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

Australasia

Australia

New South Wales:

Western Australia:

New Zealand

Hunterville:

Europe

Spain

It had around 1500 participants in 2015.[5]

Sweden

The Borderland is an art festival in Sweden based on the principles of Burning Man.[6][7] The Borderland is a festival of art, music, co-creation and community. The festival first took place in mainland Sweden in 2011/12 and in 2013 moved to Hide Kulturbrott on the Swedish island of Gotland.[8] In 2014 it attracted 300 participants.

In 2015 it was held in Denmark at Boesdal kalkbrud.

In March 2016, "Urban Burn Stockholm - Bizarre Star Bazaar" will be held in Stockholm.[9]

United Kingdom

Nest (official site) A small event near Port Talbot, Wales, with around 450 participants in 2015. The next event is the 25-31 of May 2016

Middle East

Israel

The Midburn (official site) event is the official regional event organized by the Midburn community – the Israeli Burning Man community. For 5 days, a temporary city is set up in the Negev desert, creating a platform which will allow a communal life style, creativity, art and radical self-expression. It is held in May or June, around "Shavuot" (Pentecost) and attendance in 2015 amounted to 7000 participants.

North America

Canada

British Columbia

Vancouver:

Northwest Territories

Yellowknife:

Quebec

Montreal:

United States of America

Arizona

Arizona's annual regional burn which starts on the last Wednesday of April and continues until Sunday. The event is held in Snowflake, Arizona.

Arizona's combined with New Mexico's annual Decompression which starts on the second Thursday of October and continues until Sunday. The event is held in Witch Wells, Arizona.

California

This is an annual regional event held each October in San Francisco. With roots going back at least as far as 1999, it offers Burning Man participants a chance to decompress: to reconnect and to share artistic performances and installations.

San Jose:

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

Colorado

In 2015, attendance was set to 2,300.[16]

Delaware

Attendance was 1,400 in 2014.

Florida

Georgia

It is held first weekend of October. Attendance was 3,200 in 2014.

Massachusetts

This 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.[17] 600 tickets were sold for 2011 (capped).[18]

Michigan

Missouri

Kansas City:

Saint Louis:

Gateway takes place in mid-June and allows minors (under 18) to attend the event with their parent or guardian. This is in contrast to the larger Interfuse event, which does not allow persons under 18. Attendance is usually 200 participants. The 2011 and 2012 Gateway Burns took place near Eldridge, Missouri.

New York

Started in 2013, 2015 was POrtalBurn's first year as Upstate New York's sanctioned regional burn. The event is held in the summer in the Ithaca/Finger Lakes region with current ticket cap at 400 tickets.

North Carolina

Started in 2004. Originally the North Carolina Burn, it has had its regional status revoked by Burning Man organization but has been reinstated in 2010. 2284 tickets sold in 2013 (capped).

Ohio

Started in 2007, this Official Burning Man Regional is held at "Reclaim" outside Rutland (remote, private location in southern Ohio) annually over Memorial Day weekend.The site is a restored strip mine that provides a large, flat green space on the man-made plateau surrounded by beautiful woodland. The site is completely primitive but for a large stage open for performance and community.

Mosaic Experiment brings the artistry and energy of Black Rock City to the Midwestern region. Held in October at Reclaim, a repurposed strip-mine near Rutland, Ohio, Mosaic is a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday) of collaborative expression on a backdrop of brisk evenings and changing leaves. Participants from 13 different US states attended the first event in October 2013. It is the first and only Ohio regional burn to be all-ages, and is Ohio's second regional burn officially sanctioned by the Burning Man Project.

Oregon

Started in 2005, the official Burning Man Portland Regional is held at various sites in northwestern Oregon. In 2015, the burn moved to Tygh Valley, OR. SOAK incorporates various theme camps from Oregon and the region and typically includes an effigy burn and a Temple burn. The name comes from the wet climate in Oregon, and it has rained during the event in more than one year. The 2015 event was capped at 1300 people. See () for more information about the 2015 event, and () for information about the 2016 event

Pennsylvania

Artemas:

Pittsburgh: Frostburn (Frostburn - official site), 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.

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 Stargazer Ranch, in Utah (coordinates: 41.58075 -113.37162). Starting this year the Element-11 festival has increased from a three to four day event, it begins on the Wednesday before the second weekend in July and ends on the Sunday of the same weekend. As of 2016 it is an all ages event and will continue to promote and teach 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).

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

San Diego:

References

  1. ↑ About Burning Seed
  2. ↑ Burning Seed Afterburn report
  3. ↑ Blazing Swan 2015
  4. ↑ Kiwiburn Afterburn report
  5. ↑ Nowhere Forum Posts by BongoPedro
  6. ↑ Burning Man around the Globe, Nomadic Nation, retrieved July 29, 2014
  7. ↑ Svartlöga
  8. ↑ My Report from the Borderland
  9. ↑ Urban Burn Stockholm
  10. ↑ Official BitF site, GVIAS site, Burning Man Vancouver site
  11. ↑ micropolis.ca; Dust Off 2011 (thegreatdustoff.ca) AfterGlow 2012 & 2013 (afterglowvancouver.org). More info: (burningvan.ca), (GVIAS site)
  12. ↑ Last Recompression site (2010), GVIAS site, Burning Man Vancouver site
  13. ↑ Long John Jamboree
  14. ↑ Hour.ca - News - Burning Man ignites Eastern Townships
  15. ↑ (Official Website)
  16. ↑ http://apogaea.com/2014/09/08/apogaea-2015-initial-announcements/
  17. ↑ "Event Land Requirements". Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  18. ↑ "Firefly Newsletter 8.3". Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  19. ↑ archive of official site

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