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BLESSTIVAL 2026
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BLESSTIVAL 2026 *
BLESSTIVAL is the annual gathering of the Bless tribe, bringing together friends from France, the UK, the Netherlands and beyond. We meet at L’Orangerie de Beauregard, a beautiful 4* camp site in the Loire region. Our theme this year is Made for More.
May 14th (15hoo) to 17th (13h00) for an all-in, all-age, all-the-feels celebration of the life and love that is ours through Jesus.
Join us in Villedomer once again for Blesstival, our people-friendly festival of presence, prayer and promise. Our theme this year is "Made for More" -because we are! Each one of us is made for more than we think and more, very often, than we know. Our frantic world of media madness tells us every day - every minute, even - what we should expect from life. We all think we'd finally be satisfied if we could just have that house, that car, that holiday or that perfect job. But none of these things is true. Why? because we were made for more. Our longings for comfort and consumption are nothing more than the echoes of a much deeper hunger - to belong and to find a life of significance and purpose. "Our hearts are restless", wrote Augustine, "until they find their rest in God..."
ACCOMMODATION AND PRICES
Camping Pitch // €100/ person
Barrel or Tree House €150/ person
External accommodation (you find your own!) €75/person
NOTES:
- Prices are per person for each person 14 years old or over. No charge for those 0 to 13.
- Prices include the programme, coffee and croissant for breakfast, coffee, tea and snacks at break times, a welcome meal on Thursday evening and shared BBQ facilities at other times.
- The event begins with a shared meal (provided) at 18h00 on Thursday May 14th and ends with a shared BBQ (BBQs provided, bring your own meats) on at 13h00 on Sunday, May 17th.
- Camping pitches are suitable for tents, caravans or camper vans. Top-class sanitary facilities (with hot showers) are provided.
- Glamping Barrels have one double and two single beds, all in one space. Sheets and pillow cases are provided, bring your own duvet covers.
- Glamping Cabanes (tree houses) have one double bed in an upper room, and three singles in a room below. Sheets and pillow cases are provided, bring your own duvet covers.
- There is a barista coffee bar and small shop on-site (milk and other essentials) cash or card possible. Food trucks will be available on set days, and generally take only cash.
- For those seeking off-site accommodation, there are a number of good quality Airbnb offerings within 10 to 15 minutes of the site.
L'Orangerie de Beauregard, 37110 Villedomer, France
Blesstival 2024
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His beauty for our ashes… Join us in the magnificent surroundings of the Loire to celebrate the incarnation of Jesus - and the joy he has brought into our lives.
The annual gathering for all those involved in The Bless Network, Blesstival draws believers from France, the UK, the Netherlands the USA and beyond. With worship, teaching, creative activities and a whole lot of fun, this is a family event like no other. Enjoy the beauty of one of the Loire’s finest campsites - noted by the Guardian as one of the 20 best in Europe. Accommodation options include glamping barrels and tree-houses; gites; bring-your-own tent or caravan and off-site rental in the surrounding area. Book below to request your preferred option.
Our theme this year is drawn from Isaiah 61:3 “… he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.” This is the divine exchange, the astounding promise that God will come to the very centre of our mourning - those places where our lives amount to little more than smouldering ash - and give us instead a crown of beauty. So many of us in the Bless family have tasted this very exchange. Let’s come together to celebrate all our God has done - and press-in together to know more of his miraculous presence and peace.