Camping Cantharel 2026
A mushroom festival for and by fungi fanatics. Four days camping filled with amazing workshops, talks and walks by fungi professionals. This 'burn' will take place 1 - 4 October 2026, in Renkum, the Netherlands.
Hi mushroom maniac!
Do you dream of a camping trip full of non stop mushroom geeking and a lot of new fungi friends?
Come to Camping Cantharel and spread your mycelial network to have fun, learn and connect!
This camping week is a 'burn': everyone contributes and helps co-create this festival.
Tickets range from €100 to €500, depending on your contribution, income and camp setup: check your price here!
Programme
During this mushroom festival we'll enjoy a range of activities, from field trips, seminars, ID-sessions, fungi food & drinks, cultivation, to studying psil0cybin. Programme is to be determined, but this is an example of 2025, when we spent just a weekend together. For 2026, Saskia from Outsiders is teaming up with Elske from Bottled Botanicals, yay!
Camping Cantharel is a large number of fungi professionals and lovers in one spot, in a pristine fungi forest!
Expect to meet your new best friends, mentors and apprentices.
Programme CC weekend 2025
Opening ceremony by Marosca Mushrooms
Koji workshop by Hiro (Choro Koji)
Book club led by Jamie Nee
Mycofilter presentation by Allegra
Wild Biome talk by Ilse Donker
Tempeh workshop by Jim Groot
Seminar Amanita & shamanism by Miekje
Mushroom extraction by Elske (Bottled Botanicals)
Textile dye station Miekje & Elske
Seminar Queer Kindom Marosca Mushrooms
Meditation walk by Les Lie
Drawing sesh by Lisa in the Woods
Wild yeast propagation by Do (Basic Theory Ferments)
Shiitake log making with Jamie Nee
Postcard/flyer design by Astrid
Fermentation weights ceramics by Lisa (Zuurzout Studio)
Seminar Etnomycology by Jasper
Closing ceremony by Ohmyshrooms
Mushroom walks by
Edwin Cornellissen (Bosbaas),
Jasper Degenaars (Fungi Academy),
Reinier (de Paddenstoelenman),
Saskia (Outsiders).
Food by
SWAMP kitchen,
Tara & Mika,
Zuurzout Studio,
Les Lie and
Efthymia Veliskaki.
Saturday: Dress up like a mushroom day!
Code of conduct
We aim this festival to be free of racism, sexism, ableism, classism, zionism and basically all forms of bigotry or violence. If you feel resistance to this phrase, this festival might not be for you. We aim for everyone, regardless, to feel welcomed sharing their knowledge, their questions, their experiences. Please feel empowered to call out any of the above if experienced yourself or seen happening, whether in person, or to our Wellbeing team. They offer a listening ear and will help come up with a plan. Anyone who transgresses this code of conduct is removed from the festival, without reimbursement. In this field dominated by white men, we encourage them to leave space for others, and we applaud women, non-binary and queer folk, people of colour, to take up space and blossom. We welcome parents+kids and childfree folk alike. Outsiders, and Camping Cantharel, try to divest from capitalism, imperialism and colonialism. For instance, we refrain from using AI, welcome real artists and thought, we hope you’ll share rides or come by train+bike, and we’ll separate waste at the festival and so on. We leave no trace, how can we leave this space better? We hope you’ll help us in this mission. Let’s uplift each other. We acknowledge we can do better in making everyone feel welcome at CC. Please (please!) feel free to share any improvement that we can make in this light. If you want to say anything anonymous, leave an envelope/note to Sarah in the kitchen.
Food & drinks
Meals
There will be some awesome chefs who will be arranging yummy lunch and dinner. If you don’t want to join the food offered, you are welcome to bring your own food & drinks and prepare it at your own tent/caravan. Bring your own breakfast (to share)!
Coffee & tea
We will arrange kitchen gear and ingredients to make basic coffee & tea, but please help us host, by making coffee & tea whenever it’s finished. Also, bring fancy beans or nice herbal blends to share! Snacks and fruits are very welcome, please bring anything you want to share <3.
Bar
You can buy a drink ticket and drink freely from the (mostly non-alcoholic) bar. But please, we all love home-made stuff, so bring your own brews! There will be a shared bar to exchange cool recipes, so bring your nice brews, cocktail ingredients, lemonades etc.
House rules
Treat the forest with respect:
- 🍄 Foraging only under the guidance of a mushroom host, to protect your health and the ecosystem.
- 🍄 No amplified music.
- 🍄 Car parking only on parking spots, not on Camping Cantharel terrain.
Disclaimer
The information provided by Outsiders, and other contributors to the festival, is for general educational purposes only. Under no circumstance shall we have any liability to you for any loss or damage incurred as a result of visiting Camping Cantharel. Your attendance is solely at your own risk.
