that will rhythm your visit. During the evening, two structures will host the OFF NIGHTS on the beach of The Palais des Festival for ever richer protonights.
To offer you a memorable experience and welcome you in the best conditions possible, we are asking attendees over 16 years old to purchase a ticket at the cost of €10 per day, or €6 for a half-day. The Festival remains free of charge for minors under 16 years old upon presentation of a €0 ticket they can download online or collect at the registration office.
New for 2024: Privilege Pass 35 hours of festival during more than 3 days and get exclusive advantages thanks to the 2024 offerings.
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