ETERNAL GATHERING
Eternal Gathering

Venus
Calling

A world for 66 souls.

8–11 October 2026 · Château du Fey, France

I feel the call→
Château du Fey at dusk, warmly lit with a central fountain, rose gardens, and stone lions in the foreground
The Gathering

Slow mornings,
long evenings.

For three nights, Château du Fey becomes a temporary home for our community. We imagine slow mornings, beautiful meals, movement, conversation, sauna, sound, firelight, and tea late into the evening.

Dancing, nature, old friendships deepening and new ones beginning. A space to disconnect from technology, soften your usual roles, and become present with one another.

The time and permission to go deeper; with yourself, and with each other.

Elegant candlelit banquet hall with long dining tables, chandeliers and floral arrangements
A glimpse into our days

The hours have their own weather.

Guests gathered on blankets beneath a great oak tree at golden hour with lanterns and soft conversation

Mornings

Movement, yoga, slow breakfasts, coffee in the garden, conversations that don't need to go anywhere.

Friends gathered around a fire pit at golden hour with sauna, hot tub and twinkling lights nearby

Afternoons

Workshops, sauna, nature, play, rest and unexpected encounters.

A dancer moving by candlelight in an elegant salon while guests and musicians watch by the fire

Evenings

Long tables, candlelight, music, performances, ritual, dancing, tea and fire.

Our home for three nights

Château du Fey

For one long weekend, the château becomes ours.

Rooms upstairs. Tents beneath the trees. Long tables. Hidden corners. Gardens to disappear into. A sauna warming somewhere nearby.

Two hours from Paris, far enough away for the outside world to become quiet.

Château du Fey at sunset with glowing windows, string lights and a rose gold sky
A couple in soft candlelight, leaning close in patterned silk robes
The Story

It was never
supposed to exist.

This weekend began as a wedding; a beautiful celebration imagined at Château du Fey. But as the date approached, the pressure began creating more stress than joy.

Rather than continue simply because a wedding was expected, the couple made the difficult decision to cancel. It came from honesty, courage, and the willingness to recognize when something needs to change.

Friends, artists and facilitators gathered around the couple and began to imagine what else it might become. What if something difficult could be transformed into something generous?

The wedding gave us the château. The community gave us another reason to gather. Venus Calling is what emerged.

What we hold

A well-held space, offered in good faith.

Consent is fundamental.

Autonomy and personal boundaries are the foundation. There is always space to move inward, and always the freedom to step back.

Openness, not expectation.

A sex-positive, open-minded culture, where openness is an invitation, never a requirement. Depth is welcome; performance is not.

Permission to go deeper.

Room to soften your usual roles, to be present, and to discover something about yourself and one another.

Presence over proof.

A well-held offline space. Disconnect from technology and remember something easy to forget: we came here to experience life.

Who it's for

For those who feel there is more available.

For the curious, the artists, the thinkers, the lovers, the seekers, the builders and the dreamers. For old friends who want more than a quick reunion, and new friends who sense there may be something important to discover in one another.

The curiousThe artistsThe thinkersThe loversThe dreamers

For people who appreciate intellectual curiosity and emotional depth, but who also know life is meant to be enjoyed. There will be moments of reflection and moments of celebration, space to move inward, and space to move toward one another.

The Experience
Movement
Workshops
Sauna
Music
Ritual
Performance
Nature
Food
Dancing
Tea
Fire
Rest
Connection

We won't tell you everything. Some of it should still be able to surprise you.

Around the table

Food is part of
the gathering.

Shared brunches that turn into conversations. Long dinners by candlelight. Snacks appearing when they're needed. Tea late into the night.

All meals and snacks are included.

Hands passing bread, figs and wine across a candlelit long table
Where you'll sleep

Choose how you would like to make the château your home.

An antique château bedroom with linen bedding, a lit fireplace and warm candlelight at dusk

In the château

Shared rooms, private rooms and suites within the house.

A furnished canvas bell tent glowing warmly at sunset with two beds, woven rugs, lanterns and a line of tents beneath a rose-gold sky

Under the stars

Beautiful furnished glamping tents a short walk through the grounds.

A small ivy-covered stone house beside the château at sunset, with glowing windows and autumn vines

Le Gîte

Tucked away beside the château, Le Gîte offers a little more space and privacy. It can accommodate up to four guests, or two with a spacious living room and a small private kitchen, creating the feeling of your own little home within the gathering.

Blankets, pillows, linens and towels are provided.

Explore accommodation→
The people holding this world

Held by hands you may know by name.

