Festival Joyeuse Escale
First festival of travel and adventure in Ardèche, organized by the web radio Allô la Planète
About Joyeuse Escale
The meeting point for travel and adventure in Ardèche
The Festival Joyeuse Escale was born in 2022 on the initiative of the web radio Allô la Planète, a media dedicated to travel and world discovery. This festival quickly established itself as the first festival of travel and adventure in Ardèche, transforming the village of Joyeuse into a stopover for all lovers of travel, exploration, and world cultures.
Travelers' films and author encounters
The heart of the festival consists of screenings of travelers' films — about thirty sessions featuring twenty documentary films shot in the four corners of the world. These screenings are complemented by meetings with authors of travelogues and illustrators of travel journals, who come to share their experiences and sign their works. In 2025, the festival hosted 21 authors and offered 30 screening sessions.
Photographic exhibitions and shows
The Festival Joyeuse Escale also offers photographic exhibitions dedicated to travel and the discovery of distant cultures and landscapes. In 2024, seven exhibitions were presented in various locations in the village. Shows and concerts complete the program, creating a festive and cosmopolitan atmosphere in the streets of Joyeuse. Workshops on travel — writing journals, photography, travel preparation — allow visitors to learn the art of travel.
Round tables and conferences
The festival organizes round tables and conferences on themes related to travel, adventure, and world discovery. These discussion sessions bring together travelers, writers, photographers, and responsible tourism professionals, offering festival-goers original perspectives on the art of traveling and on contemporary travel issues.
An exhibitor village and accessible programming
An exhibitor village brings together about ten professionals and associations related to travel, offering advice, equipment, and destinations. Access to the festival is organized with a price of 6 euros for screenings (5 euros for 13-18 year olds, free for under 12s), while all other activities — round tables, concerts, exhibitions, shows, author encounters — are free. This pricing model makes the festival accessible to the greatest number.
Joyeuse Escale — edition 2026
4th edition of the Joyeuse Escale Festival, from May 12 to 17, 2026 in Joyeuse (Ardèche). Six days of travel films, meetings with authors and adventurers, photo exhibitions, concerts, workshops, conferences, and round tables around travel and adventure, organized by the web radio Allô la Planète.
The 2026 edition of the travel festival in Ardèche
For its 4th edition, the Joyeuse Escale Festival was held from Tuesday, May 12 to Sunday, May 17, 2026, over the Ascension long weekend, in Joyeuse in southern Ardèche. The festival took over the Espace Grand Font (room 1, room 2 and base camp) as well as several village locations: the Bistrot de la Grand Font, Ma p'tite bouquinerie and Le Grain de Malice.
38 screening sessions featuring 25 travel films
At the heart of the 2026 program, 38 screening sessions allowed the discovery of 25 documentary films shot around the world: bike trips (Un vent de liberté, La marguerite à vélo, Le coup basque), pedestrian crossings (Via Alpina, sur les pas des pionnières, Alpes-Himalaya, la route des cimes, Les rêves du désert), whitewater expeditions (YUKON 2571), vertical adventures (Un jour pour ouvrir, Les vertiges de la liberté, Rêves de Gangstang), pilgrimage stories (Sur la ligne sacrée de Saint Michel), portraits of solo female travelers (Voyageuses à la rencontre d'aventurières solitaires) or intimate and cultural quests (Les héritiers de la Marche, Êtres En Nature, Chakana).
Concerts, conferences and round tables
The 2026 program also offered several evening concerts at the Grand Font base camp (Journeyman, Pendelhon, Victo and the freaks, Le bal Ashnikov), conferences on wild mountains, travel to the Great North, 4500 km of walking in Europe, nomadic life in a van, or travel with a disability, as well as round tables on exploration as commitment, traveling with donkeys, extreme territories, water-based itinerancy, and displacement as emancipation.
