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48th Cannes Yachting Festival: Europe’s Premier In-Water Boat Show Returns September 2025

From 9 to 14 September 2025, the Cannes Yachting Festival transforms Cannes’s Vieux Port and Port Canto into Europe’s premier in‑water boat show. Featuring over 600 exhibitors and nearly 700 boats—from sleek powerboats to sailing yachts—plus an Innovation Route spotlighting eco‑design and high‑tech marine breakthroughs, this year’s layout promises a seamless, cutting‑edge experience.

30 Aug

Edited August 30, 2025

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Save the Date: 9-14 September 2025

The Cannes Yachting Festival, the inaugural event of the boating season and Europe’s largest in-water boat show, will be taking place from 9 to 14 September. Sea lovers, boat enthusiasts, visitors with experience or simply the curious will be able to discover the best powerboats, motor yachts and super RIBs available from around the world in the idyllic and iconic setting of the Côte d’Azur, alongside many other aspects. In 2024, 55,000 visitors travelled from all over the world to visit the boat show, will you join them in 2025?

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Showcasing Innovation and Excellence in Marine Technology

Showcasing Innovation and Excellence in Marine Technology

In a sector where creativity, technological innovation and energy transition are moving fast, the Cannes Yachting Festival is an unmissable showcase for highlighting the expertise of boat builders from around the world, and the latest launches in terms of services, products and solutions offered by the most renowned equipment manufacturers.

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600+ Exhibitors Presenting 700 Boats Across Two Historic Ports

From the Vieux Port to Port Canto, more than 600 exhibitors will be presenting 700 boats from 5 to 50 metres long — powerboats, sailing boats and motorboats with rigid or semi-rigid hulls, monohull or multihulls, showcasing electric or hybrid propulsion — without forgetting a wide range of equipment, engines and services.

Major Market Trends and Features for 2025

Once again this year, the major trends in the market will be showcased thanks to:

The Innovation Route: Navigating Towards the Future

The Innovation Route identifies and promotes the most promising innovations. Eco-design, alternative engines, innovative materials, connected services: the most committed projects to navigating into the future will be highlighted through dedicated communication and signage.

Optimised Visitor Experience

Sectors are designed to optimise how visitors find their way around the show and serves to highlight the special features of each boat category and the equipment that goes with it. This visitor tour has been extended and optimised since it was introduced last year. The Vieux Port continues to accommodate motor boats from 12 to 45 metres long, whilst Port Canto is divided into three separate spaces: the Sailing Area with 120 new boats over 10 metres long, the ‘Powerboat Marina’ inaugurated last year and dedicated to motor boats up to 12 metres long, and the ‘Yacht Brokerage & Toys’ sector.

This organisation allows easier navigation and a better visitor experience and clear positioning for each exhibitor. It is possible to walk all the way around Port Canto without any interruption in the circuit.

“As is the case every year, we are doubling our efforts for 2025 to give visitors the most exceptional experience possible, including a new layout for the main entrances to the Vieux Port and Port Canto and a reinforced sea shuttle service”
Sylvie Ernoult, Director of the Cannes Yachting Festival.