This is NOT a list of officially accepted or placed theme camps, it’s a preview of what you’ll find when you get to Black Rock City.
This is the list of Theme Camps who submitted a Placed Camp Questionnaire requesting placement in Black Rock City’s reserved sections for this year and want to be listed publicly.
Placement is announced in Early July. These are the camps Placement is reviewing. To find out what camps did receive placement look through the Playa Info Directory in Center Camp.
To find camps not included on the BRC Map or to find camps that chose not to be listed, you’ll just have to get lucky.
2016 Theme Camps
A Shack of Sit
Shack of Sit, a Mensa SIG, featuring the Embiginator – a means to project yourself to the world.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/215133971881354/ Hometown: San JoseA Transformation Station
A Transformation Station …
An art school, A cultural exchange hub, A place of learning and shaing
We welcome Mermaids & Sailors, Fire Spinners and other Circus Freeks … & also the normies that love them
Hometown: New YorkA-PLAYA-MASK
Breathe easy with the Maskman’s quality N95 dust masks with their psychedelic Burning Man logo.
Hometown: Santa MonicaABR (Actually Being Renamed)
ABR is a tight-knit group of weird people whose values stem from a strong foundation of cooperative living, self-reliance, and responsibility. Our camp encourages playfulness, creativity, and exploration, and provides a casual social space for burners old and new alike.
Hometown: San Francisco/OaklandAbstininthe
Abstininthe is the friendly bar on the playa, providing our special drink to the thirsty of BRC since the last millennium. Come try our many flavors and enjoy the music, ambiance and conversation of our neighborhood bar.
URL: http://abstininthe.tribe.net Hometown: OaklandAcademy of Arts and Sciences
Welcome to the Academy of Arts and Sciences. We have interactive classes teaching burners about science that can be used to create art, as well as art that makes science real. We strive to balance the left/right brain dichotomy with a range of activities to meet our fellow Burners’ diverse tastes. You can also slake your thirst at the Bad Idea Bar, as long as you have a bad idea to contribute. Come visit!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/brcbismuthcrystals/ Contact: factor970@gmail.com Hometown: SeattleACatemy Ltd
We’re here to steal the headline of most filthy camp. We’re disgustingly dirty…in the best ways.
Hometown: Brisbane, AustraliaAdult Playspace
Come play with yourself or others, make a new friend or maybe even join in with somebody already playing. We’ve got toys to share!
Contact: 1derful@adultplayspace.org Hometown: San FranciscoAerial Screw
Wind down or wind up! Come join us for low key acro-yoga classes or meet someone new and dance while operating heavy machinery!
Contact: campaerialscrew@yahoo.com Hometown: San FranciscoAffinity Camp
AFFINITY is a fantastic frolic of authentic self expression through music, dance, workshops, performance, and community. We are sparkly inappropriate purveyors of the necessary unnecessary, divinely kneeling in deep reverence for life’s brilliance AT the altar, IN the temple, WITH a rainbow afro. Join us in creative celebration of your sexy, dynamic being-ness!
URL: http://affinitytribe.org Contact: affinitygathering@gmail.com Hometown: Los AngelesAfterglow
Afterglow, that wonderful feeling that lingers long after the experience has elapsed—a feeling that only occurs when the mind, body, and soul has been ever so stimulated. Our gift to the Playa and to its dear citizens is Afterglow!
Contact: wearecampafterglow@gmail.com Hometown: Bay AreaAirport - Point 5
The airport for burners arriving and departing by air.
URL: http://airport.burningman.org Contact: airport@burningman.org Hometown: Black Rock CityAirpusher Collective
Airships were one of the first crafts built to bring mankind up into the clouds, and Airpusher’s Steampunk Airship is bringing this experience to Burning Man with a twist. It’s a place for you to dance, laugh, stargaze, and get a breath of fresh air underneath the illuminated balloon of a classic airship.
URL: http://www.airpushercollective.com Hometown: OaklandAirstreameri and What Not
Hometown: GenoaAli Bar-Bar
Visit Ali Bar-Bar, the ‘hottest’ place in Silicon Village, to chill, drink, and dance. Our cozy Bedouin tent provides comfort and shelter day and night, while we serve drinks and entertain you.
Hometown: Palo AltoAlice in Slumberland
Alice in Slumberland is the home of the Caterpillar’s Hookah Lounge and the Red Queen’s Croquet Court. Do you play…Croquet? Come on any of your unbirthdays!
Hometown: Santa RosaAlternative Energy Zone
The AEZ is the place to camp without generators. Friendly folks that can show you how to build an alternative energy system for yourself.