Workshops and exhibitions
During the four main days (Thursday, May 14 to Sunday, May 17), festival-goers were able to participate in numerous workshops: botanical walk with Parlons Plantes, sand mandala, watercolor (initiation and advanced), sound notebooks, writing, portrait embroidery, podcast creation, listening to the
Programme Joyeuse Escale 2026
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 — Opening Night
- 8:30 PM — Mothership · Grand Font room 1
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- 8:30 PM — Les vertiges de la liberté · Grand Font room 1
- 9:30 PM — Concert Journeyman · Grand Font base camp
Thursday, May 14, 2026
- 11:00 AM — Mothership · Grand Font room 2
- 11:30 AM — Que notre joie demeure · Grand Font room 1
- 1:00 PM — Voyages de celles et ceux que les chemins font + Un jour pour ouvrir · Grand Font room 2
- 2:00 PM — Via Alpina, sur les pas des pionnières · Grand Font room 1
- 3:00 PM — Un vent de liberté · Grand Font room 2
- 3:00 PM — Conference La montagne sauvage
- 4:00 PM — Les rêves du désert · Grand Font room 1
- 5:00 PM — Au delà des sentiers · Grand Font room 2
- 6:00 PM — Le bon chemin + Rêves de Gangstang · Grand Font room 1
- 7:00 PM — Sur la ligne sacrée de Saint Michel + Les héritiers de la Marche · Grand Font room 2
- 8:30 PM — Seul libre · Grand Font room 1
- 8:30 PM — Voyageuses à la rencontre d'aventurières solitaires · Grand Font room 2
- Evening — Concerts Pendelhon, Victo and the freaks, Le bal Ashnikov · Grand Font base camp
Friday, May 15, 2026
- 11:00 AM — YUKON 2571 + Êtres En Nature · Grand Font room 2
- 11:30 AM — Le voyageur de l'histoire · Grand Font room 1
- 1:00 PM — Au delà des sentiers · Grand Font room 2
- 2:00 PM — Alpes-Himalaya, la route des cimes · Grand Font room 1
- 3:00 PM — Le voyageur de l'histoire · Grand Font room 2
- 3:00 PM — Conference Road to the North
- 4:00 PM — Léa de Nantes à Brest · Grand Font room 1
- 5:00 PM — Mercantour sous nos pieds · Grand Font room 2
- 6:00 PM — Voyages de celles et ceux que les chemins font + Un jour pour ouvrir · Grand Font room 1
- 7:00 PM — Que notre joie demeure · Grand Font room 2
- 8:30 PM — Le coup basque · Grand Font room 1
- 8:30 PM — Les rêves du désert · Grand Font room 2
Saturday, May 16, 2026
- 10:00 AM — Conference 4500 km de marche en Europe
- 11:00 AM — Le bon chemin + Rêves de Gangstang · Grand Font room 2
- 11:30 AM — Sur la ligne sacrée de Saint Michel + Les héritiers de la Marche · Grand Font room 1
- 1:00 PM — Léa de Nantes à Brest · Grand Font room 2
- 2:00 PM — Voyageuses à la rencontre d'aventurières solitaires · Grand Font room 1
- 3:00 PM — Le coup basque · Grand Font room 2
- 4:00 PM — Un vent de liberté · Grand Font room 1
- 5:00 PM — Seul libre · Grand Font room 2
- 6:00 PM — YUKON 2571 + Êtres En Nature · Grand Font room 1
- 7:00 PM — Chakana · Grand Font room 2
- 8:30 PM — Mercantour sous nos pieds · Grand Font room 1
- 8:30 PM — Via Alpina, sur les pas des pionnières · Grand Font room 2
Sunday, May 17, 2026 — Closing
- 10:00 AM — Conference Handicap et voyage
- 11:30 AM — Alpes-Himalaya, la route des cimes · Grand Font room 1
- 2:00 PM — Les vertiges de la liberté · Grand Font room 1
- 3:00 PM — Conference Vie nomade en van
- 4:00 PM — Chakana · Grand Font room 1
Workshops (Thursday, May 14 to Sunday, May 17): botanical walk with Parlons Plantes (10 AM-12 PM), Yin Yang sand mandala in colors, sound notebooks, watercolor (initiation and advanced, 2 PM-3 PM), writing (May 15-16, 10 AM-12 PM), portrait embroidery (May 15, 1:30 PM-6 PM), podcast creation (May 16, 10 AM-12 PM), listening to the "inhabitants of the world".
Round tables on exploration as personal and societal commitment, traveling by donkey, extreme territories and freedom, water-based itinerancy, and displacement as emancipation.
Highlights Joyeuse Escale 2026
- 4th edition of the first travel and adventure festival in Ardèche
- 38 screening sessions featuring 25 documentary travel films
- Evening concerts: Journeyman, Pendelhon, Victo and the freaks, Le bal Ashnikov
- Conferences, round tables, photo exhibitions, and exhibitors' village
- Workshops: watercolor, writing, embroidery, podcast, sound notebooks, botanical walk
- Ascension long weekend in Joyeuse, southern Ardèche
Prices Joyeuse Escale 2026
Practical information — Joyeuse Escale
Practical Information
Access
The festival takes place in the village of Joyeuse, 07260 Joyeuse, Ardèche.
- By car: Joyeuse is located 25 km south of Aubenas, accessible via the D104.
Hours
- From 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, over four to five days in spring.
Prices
- Screenings: €6 (full price), €5 (13-18 years old), free (under 12 years old)
- Other activities: Free (round tables, concerts, exhibitions, shows)
Contact
- Website: www.festival-joyeuse-escale.fr
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Where does it take place — Joyeuse Escale
Espace Grand Font et village de Joyeuse
Espace Grand Font, 07260 Joyeuse, 07260 Joyeuse