Fireworks are scheduled over Port Hercule at 20:10 on 18 November, followed by three public-facing Condamine programme times on 19 November. Monaco's municipal stage shows sit in a separate category: invitations were distributed on 4–6 November.
The public-facing part of Monaco’s 2026 National Day programme begins on Wednesday 18 November. Mairie de Monaco’s 2026 programme schedules fireworks from Port Hercule at 20:10, followed on Thursday 19 November by three events at Marché de la Condamine: local-speciality tasting at 10:00, a giant stockfish at 12:00 and musical entertainment at 19:30. The separately listed municipal stage shows used invitation distribution rather than walk-in access.
For a visitor choosing how to follow the two days, the route is straightforward. The port provides the fixed evening moment on 18 November; the Condamine programme then allows for a morning tasting, lunch at the market or an evening return for music on National Day itself.
The fireworks are timed for 20:10 on Wednesday, launched from Port Hercule. Hello Monaco’s current funfair report independently gives the same time and says the Port funfair will remain open until 01:00 that night.
That sequence makes 20:10 the anchor for the evening, with the fair continuing afterwards. Readers planning around both can treat the display and the late funfair closing as separate parts of the same port visit, without turning the whole evening into a rigid itinerary. For anyone arranging the evening with friends, the simplest plan is to use 20:10 as the shared reference point and decide separately how long to stay.
National Day itself moves the municipal programme to Marché de la Condamine. The timetable is concise:
Each time suggests a different kind of visit. The morning slot suits a first stop at the market; the noon event centres the programme on its headline dish; the 19:30 music creates a natural evening option. Someone spending the day elsewhere in Monaco can therefore choose one moment rather than treating the Condamine programme as a continuous event.
The Mairie’s invitation-distribution details apply to three free municipal shows: Pyjamas on Saturday 14 November at 15:00; PIAF – Le Spectacle, with Nathalie Lermitte, on Wednesday 18 November at 21:00; and Anne Roumanoff’s L’Âge Libre on Thursday 19 November at 18:00.
Invitations were distributed on 4 November to Monégasques, their spouses and children. On 5 and 6 November, the stated eligibility expanded to residents as well. Distribution hours were 09:00–16:00 at the Mairie and 11:00–18:00 at Espace Léo Ferré. That window ended on 6 November; the listing does not say that invitations remain available afterwards.
The municipal programme cited here does not guarantee a viewing position, capacity, reservations, unrestricted access or weather arrangements for Port Hercule or Marché de la Condamine. It also does not establish public admission to Palace or official ceremonies. Refreshing the organiser’s page before leaving is the appropriate way to check for any same-day update.
For archive context, iPremium’s 2022 Monaco National Day guide records a different edition. Its dates, programme and invitation wording should not be used for 2026.
