30 June 2007 : Inauguration of the Machines de l’Ile
27 August 2007 : 110,000 visitors to the Machines de l’Ile.
In two months of operation, the Machine Gallery attracted 92,000 people and the Elephant transported more than 18,000 riders.
10 October 2007 : The Special Jury Prize at MIT International
At MIT, the world's largest trade fair for group tourism professionals held at Porte de Versailles in Paris, the Machines de l’Ile won the Special Jury Prize, one of the seven prizes awarded in 2007.
21 September to 4 November : “Indian Summer at the Warehouses”
Six weeks of shows scheduled in the late afternoon, proposed by Pierre Orefice, art director, near the Machines de l’Ile on the route of the Great Elephant.
Performers include:
- Sayag Jazz machine, Apparat Band, The Dead 60’S, Fake Fang, opening the Scopitone festival,
- “La Jurassienne de reparation” by the Théâtre Group,
- Maalesh, the greatest artist of the Comoros, a highly personal voice and acoustic musical style,
- Djama, a Cormorian reggae group from Nantes,
- “Le Palais Nibo” a modern circus by Les Têtes en l’Air.
“Indian Summer at the Warehouses” attracted 9,600 spectators
And at Christmas... “Christmas at the Warehouses”…
