Mad Camp Europe 2025 is ON! July 3-July7

First Deadline has passed! We have a few more magic- tickets left!!

NEW DEADLINE: 05.05.2025

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Check out this Blogpost on Mad in America- Why Mad Camp Europe!!!

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Mad Camp 2023 and 2024 in the US were absolute amazing smash successes, see our Website HERE. So YES let’s do it in EUROPE everyone! July 3 – July 7!!

Highlights

Exclusive Use

Experience the Blue Whale Education Center all to ourselves. Take a look at “Generation Europe” aswell.

Catering Included

Enjoy freshly prepared meals throughout the event. Or cook for yourself and others in the large gastronomy kitchen! Mad coooooking!!!

Unmatched Inspiration

Connect, create, and be inspired in a unique setting.

Support the cause!

Donate to our gofundme page and help others from all over the world to join this mad experience!

About Mad Camp Europe

Mad Camp Europe 2025 brings creativity, learning, and community together at the exclusive Blue Whale Education Center in Tauchen, Austria. Inspired by the US Mad Camp, this event is designed for individuals who embrace creativity and seek a transformative experience through workshops, art, and connection.

Hello everyone living with visionary altered and extreme states of consciousness who has escaped from, is on the run from, is trying to flee, in hiding from, or dreams of transforming, psychiatry! And hello to all our wonderful allies and supporters!

And — Mad Camp US 2023 AND Mad Camp US 2024 already happened! WOW did they happen!!!!!!

Mad Camp on Mad In America – Blog post!

Mad Camper writes about their experience here!

Check out the promo audio on Madness Radio!

Check us out on Facebook

Mad Camp 2023 was a huge success! 2024 also amazing! Get ready for 2025 wowwwww!

Here’s what some people had to say about past US Mad Camps:

I’m ready to meet all of my mad folk again to play, dance, cry, laugh and connect deeply or lightly.

I’m mad for MadCamp! 2023 was the best, let’s make 2024 even better

I am so excited to return to the world changing, mind bending, love bomb that is MadCamp

I attended last year and it was amazing and I need more mad community in my life! I have a history with madness that I am still making meaning out of and I’d love to connect with other folks

Last year was a much needed, incredible healing space. Excited to be in such a space again.

This camp came like out of one of my dreams, basically…

I loved it last year and want to come back

Mad Camp last year was amazing. I am excited to continue connecting with the community and learning from other psych survivors and mad people.

I’m a returning mad camper and can’t wait to reunite with returning campers and meet new ones! Mad camp is the place to be! Such amazing connections to make and friendships to form

Last year was great

I am a Mad Camper. Because Mad Campers are the most awesome people on the planet!!!!

Feeling the call to be with community, in a 100% Peer setting. Been having some challenging times and appreciate spaces where I can emote and navigate my emotions authentically and unapologetically. That is a hallmark of healing.

BASICS ON MAD CAMP:

We are the Mad Camp crew, survivors of psych diagnosis and extreme states who live outside psychiatry and have been activists and advocates for abolishing the mental health system and replacing it with love.

We are very excited to organize Mad Camp 2025, after two great events in the US now for the first time in Europe!

We hereby invite planet earth’s survivors/evaders/transformers of psychiatry who are living with altered/visionary/extreme states of consciousness:

Venue Details

Blue Whale Education Center, Tauchen, Austria.

A serene and inspiring space for workshops, networking, and relaxation.

Join us for a 5 day summer camp at the beautiful Blue Whale Education Center, Tauchen, Austria. We are greatful to have Wolfgang from generation europa as our host! Tauchen is easy to reach, from Vienna it is about 1 hour 15 minutes travelling time by car or train. We will provide you an extra document for the journey.

(Check our Frequent Questions page for more details!)

We want to feel stronger connection with you – the amazing incredible people of the mad movement, and we want to enliven our community solidarity with each other. Since the early days of the movement summer camps have been an antidote to burnout and key to weaving friendships and sharing our vision. We are called to reignite this spirit through MAD CAMP!

And we ask everyone – including allies and family members and supporters of the mad movement – please help make this happen! We need you to https://gofund.me/80084be2!

Mad Camp 2025 will be: fun, friendship, community, healing, replenishment, fun, sunshine, electrolytes, dancing, music, listening time, mutual aid, remembrance, art-making, more fun, swimming, hiking, hanging out, open mics, delicious food, frisbees, poetry, meditation, scavenger hunts, nap times, ecstatic dance, acupuncture, storytelling, healing offerings, starry sky gazing, jenga / board games, sun lounging, campfire hang outs, swimming pool, disco/80s happy hour, hanging out, get to know each other gatherings, optional day-long breathwork session, optional it’s-all-groovy community spirit ceremony, optional raging against the psychiatric machine (but encouraged), and optional scheming for activism (also encouraged).

You are also totally welcome to hide in your room or tent the whole time! No judgment! This is the MAD MOVEMENT!

We are thinking – no alcohol or substances (except your regular day to day). Allergy aware, no-scents. Healthy and plentiful food. (Disabled access, language, and other needs contact us). Participation encouraged – if you want to share an offering or service or something let us know! Check out Frequently Asked Questions page for details on how things are shaping up!

All organizing is volunteer. All funds raised go to costs and scholarships. All finances transparent. 5 day event all-inclusive tickets probably in the to 300 to 500 Euro range (not including your travel, different lodging possibilites). We are trying to keep costs very low, with accommodations, food and events included. If you have any ideas on how to save money let us know . Fundraising is crowdsource only: not accepting foundation, grant, or public funds. We raised more than $10k scholarships for the two Mad Camps in the US- and we funded ALL of the scholarship requests!

So start saving now people and save that date!

Space is limited! Accepting applications for 40 or so person capacity soon – stay tuned – selection will be by group balance plus lottery. Start saving money for your ticket and travel costs now! Cross-country, international, intergalactic, and interdimensional travelers welcome! Consider combining with a visit to Vienna or the Austrian countryside. Volunteers welcome (please contact us to volunteer) – we don’t guarantee scholarships, work-trade tickets, or anything like that in return for volunteering.

THANK YOU for your generosity. We expect to not be perfect and humbly ask forgiveness! We have lots of questions too, we are figuring it out. We are doing our best to make this awesome – please offer feedback any time. Our hearts are really warmed by this vision of reigniting the core of our movement with community and connection.

Lots of love,

The Mad Camp Europe Crew

Contact: madcampeurope@gmail.com or call us (+43) 699 104 98 661