Let me Bloom ’25 – art and self-development festival

Let Me Bloom is a mini art and self-development festival in the wild valley of Los Mireles, in Vega de San Mateo, Gran Canaria. Spring is the time when nature blooms and a new era of growing and maturing starts. We, as humans, need this growth more than ever. We need to unlearn our toxic habits and make space for real, original values, like empathy, care, creativity, synchronicity and learning to live in harmony with nature and other beings around us.

Two essential tools on this journey are art and education. You can be creative or just let yourself take it all in; everyone will be part of the whole. We are inviting you to participate in this mini festival, where many artists, performers and different teachers will share their knowledge and spread their passion to art so we can enjoy and grow in different skills, like communication, creativity or empathy. The festival takes place in Camino Art House.

We are looking for facilitators and performers who understands and stands for the values that we represent. If you want to take part of the next Let me Bloom festival from 13 to 16 March, 2025, please send your introduction and portfolio to caminoart@caminoart.org until 20th February.

The festival is a small, but inspiring three-day event in our magical valley. The venues of the different events, performances and workshops will be hidden in the land, in the caves, and under the trees. We imagine beautiful, inspiring and meaningful moments that we share while taking in, practicing, or performing art in nature. The mini stages will host all kinds of activities, they might be performances, where the audience is observing, interactive shows where the audience is involved, or workshops where the participants learn something new, or practice a special skill. The artists, performers, and teachers might perform their own show at one time and teach a connecting (or totally different) skill at another time in a different venue. We are all artists, and we are all students. Teaching and learning, performing and in-taking art are almost the same, we all meet in the beautiful line in the middle.

FACILITIES

The facilities of the old house are limited, so we have built extra showers and dry toilets in the land. The kitchen will be closed for public use in these days, food, coffee, drinks will be available for extra moderate cost.
Parking is NOT available on site. If you arrive by car, you will need to park your vehicle in Madronal, or in San Mateo and walk to Camino Art House. This distance is about 800-1200 meter. Be aware that there is NO pathway by the road so you will need to walk on the asphalt road with the traffic so always pay especial attention and carry a light with you.
Our land is located in a valley, moving around in the area can be challenging, and sometimes needs special attention. For this reason – although we did our best to secure the area -, we are asking you to be responsible for yourself and you will need to sign an individual disclaimer when entering the site.

ENTRANCE FEES AND OTHER COSTS

The entrance fee for the festival will be separated from the accommodation and restaurant fees. We share all the income from entrance fees between the artists/teachers. So the more of you come the festival, the more we can give to these fantastic people, and the more program/activities you can enjoy during these days.

Entrance fee: 20€/friday, 20€/saturday, 20€/sunday, 50€/full festival (more info later)

Accommodation: private room/cave: 45€/room/night, dorm: 20€/person/night, tent: 18€/person/night (we provide the tent and equipment), 15€/own tent/person/night (you bring your own tent and equipment)

We offer food and basic accommodation for the facilitators.