List of regional Burning Man events

The following is a list of regional Burning Man events ordered alphabetically by geography. Not all of these events are affiliated with the Burning Man organization:

Africa

South Africa

Revelers at Afrika Burns

Asia

Israel

Japan

South Korea

Australasia

Australia

New Zealand

Hunterville:

Europe

Austria

Belgium

France

Germany

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Vancouver:

Victoria

Northwest Territories

Yellowknife:

Ontario

Ottawa:

Toronto:

Quebec

Montreal:

United States of America

Alaska

Event was held in 2009, 2012 and 2013

Arizona

California

Northern California

Likely, California

Lake Tahoe

Monterey:

Sacramento:

San Francisco:

San Jose:

Formerly called Soulstance, Soulfire is the annual regional 3-day campout in mid-June just outside of Los Gatos.

Santa Cruz:

Central California

San Luis Obispo:

Southern California

Los Angeles:

San Diego:

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawai'i

Idaho

Boise:

Illinois

Chicago:

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

New Orleans:

Massachusetts

Firefly is considered the Massachusetts/New England regional burn and has been organized by a group of Boston Burners (official site) since its inception in 2003. It has moved around over the years, its first year being held in New Hampshire and has since settled in Vermont. It's still looking for a larger site than the ~60 acres used in 2009-2011.[2] 600 tickets were sold for 2011 (capped).[3]

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Kansas City:

Saint Louis:

Nevada

Las Vegas

Reno:

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Portland:

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh: Frostburn is a winter celebration of art and community in Western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. The regional burn promotes the Ten Principles of Burning Man in a harsh environment, highlighting the need for community members to collaborate against severe weather to create and install interactive art and theme camps. A gift economy is encouraged, while commercial activity is generally prohibited. Frostburn participants are expected to actively contribute to the spirit of the event in radically expressive (but socially responsible) ways, leaving no trace of their presence after the event has ended. Frostburn took place for its first five years at Cooper's Lake Campground, which also serves as the site of the annual Pennsic War (the largest annual event of the Society for Creative Anachronism). For the next two years, Frostburn was held Camp Kevin, further north near Brookville, PA, before moving south to Marvin's Mountaintop outside of Masontown, WV for 2015. Frostburn happens yearly during Presidents Day weekend in February.

Tennessee

Morrison:

Texas

Austin:

North Texas:

Myschievia began in 2005, when approximately 200 participants attended a location about 2 hours west of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Since 2006, Myschievia has been held in East Texas near Hughes Springs, Texas. Much like the Burning Man or any regional Burn, a theme may be chosen around which participants can creatively interact, though Myschievians chose not to have a theme in 2006 and 2007. Activities range from water balloon fights, to morning yoga classes, to themed dinners, to the annual Miss Myschievia pageant. The theme for the first year was "Trial By Fire," an old west courtroom-styled theme. The effigy was a 25-foot (7.6 m) tall model of the Scales of Justice. In 2006 the effigy was of the Roman Coliseum and featured several nights of spontaneous wrestling, both staged and real. In 2007 a giant head was constructed with a movable mouth. Its wild "hair," made of individual lengths of 2x6 lumber, was decorated and donated by the participants, who called the effigy "Unruly Man." For 2008, the theme was "Burning Bridges," and the effigy for 2008 was a bridge. In 2009, Pyrosynthesis was the theme, with the effigy being a flowerpot that participants could fill with their own "flowers," individual works of art intended to burn.

Central Texas:

FreezerBurn began in 2009. It is a local arts and music festival located in Flatonia, TX where art, music, food, self-expression and entertainment are brought by the participants, where volunteers come together to create art, performances and to experiment in temporary communities. It is a private camping event held on private property. Much like the Burning Man or any regional Burn, a theme is chosen each year around which participants can creatively interact. The theme for 2014 was Scorched Snowflakes, with a snowflake temple effigy.

Utah

Element-11 is one of the many annual Regional Burningman Festivals conducted around the world. Element-11 is a Utah Regional and is held at Bonneville Seabase in Grantsville, UT. Seabase is in-land/desert, geothermally heated, salt water, high altitude mini-ocean with colorful marine tropical fish and is a year round diving and snorkeling facility. The Element-11 festival begins on the Thursday before the second weekend in July and ends on the Sunday of the same weekend. It is an 18yr + event and promotes Burningman's 10 Guiding Principles. It is a local community produced festival (Element-11 is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization) and encourages radical self-expression and participation and strictly adheres to its Leave No Trace policy (you bring it in, you bring it out).

Virginia

Washington

Seattle:

Critical Northwest (or CNW), formerly Critical Massive, is an annual alternative arts and performance festival staged in the greater Puget Sound region of Washington. Critical Northwest was started in 2002 by Burning Man participants from the Seattle area. The Massive organization became the Massive LLC in 2004 with a board of six members. In 2006, Ignition Northwest assumed producer responsibilities for the event, and is the current producer of the event. Attendance has been variable over the years, with almost 1000 people in 2013. Critical Massive’s original board of six produced the event at a local clothing-optional resort, Lake Bronson, in Monroe, Washington before moving the event to Lake Recreation Associates Campground (or LARC) in Mount Vernon, Washington in 2006, and the privately held campground of River outside of Maple Valley, Washington in 2007. The event is attended primarily by participants of the Seattle Burning community, and relies heavily on large theme camps and individual participants to build the temporary village. Art grants are distributed through the local Burner-based nonprofit organization, IgnitionNW.org, which also is the current producer of the event. In 2007, approximately $7,500 was distributed to multiple art projects. Many of the core values of Critical Massive are borrowed from Burning Man, and the same short, memorable terms are used for them. Due to the fact that the event is held in the highest population density center of the Pacific Northwest region, including Idaho, Oregon, and portions of British Columbia, the event’s environment is significantly different than the Black Rock Desert. The event has been held on the west side of the Cascade mountain range in the pacific Northwest rain forest. Consequently, the size of the event with the number of participants has been limited significantly simply for the fact that there are few venues capable of holding up to seven hundred individuals for a week-long event in the Northwest. Additionally, unlike Burning Man where the central effigy of a glowing neon man stays essentially unaltered from year to year (with alteration to its base and other design elements), the Critical Massive event may not have a central effigy, or indeed a last-night event. Usually, fire performances and other exhibitions occur on the last night of the event, but are limited in scope and size due to fire restrictions, especially in the forest-fire prone mountains.

Past Events

Events no-longer happening.

California

Brisbane:

San Diego:

Idaho

Sun Valley:

Nevada

New Hampshire

Brookline:

References

  1. ↑ Hour.ca - News - Burning Man ignites Eastern Townships
  2. ↑ "Event Land Requirements". Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  3. ↑ "Firefly Newsletter 8.3". Retrieved 2011-07-20.

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