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Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« on: November 29, 2023, 09:41:49 AM »

Here it is, the next Loon-Plage "festival des toupies du monde"
No country as honor guest this year we choose to use the theme:
"La toupie fait son cirque"
Which could be translated as "Tops in shows"

Something you MUST read before coming:
Hi !
Some changes for this year's festival organisation are necessary for us not to be overwhelmed.

To make it as clear and easy as possible, we'll have different guests categories:

_The "guests", you can think of "honor guests" (this year, for Loon-Plage, because of the theme, mainly jugglers/performers) who have all inclusive 😎 as usual and some money for their performance.

_The "Invited" who will have food and rooms and, if possible, just a little money for travel costs.

_The "others", all coming people not specially invited but clearly welcomed,  who will have to find a place for sleeping (or being ok with sleeping in "roots conditions", don't forget your sleeping bag...) and will have to participate for food (nothing really decided yet but something like 10-15€/day )
In any case, if not done already, please contact us for organisation purposes, we'll need to know number of people, and days you'll be here and eventually if you want to present something (booth or show)

Contact us via mermouy @t gmail.com, PM me or phone me if we know each other already.

Also, be warned, we want exclusively tops related sellers. As an example, tops related jewelry is ok, other jewelry is not. ( ! Avoid non spinners/top related activities ! )

I know it might sound tough, but we're victims of the festival's success and need to regulate all this a bit more to make it nice for everyone and to respect the small budgets we have...






How to come to the Loon-plage 2024 festival.

By car:
Here is the venue (any GPS should be ok with): Salle Coluche Loon-Plage (59279)
If not working use: 65 Rue des Manoirs, 59279 Loon-Plage.

By plane/train/bus:
Depending on the airport you arrive at, if you don't exactly know, try in priority Brussel airport (BRU) then Brussel south (CRL), if not from any Paris airport also work...
From the airport try to reach by train Dunkerque, generally via Lille train station.
Then, when you arrive in Dunkerque you can go by free bus to Loon-Plage. (Bus line number C4 direction "Graveline/les islandais")
If you arrive too late for the bus we can eventually organize a pickup in Dunkerque. In that case please contact us as soon as you know...
You can contact me via PM or my email ifyou have it...
« Last Edit: December 01, 2023, 08:45:33 AM by Mermouy »
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2024, 02:38:04 PM »

ca me plait beacoup. "la toupie fait son cirque!
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2024, 08:36:12 PM »

I'm flying tomorrow, Tuesday, but won't arrive to Loon Plage until Wednesday night. I hope to meet Jim for a few hours in Paris before taking the train.
Too close to the last trip, but we will endure  ;D

PS: I will try to smuggle Figaro into the cabin as a "personal item" (I have a basic economy ticket). Wish me luck.
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2024, 01:27:11 AM »

Bon voyage à tous!
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2024, 10:54:09 AM »

from the WhatsApp group:





    
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2024, 12:22:37 PM »

Hope everyone attending has as good a time as I did at Marines in 2019!
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2024, 01:38:37 PM »

I'm at the train station in Lille. I'll be in Loon Plage in less than 2 hours.
Today I met Jim in Paris and we talked tops by the Seine.

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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2024, 04:44:16 AM »

This was around midnight, yesterday:



Missing on the photo, Attila, Ludo, Mauricio and several more.

Today should be a light day for groups and visitors, so it will be for us, players  :)
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2024, 05:13:21 AM »

On the outside of the venue there is a giant led screen showing video clips of the last festival:

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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2024, 05:55:30 PM »

The top on the poster was designed by AI, but it now really exists:



We wish you were all here!

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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2024, 05:20:48 AM »

I wish I could be in the venue.
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2024, 09:01:48 PM »

Que maravillosas fotos, me da mucha nostalgia no haber podido asistir este año a Francia!!!!  deseándoles muchos éxitos.
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2024, 05:27:13 AM »

Wonderful festival! Great shows by Pablo (El Rey de las Baldufas), Dani (El Oso) Quesada from Osocirqueando, Rocco and his Italian crew (Andrea, Daniele and partner), Devadip (Kumpirklawn), and Attila.



The venue is even better than before, with lots of state of the art upgrades. You cannot ask for something better. Saturday and specially Sunday we had a great crowd.
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2024, 05:15:54 PM »

The circus top (first physical top designed by AI?) spininnig:





We tried to keep it going by whipping it, and it's possible with the correct strikes, but we always ended up messing up after not too long.
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Re: Loon-plage festival 2024 "La toupie fait son cirque"
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2024, 08:50:06 AM »

From El Senyor de les Baldufes:









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