B-concept

The Beconne concept (B-concept) is a just way of living!

Each year, every last weekend of July, we all make our way to Beconne for a weekend full of fun, joy, music, and laugh. The idea is to put all our circles of friends together, united by a single « theme ». We prepare most of the decorations on ourselves and once the « fêtards » arrive, they help us by adding their personal touches. Important is to prepare your costume otherwise you could land in an unplaisant muddy hole prepared by our local potter. Even those who have no time to find one shall be able to make a « last minute Costume » with the help of our local needlewomen & the flow of a few Béconne Cocktails in your blood.

The Beconne party comes not from blood, sweat and tears, but rather from lots of imagination and lots of help from our friends.

Read on for a bit about the Beconne history:

1960: Hippies from all over Europe invade The Drôme region.

1975: A Dutch/English couple and their joyous friends come to Beconne and settle into an old farm they call Poterie la Queue du Boeuf.

1979: Birth of the first monster: Timo.

1980: Birth of the second monster: Youko.

1984: Birth of the third monster: Ayesha.

1994-7: First booms – The beginning of the Beconne fêtes and the tradtional march to the castle in honour of Timo’s birthday, on April 23 with the gang from Ardèche.

1998: L’écossaise, l’écossaise, l’écossaise…2 days of non-stop partying in kilts to escape the stress of the Bac.

1999: Celebration of Youko’s birthday on July 30th. The beginning of the Ardèchois, Valentinois, Lyonnais, Parisien… melting-pot.

2000: Beconne Bamboula. A hawaian theme takes over Beconne. Hot weather,very little clothing.

2001: Beconne Pharaonique. The house explodes with over 85 people surrounded by a splendid Egyptian decor.

2002: Beconne Saionara. Drunken dragons dancing around the fire at the Beconne Chateau and rolling back down the hill.

2003: Beconne Indigène. Nature takes back its place at Beconne. The fêtards reverted back to their primal instincts.

2004: 1001 Nuits Olympiques à Beconne. The Aladdins had to conquer great challenges in order to win over their princesses.

2005: Feria Viking à Beconne. Viking boat races and dancing in the arena and drunken sailors falling in the swimming pool.

2006: Contes et Légendes à Beconne. Strange human forms appeared in the enchanted forest. They danced and drank for three days before going back to where they came from.

2007: Western Sous-Marin à Beconne. An eclectic mix of cowboys, indians and water creatures swim into the Beconne aquarium. Hee-haw. Hee-haw. An inflatable donkey arose in the middle of the night.

2008: Pirates Space Circus à Béconne. One of the biggest red & white Monument that has ever been rised to the sky in Béconne covered a great play ground for the pirates battle against crazy space creatures.

2009: The Scottish Incas Nucléaire à Béconne. Crazy scotts took possession into the Beconne Highlands to wipe the Incas blood ceremonies in the huge cheminy temple with their whisky radiations.

We need to write a little thing here on « la montée au château » and « the soupe à l’oignon ». So if you have a sudden inspiration feel free to leave a comment (or modify this page if you are admin).

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