To reduce the number of part items and simply form a sliding roof device by forming guide sections slidingly guiding a driven lift link on guide rails guiding a moving panel so as to regulate and control the rotating action of the driven lift link.

When a drive mechanism is operated to slidingly move rear shoes 44 forward, a rear lift link 41 is moved forward together with the rear shoes 44, the pins 41b, 41c of the rear lift link 41 are slidingly guided in the cam grooves 46a, 46b of a cam piece 46, and the rear lift link 41 is rotated CW around a pin 41a via a cam action, then the rear end side of a moving panel 3 is tilted up as a result. Guide pieces 54 having upper guide grooves 52 and lower guide grooves 53 slidingly guiding front shoes 45 to regulate the rotating action of the driven lift link 42 are formed on the guide rails arranged on both side edges of a roof opening section, thus ensuring the smooth movement of the moving panel 3.