What Le Temps Machine does

Le Temps Machine is a French non-profit cultural venue classified as a SMAC (Scène de Musiques Actuelles), operating since 2011 at Parvis Miles Davis in Joué-lès-Tours, within the Tours metropolitan area of Centre-Val de Loire. The organization runs two performance spaces — the main concert hall "Le Club" and the secondary venue "La Spatiale" — alongside three fully equipped rehearsal studios (Studios 1 and 3 at 32m², Studio 2 at 22m²) featuring PA systems, digital mixing consoles, recording capability, microphones, amplifiers, and drum kits, accessible seven days a week from 10h to midnight. The venue also operates the Audio Room mobile application and provides cultural outreach programs including concerts in schools, prisons, and disability-inclusive settings, as well as the Suprême LTM artist development program supporting three local bands annually.

The venue serves three primary segments: general concert-goers across all genres (rock, rap, pop, jazz, electronic, folk, reggae, blues), local musicians who use the rehearsal studios and artist support services, and underserved communities reached through cultural action programs. Its programming strategy is event-driven, with concerts acquired and promoted through its own website, newsletters, podcasts, the Quart d'Heure Tourangeau radio partnership with Radio Béton, and a network of off-site partner venues (Le Petit faucheux, TALM, MAME, La Pléiade, L'Hôtel Goüin, Cinéma Studios).

Le Temps Machine generates revenue through ticket sales (e.g., Zélie concert at €4), rehearsal studio hourly rentals (€3.54–€10/hour depending on group size and pack volume) and subscription packs (10h–50h tiers), concert subscription packages (Abonnements) with reduced ticket rates for subscribers, and cultural action programs funded by public subsidies. The organization is financed primarily through multi-tier public institutional support from seven entities: Tours Métropole Val De Loire, DRAC Centre-Val de Loire, Conseil Départemental d'Indre-et-Loire, Région Centre-Val de Loire, CNM (Centre national de la musique), and SACEM. The new DESK reservation software, deployed for the 2025-26 season, handles online studio booking, automatic confirmation, credit reloading, and access code generation.

Name

Le Temps Machine

Legal name

Le Temps Machine

Website

https://letempsmachine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Le Temps Machine is a French non-profit SMAC music venue in Joué-lès-Tours, operating concert halls, three rehearsal studios, and cultural outreach programs for the Tours metropolitan area, funded by seven public institutional partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

akta.pro primary industry

DJ & Electronic Music Venues (MPAGAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Backline & Musical Instrument Rental (MPAGAKAJ)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Concert programming
• Rehearsal studios
• Cultural outreach
• Artist residencies

Headquarters

HQ city

Joué-lès-Tours

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales (Billetterie): Revenue from concert and event ticket sales at the venue box office and online.
2. Studio rental: Hourly and pack-based rental of three rehearsal studios to amateur and professional musicians. Pricing varies by group size (solo/duo/trio vs quatuor et +) and booking volume.
3. Studio subscriptions / memberships: Annual subscriptions and packs (10h, 20h, 30h, 50h) for rehearsal studio access. Existing subscribers with 24-25 season cards receive free renewal through September 2026.
4. Cultural action programs: Revenue and funding from cultural outreach programs targeting schools, social institutions, and prisons, supported by public subsidies.
5. Abonnements (subscriptions): Concert subscription packages offering reduced ticket prices for subscribers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Le Temps Machine is a non-profit live music venue (SMAC) in Joué-lès-Tours that programs and hosts concerts of contemporary music for the general public and rents rehearsal studios to local musicians and bands. It complements these activities with cultural outreach programs delivered in schools and social institutions and with artist support/residency services.

Product overview

Le Temps Machine operates as a SMAC (Scène de Musiques Actuelles) - a multi-purpose contemporary music venue in Joué-lès-Tours, France. The venue combines concert programming (Le Club main hall, La Spatiale), three rehearsal studios, cultural outreach programs, and artist support services. Key offerings include the core concert venue with ticketing and subscriptions, three fully-equipped rehearsal studios managed via DESK booking software, Audio Room mobile application, the Super Flux festival, and various cultural action programs targeting youth and local communities. The venue also provides artistic accompaniment services including the Suprême LTM program for local musicians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live music concert programming Year-round programming of contemporary-music (musiques actuelles) concerts at the Joué-lès-Tours venue, open to the general public through ticketed and occasional free events.
• Rehearsal studio rentals

Quantifiable outcome

• Three rehearsal studios operated 7 days/week with new DESK booking system enabling reservations up to 5 minutes before a slot

