Section 03 · The List
Every confirmed door, every confirmed rooftop, every confirmed beach. Grouped by day. Sources on each card.
Lucky You Saloon · the unofficial kickoff
Land. Drink. Pretend you slept on the plane. Sponsored by NextRoll, Bending Spoons, Narrative.io, Winterberry, Bitmovin, Lemonlight, Intuizi, People Obsessed.
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EMPOWER Café · Sunday
Adweek opens the week before everyone else realizes the week has opened. Bring business cards you forgot you ordered.
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Hotel Belles Rives, Antibes
Last year they gifted bikinis. Per Alyson Krueger's 2026 party list, expect another aggressive swag round.
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Yacht, then Hilton rooftop encore
Yacht first, rooftop set after. Two venues, one night, several questionable decisions.
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OpenHouse @ Cabana Row
Welcome-to-Cannes happy hour with DJ Mick on the decks. TTD does not do quiet entrances.
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Mondrian Hotel · late
Late-night, on the lawn, at the Mondrian. The only late Monday party your CEO won't side-eye on the expense report.
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UTA Beach · Hôtel du Cap
Ludacris is headlining. The invite list is the part you should be scheming about — Ludacris is just the proof.
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RTL x Ipsos Beach
Late-night beachside music. Programmatic-CTV elevator pitch quotient: dangerously high.
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JW Marriott Cannes
A themed dinner around a show whose title is a posture. If you're invited, you very much want this.
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Le Rooftop, Cannes
The official adtech-PR mixer. If you sell software, your CMO is here. If you cover software, so are you.
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Yahoo Beach
Tiësto on the beach. Yahoo is back and very much wants you to remember it. The Wednesday-night sleep tax is real.
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Netflix Rooftop · JW Marriott
The other Netflix party. Rooftop, late, very list-only. If you got the email you already know.
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Influential Beach
Publicis throws a concert on a beach they basically own that week. Holding-company flex, fully embraced.
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La Plage Du Festival · invite-only
Closing-day wrap on the sand. If you don't have the email, refresh once and accept fate.
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OpenAP Villa
The official 'okay, we made it' party. CTV measurement people dancing badly — a sight worth the flight home.
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Croisette Beach
Creative-side closing party. The crowd that won the actual Lions will be here pretending they didn't.
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Vega La Plage
Canva's Pride beach moment. The most photographable closing-night option, by design.
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Plage on the Croisette · all week
Audiobook flavors, mood-boosted juice, and a closing-night headliner who always wins the 'who got the biggest act' contest.
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On the official Cannes Lions schedule
Product demos, expert speakers, hands-on workshops. The official line is 'workshops.' You will not be doing workshops.
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On the Croisette · all week
Yes, a real tattoo parlor. Yes, a real Manifestival. You will leave with at least one regret and a moodboard.
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Per The Trade Desk's official preview
Showcasing cinema innovation, diversity and equality in the arts. Translation: a very nice cocktail you actually want an invite to.
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Cannes Lions 2026 · rooftop activation
Sign up, get in, eat the canapés, post the skyline. Surprises and 'hidden treasures' — Netflix's words, not ours.
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Per Ad Age's 2026 festival guide
Networking sessions on a rooftop. You will hand out 14 'connect' invites. Three will turn into deals. The rest will turn into newsletters.
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East end of the Croisette
Listed on maps as '72 Croisette.' Known to veterans by what happens outside it. The street gets blocked off. You'll be there.
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