Ezgi smiling in a wide-brimmed hat against a soft pink wall

Ezgi

Ezgi is a multidisciplinary artist, experience designer, DJ, fashion designer and curator for Hedone. Her work moves between music, food, art, pleasure and human connection, weaving these elements together to create worlds people can step into. For years, she has been designing and curating experiences ranging from intimate gatherings to large-scale events. At Eternal, she holds the creative vision, curating the program, artists, food experiences and the many details that shape how the gathering looks, feels, tastes and unfolds.

Leï Zagato in a candlelit room wearing a patterned jacket and pendant necklaces

Leï Zagato

Leï is a producer and community builder with a natural ability to turn ambitious ideas into something real. Previously Hedone's Hermes Manager, he knows the community and its world from the inside. For Eternal, he leads production alongside Mike, holding the logistics, systems and countless moving parts behind the scenes. He creates the structure that allows everything else to flow, so that once we arrive, the magic can simply unfold.

Mike seated at a wooden table in a candlelit room

Mike

Mike left New York for a life with more edge to it. No fixed address, then Berlin, six months that turned into three years of figuring out who he actually is, not who he'd been performing. Now he creates spaces for men and women: deep dating nights, men's circles, Stammtisch, and dinners that don't always stay dinners. Some nights are for laughing. Some are for the things we don't usually say out loud. Most are both. For Eternal, Mike is the lead of production and a connector of people, ideas and moving parts. He weaves together the practical and the human, making sure the right people find each other, decisions become action, and the many threads behind the gathering come together as one.

The souls we're inviting in

Artists, musicians, performers and facilitators are joining us. We'll reveal them slowly, one at a time, rather than all at once.

Practicalities

The plain details.

When
8–11 October 2026
Where
Château du Fey, France
Who
66 guests
Distance
Approximately two hours southeast of Paris
Arrival
Thursday evening
Closing
Closing circle Sunday around noon
Travel
Train from Paris toward Joigny, with local or organised shuttle onward.

Your gathering contribution includes

  • Three nights of programming
  • All meals and snacks
  • Workshops
  • Movement practices
  • Sauna
  • Rituals and ceremonies
  • Performances
  • Music and dancing
  • Tea bar
  • The full gathering experience

Accommodation is selected separately.

While you're here

A few offerings, if they call to you.

Flowing silk kimonos and garments draped in a candlelit château room

Ezgi's Fashion

Something to wear, something to take home.

A selection of Ezgi's one-of-a-kind kimonos, flowing pieces and comfortable wear will be waiting for you at the château.

Come with a little room in your suitcase. You might find something to slip into for the night, wander through the château in, or take home as a piece of Eternal.

Available to purchase throughout the gathering.

A woman wrapped in burgundy velvet wearing a delicate gold face chain by candlelight

Face Chains by Ola

Adorn the face. Transform the presence.

Handcrafted face jewelry designed to trace the contours of the face with delicate chains, pearls and subtle details. Each piece becomes part ornament, part expression, creating an intimate adornment for the Eternal experience.

Available at Eternal

Champagne and wine bottles chilling in an ornate silver bowl by candlelight

Wine & Champagne

Pre-order your favorite bottles to enjoy during your stay.

A curated selection of wines and champagne will be available to reserve before you arrive. Pick your preferred bottle, let us know when you would like it served, and we will have it chilled and waiting.

Pre-order details coming soon.

Candlelit private massage session in a château room with flowers and warm oils

Private Nuru Massage

1:1 or 1:2 Private Session

An immersive exploration of touch, movement and connection.

A flowing, body-to-body massage experience centered around presence, close contact and the intuitive movement of the whole body. Warm, enveloping and deeply sensual, the session creates space to soften, surrender and experience touch in a more playful and connected way.

Choose a private 1:1 session, or experience it together as a 1:2 session, where Atena guides both partners through the practice, showing one how to give while supporting the other in receiving.

A private and intimate experience, available by advance booking or during the gathering at an additional cost.

Tarot cards laid out by candlelight during an intimate reading

Tarot Readings

Guidance, insight and intuition for what's next.

Sit with the cards by candlelight and let an experienced reader reflect back what is already moving beneath the surface.

A moment of clarity, a nudge toward possibility, or simply a quiet conversation with the parts of yourself that rarely get the microphone.

Available by appointment at an additional cost.

Questions

Before you decide.

Eternal Gathering

You are invited.

Would you like to be
one of the 66?

This is not simply a ticket. It is an invitation into a temporary world we're creating together.

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Château du Fey · Three nights · 8–11 October 2026 · Sixty-six souls