URL: http://www.aez.green Contact: aez@nometer.com Hometown: RenoAlthing
Althing, where there’s a little of everything! Come and entertain your brain, jumpstart your heart, wet your whistle and leave with a smile…
Altitude Lounge
Have you ever dreamt of flying over BRC? Now imagine flying over BRC while in a cushy couch surrounded by friends. Altitude Lounge can make your dreams come true. Climb our 50-ft tower and see the City you are a part of. We offer magnificent views, downtempo music, and couches that will suck you in as you watch the world go by. We’re open 24hrs a day, and we will keep our tower beacon lit so you can navigate the entire playa in the dark of night, and eventually find your way home.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Altitude-Lounge/127966623902091 Hometown: BoiseAmber Dust
Come in to make your own amber pendant, have some morning yoga, enjoy high noon tea, and have a sip or two of some delicious mead.
Hometown: Los AngelesAminal Earf
Aminal Earf…A look into the hearts & spirituality of the true wildlife In Northern California..Yoga, meditation,healing,love!
Contact: opossumearf@gmail.com Hometown: South Lake TahoeAmori's Casino & Burlesque
Amori’s Casino & Burlesque is an interactive stage experience featuring cabaret, burlesque, live music, magic and comedy acts, and casino themed games all set in a sexy and unique atmosphere that is equal parts Vegas casino, carnivale and speakeasy.
Hosted by the Mayor of Love himself, the Italian lothario – Paul E. Amori, a night at Amori’s is a sexy, silly and raucous affair that has a proven track record of delighting everyone.
URL: http://www.pauleamori.com/amori-s-casino---burlesque.html Hometown: Los AngelesAmulet
Amulet- An ornament or small piece of jewelry thought to give protection against evil, anger or disease, power for stirring creative juices for new ideas, and bringing love and hope to a dreary life. It is said that Da Vinci possessed an unusual amulet that he always kept close to him. We wish to empower participants with similar protection and positive energy.
Entering our dome, our guests are invited to emboss letters, numbers, and symbols onto a brass plate (aka dog tag) or a brass disc; creating an Amulet to carry with them around their neck, or perhaps to gift to another.
Contact: campamulet@gmail.com Hometown: San FranciscoAnahasana Village
Anahasana Village brings awareness to a fully embodied knowing of the power and the wisdom of our own hearts. We dance with lyrical sensitivity of our selves in relationship to others as the infinite echo of radiant appreciation.
URL: http://anahasanavillage.org Contact: dance@campcontact.org Hometown: EugeneAnarchist Transit
Hungry for food or attention? Thirsty, tired or bored? Drop into the anarchy cabaret sing us a song, tell some jokes, do a little dance, no matter if you make us cheer or jeer you get to join the audience after you perform and enjoy refreshments and whatever talent walks in. Coffee and Breakfast goodies served 9AM till noon The fun resumes 6PM and carries on with cocktails tasty things to eat. being Anarchists thats as specific as we dare get
Contact: bjblitz@aol.comAnat's Love Camp
It’s Anat’s 22 year at Burning Man, our Love Camp family will feature live music and stage performances, Brazilian Samba dance lessons, Brazilian cocktails, fire dance performance, live video art production, a line up of DJ dance music, and a holistic healing center. Come for an event, stay for the Love.
URL: http://anatslovecamp.org Contact: anatomi@earthlink.net Hometown: BerkeleyAncient Cult of the Alligators
The Ancient Cult of the Alligator is a place for worshippers to find their inner artist by living in the NOW. Come by for daily afternoon activities, featuring an open bar providing specialty drinks (Alligator Bites!), music to replenish your soul, activities to refresh your mind and body, and, the hallmark of any good cult, a soupcon of brainwashing so light you won’t notice till it’s too late and you’re an Alligator for life.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/705136196225882/ Contact: ancientcultofthealligator@gmail.com Hometown: Los AngelesAnd Then There's Only Love
ATTOL is a place to love and be loved, and we work together to provide the residents of Black Rock City our world famous, air conditioned Orgy Dome – a safe, consensual, sex-positive, inclusionary and exploratory environment where adult couples and moresomes can play and love. We celebrate life and love in all forms where straight, gay, lesbian, bi, polyamorous and monogamous are enthusiastically welcomed.
URL: http://www.andthentheresonlylove.com/ Contact: andthentheresonly@yahoo.com Hometown: San FranciscoAngels & Shamans & Shakti Temple
World Class Angelic Shamanic Tantric healing with the Shakti Shaman
URL: http://www.angelsandshamans.com Contact: soultouch@ymail.com Hometown: BoiseAnonymous Village
Anonymous Village hosts “Any A” meetings, where AA, NA, OA, SLAA, and any other fellowships can support one anothers recovery while at Burning Man, as well as meetings that are fellowship specific. Any citizen of Black Rock City who wishes to camp in a clean and sober village is welcome and may contact us at http://www.burnanon.org/
URL: http://www.burnanon.org/ Contact: postmaster@burnanon.org Hometown: GerlachAnti M's Home for Wayward Art
I went to an Art Festival, and brought home ART! Come visit Anti M’s Home for Wayward Art and adopt art into a forever home, or leave art to be adopted by others.
