Comments on: Royal de Luxe Parade

Royal de Luxe Parade

Scoo — Mon, 30 May 2005 09:35:07 -0800

The Royal de Luxe Parade in Nantes, celebrating Jules Verne from what I can gather. A staggeringly beautiful event, go see! I may weep. (via the greatwaxy.org)

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Mon, 30 May 2005 09:48:01 -0800

Wow, that is simply amazing. Great find.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Mon, 30 May 2005 10:05:42 -0800

Awesome, thanks Scoo. Don't miss the fascinating photo gallery that shows some of the behind-the-scenes technical aspects of how this was put together.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 30 May 2005 10:11:31 -0800

This parade is part of the year of Jules Verne celebrations. You can find a calendar of events here. Royal de Lux is the name of the artists/company that put this together. Here are some photos of them from 2000, for example, and their giant giraffe.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 30 May 2005 10:48:54 -0800

totally amazing! thanks!

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 30 May 2005 11:16:14 -0800

I'd never seen anything like it before, but sure hope to see more.

By: prolific

prolific — Mon, 30 May 2005 11:19:43 -0800

Royal de Lux are awesome, I saw one of their shows back in the 80s - they performed in a huge car park behind a football stadium. Thirty, forty, maybe more, performers staging the French Revolution. The night before some of them were arrested in town (Utrecht, The Netherlands) for drunken behaviour and stealing bikes, I believe. Thanks for the links, it's good to know they're still around.

By: prolific

prolific — Mon, 30 May 2005 11:24:57 -0800

More pictures at Flickr.

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Mon, 30 May 2005 11:42:35 -0800

This is staggering. All of it, but especially the elephant, is surreally real. What a show.

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Mon, 30 May 2005 12:26:14 -0800

Coming to London in September. I can't wait.

By: mkhall

mkhall — Mon, 30 May 2005 12:34:20 -0800

That has salvaged my weekend. Thank you, Scoo!

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Tue, 31 May 2005 07:56:05 -0800

Wow

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Tue, 31 May 2005 08:08:42 -0800

Sacre merde! Talk about attention to detail: Pictures of trampled cars (by the "elephant")

By: Aknaton

Aknaton — Tue, 31 May 2005 08:14:31 -0800

You must be this tall to ride the elephant.

By: never_work

never_work — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:16:22 -0800

These are stunning. Puts the Macy's parade to shame.