Bloodfest 2027

Bloodfest returns to Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre for its fourth edition, running from Saturday 1 May to Monday 3 May 2027. It's an annual social deduction convention for outsiders, and this one falls across the early May bank holiday weekend, so it takes up a good chunk of the break.

If you're not familiar with the term, social deduction games are the ones where you're trying to figure out who's lying to your face while you're probably lying to theirs. Think Werewolf, The Resistance, or Secret Hitler—games built on bluffing, deduction, and trying to read the room. The organiser describes it as a weekend of silly fun and games with friends, and they're open to both seasoned social deduction enthusiasts and newcomers, so you don't need to be a veteran of the scene to fit in.

It's a three-day stretch, and the hours change as the weekend goes on. Saturday 1 May and Sunday 2 May both run from 9am until late, so you've got the whole day and evening to get stuck into. Monday 3 May is the shorter one, running from 9am until 5pm, which means you're wrapping up by late afternoon rather than going into the night. Between the two long days and the shorter Monday, there's plenty of room to play as many games as you fancy without feeling like you've rushed through.

The venue is Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Kents Hill, MK7 6BZ, in Milton Keynes. Entry is £50 for the weekend.