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tours Métropole Val De LoirecoreOthersPrimary institutional funder and territorial authority providing core operating support to Le Temps Machine as a SMAC venue in the metropolitan area.
• DRAC Centre-Val De LoirecoreOthersDirection Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs) providing state-level cultural funding and recognition to Le Temps Machine.
• Conseil Départemental d'Indre-et-LoirecoreOthersDepartmental council providing funding and institutional support for cultural activities in Indre-et-Loire, including Le Temps Machine's programs.
• Région Centre-Val de LoirecoreOthersRegional council providing funding support for cultural infrastructure and programming across Centre-Val de Loire, including Le Temps Machine.
• CNM (Centre national de la musique)coreOthersNational music center providing national-level funding and institutional recognition to Le Temps Machine as a music venue.
• SACEMcoreOthersSociety of authors, composers, and music publishers providing institutional support and funding to Le Temps Machine as a music venue.
• Radio BétoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal radio station in partnership with Le Temps Machine for the 'Quart d'Heure Tourangeau' show featuring local musicians, as well as podcast interviews with artists performing at the venue (e.g., Sheldon, Altin Gün, Imarhan).
• Le Petit faucheuxcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the Super Flux festival (13th edition in 2026) with Le Temps Machine. A complementary music venue in Tours contributing to the regional music ecosystem.
• L'Hôtel GoüinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner venue in Tours hosting off-site programming including TACKT #51 in partnership with Le Temps Machine.
• Le Bateau IvreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner venue co-presenting Turbulences #1 with Le Temps Machine, focusing on Chinese alternative music scene.
• L'Opéra de ToursminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presenting a electro music evening at the Opéra with Le Temps Machine (Barbara Butch + Dylan Dylan event).
• La Pléiade (Ville de La Riche)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner venue in La Riche hosting off-site concerts such as Chassol (December 2026). Le Temps Machine co-produces events at this location.
• ODGProdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presenting ODG x LBS Sound System all-night dub/reggae event at Le Temps Machine.
• DESK (booking software)coreTechnology or IntegrationNew studio reservation software adopted for the 2025-26 season, enabling online booking, automatic confirmation, credit reloading, and access code delivery. Replaced previous system.
• La Bibliothèque de ToursminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Mange-Disque with G.L.A.D and 'Raconte-moi un disque!' event series bringing musicians to the library.
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours (CERCIP project)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural action partnership (CERCIP) bringing musical activities and encounters to museum audiences.
• Suprême LTM program sponsors/partnersminorOthersAnnual creation support program for three local bands, with unspecified institutional and partner support enabling the program.
• TALM (École des Beaux-Arts)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner educational institution hosting Super Flux festival events and student performances.
• MAME (Tours)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner venue/platform in Tours hosting off-site programming including Super Flux festival events.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Le Rocher de Palmer: SMAC near Bordeaux combining concerts, residencies, rehearsal studios and cultural action. Same hybrid SMAC model with public multi-tier funding, comparable scope to Le Temps Machine.
• Le Petit faucheux: Jazz and contemporary music venue in Tours that co-organises the Super Flux festival with Le Temps Machine. It is the most direct comparable: another Tours metropolitan-area live music venue targeting overlapping audiences and artists.
• L'Aéronef: SMAC venue in Lille with two concert spaces and rehearsal studios, plus cultural outreach. Comparable hybrid venue-plus-studios model under the same SMAC regulatory status as Le Temps Machine.
• La Cartonnerie: SMAC in Reims combining concert programming with rehearsal studios and artist residencies, mirroring Le Temps Machine's hybrid venue-plus-studios model. Comparable size, scope and public-funding structure.
• Le Krakatoa: SMAC venue in Bordeaux offering contemporary music concerts, cultural action programs and rehearsal/studio resources. Operates on the same SMAC regulatory framework as Le Temps Machine with a similar mid-sized footprint.
• La Vapeur: SMAC in Dijon with two concert halls, rehearsal studios and creation programs. Operates the same institutional funding and hybrid venue-plus-studios model as Le Temps Machine.
• Stereolux: SMAC-classified venue in Nantes offering concerts, residencies and cultural action programs. Operates the same SMAC regulatory model with multi-tier public funding, making it a structurally close peer for Le Temps Machine.
• La Coopérative de Mai: SMAC in Clermont-Ferrand with concert venue, rehearsals and creation support, structurally analogous to Le Temps Machine but at slightly larger scale. Useful benchmark for programming ambition and touring-route economics.

Regional players

• La Maroquinerie: Independent concert venue in Paris focused on emerging contemporary music. Comparable genre programming philosophy to Le Temps Machine but located in a different (larger) regional market.

Broad incumbents

• Le Transbordeur: Large concert venue in Lyon programming contemporary music. Wider genre/capacity scope than Le Temps Machine but in the same French live-music-venue category and competing for the same touring acts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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