Palais Nikaia (6,000) handles touring acts in this Riviera city of 340,000 while Opéra de Nice (1,064) programmes classical in an 1885 building. Allianz Riviera (36,000) takes stadium shows and Théâtre de Verdure adds open-air. Nice Jazz Festival has run since 1948 in a city benefiting from Monaco proximity and year-round Mediterranean climate.