The mountain village's Fête du Pain returns July 31 to August 2, with 500kg of bread baked in the town's communal oven alongside demonstrations of forgotten rural trades.
The medieval hilltop village's fête patronale runs through Wednesday, mixing a traditional communal meal, religious ceremonies and funfair rides with concerts, pétanque and a closing DJ set.
Le Planning Familial des Alpes-Maritimes, which supported nearly 7,000 people last year, says payment delays of three to four months on state subsidies have left it with almost no visibility over its finances.
Around 180 caravans belonging to the Mission Évangélique des Tziganes de France have settled into the village's Grand Pré for their annual summer stay, with the mayor calling for other Alpes-Maritimes communes to share the burden.
The département has extended its red alert closure into the weekend as fire crews remain deployed both locally and in reinforcement further afield.
The seventh edition of the free astronomy festival runs through Sunday inside an internationally certified dark sky reserve, with a newly opened 12 metre immersive planetarium as its centrepiece.
Flyde, formerly known as Drones for Yachts, begins daily deliveries to vessels at sea from August 1, bringing its five year old superyacht delivery service to a permanent local base for the first time.
Fourteen participants were found consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms and psychotropic plant preparations when investigators raided a property following a nine month inquiry.
The council accuses the Préalpes d'Azur park of failing to protect the Vegay waterfall from overexploited water sources, and has now filed to have the stream's ecological needs recognised as a legal right.
From Cannes' international pyrotechnics competition to village balls in Villefranche and Roquebrune, the Alpes-Maritimes marked the national holiday with its usual mix of fireworks, music and dancing.
Jean-Marie Girier, a former campaign director for the president, was named to the post in Thursday's Council of Ministers.
The regional préfet says the Alpes-Maritimes must build differently rather than treat planning rules as an obstacle.