Nantes: the Maker Campus returns to the naves with 500 creators

The start of summer will be creative. The Maker Campus returns for a eighth edition under the navesIn Nantes.

From July 5 to 7, 2024, 500 “makers” will be present to show their creations of all kinds. “The Nantes Maker Campus is really about promoting DIY (Do It Yourself or do it yourself Editor’s note)it’s the celebration of creativity,” declares Jean-Baptiste Le Clec’h, one of the creators of the event.

The festival will begin from 2 p.m. on Friday, July 5, ending at 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday will operate from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

More than 130 stands

Still in partnership with Dassault Systèmes Solidworks, a software publisher used by manufacturers but also by certain makers, the festival remains on the basis of other years. With this time “a renewal within the community of makers, driven by a great feminization of it,” underlines Jean-Baptiste Le Cléc’h.

More than 130 stands will be available, accompanied by makers who have come to present their creations, including during workshops accessible to the public. One of them will, for example, consist of creating ceramic flutes to then participate in a concert at the end of the festival.

13 conferences with different themes will also perform on stage throughout the three days.

The themes covered, such as digital technology or education, will also be found in the cultural programming which accompanies this Nantes Maker Campus 2024, where nearly 3,500 visitors are expected.

15 guest artists

Alongside the festival, 15 artists were invited to present their works, many of which will allow the public to interact with them.

Like this table tennis table on jacks, this horse race on a mechanical horse or this reproduction of a Citröen van entirely in wood.

Entrance to the Maker Campus goes from 3 to 10 euros. Tickets can be purchased on the Machines de l’île website.

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