Hometown: OgdenAnti-Billionaire Space Cantina
We are Soul(ar) Society – Dedicated to providing Black Rock City with solar energy and workshops for individual growth and freedom of expression. Our objective is to create an environment that is fun and educates the community about the importance of sustainability for earth, body, and soul.
Hometown: SeattleAnywhere
Good people getting together to play and co-create. Maybe here. Maybe there. Really. It can happen Anywhere.
Hometown: SFApocalypse Wow
You gotta bone to pick, soldier? Trade your warm beers for cold ones at our Cold Beer Exchange Bar! Go MIA or commando in our Officers’ lounge!
URL: http://www.apocalypsewow.camp Contact: winner.meredith@gmail.com Hometown: San FranciscoAquaZone Intentional Water Bar
Come witness the magic of Positive Intention through the simple act of Drinking Love Infused Water, revel in the heft of a replenished water bottle at our Self-serve Water Buffet, marvel at the healing powers of our Reiki Masters, succumb to the gentle ministrations of our Massage Magicians, and recharge your Cell Phone Addiction through the Power and Mystery of the Very Sun Above! The magic happens when YOU show up.
URL: http://smartloftstudio.com/aquazone/ Contact: aquazone-2016@usa.net Hometown: BerkeleyArctica Ice Sales
Arctica Ice Sales is your downtown resource for ice. Crushed and block ice are available for $3 each or a 6-pack of crushed for $18. During the event, ice sales hours (at this location) are Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun Noon-6pm and 10am-Noon on Labor Day.
Pre-event sales are Thurs-Sun Noon-6pm at this location only.
Contact: gentle@burningman.org Hometown: IcelandArctica Ice Sales - Ice Cubed
Ice Cubed is the ice sales igloo located on the 3 o’clock side of the city. This year it is located a few streets back from where you normally find it. Crushed and block ice are available for $3 per bag/block or $18 for a 6-pack of crushed ice. Ice Cubed sales hours are Mon-Sat 9am-6pm and Sun Noon-6pm.
Contact: gentle@burningman.org Hometown: IcelandArctica Ice Sales - Ice Nine
Ice Nine is the ice sales igloo located on the 9 o’clock side of the city. We’ll be in a new location this year, back a few blocks from our original location. Crushed and block ice are available for $3 per bag/block and $18 for a 6-pack of crushed. Ice9 sales hours are Mon-Sat 9am-6pm and Sun Noon-6pm.
Contact: gentle@burningman.org Hometown: IcelandArmageddon Bike Camp
Armageddon – it’s not the end of the world, it’s the Safe Word! Come to Camp Armageddon for bike repair, yoga, music or just to ‘set a spell’ in our community dome! We offer professional bike repair daily, serving the 3:00 sector for 10 years. Morning yoga classes in our dome are the best way to start the day! And our dome is a great place to hang out and watch the world go by, at any time of day. Come for a visit!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/Camp-Armageddon-51276852446/?fref=ts Contact: janinerood@sbcglobal.net Hometown: Salt Lake CityArmone Galaxy
Armone Galaxy Camp returns with an increased labyrinth size from 100′ to 140′ diameter, and the walls are constructed in plywood, improving on last year’s design, with a 36′ center dome and courtyard containing gymnastic equipment, hammocks, bean bags, cargo net hangout, a 30 foot climb to the crow’s nest with a 360 degree view of the city, and workshops on aerial performance, acrobatics, alternative health, eco-sustainable building practices and a generally chill space to hang out.
URL: http://www.facebook.com/armonegalaxy Contact: armonegalaxy@nevloproject.com Hometown: Eureka, Humboldt CountyArrow Dynamic
Come enjoy our bar during the day! We have a confessional where you can come confess your dirty secrets and spin the wheel to receive your fate. Come hang out! We will have lots of random entertainment. We supply welding services and bike repair, as well.
Contact: snugglefacechelsea@gmail.com Hometown: Grass ValleyArrête ton Cirque !
Come and turn our prize wheel to start playing with us, then you will deserve a ladle of fresh punch!
Contact: w.fourcault@gmail.com Hometown: GrenobleArt Car Bus Stop
Hurry up and wait! Art Car Bus Stop is your premier source for faux municipality. Do you desperately crave the civil structure of a Metropolis? Can your thirst for order and reason only be quenched by public service legislation? Do you desire municipal services to help your lifestyle gain that extra degree of sophistication? Us neither! But we can pretend, right?
Warning: Art Car Bus Stop was produced in a factory that processes peanuts. The FDA has not evaluated the effects of art as part of a daily diet. Use at your own risk.
URL: http://www.artcarbusstop.com Contact: wait@artcarbusstop.com Hometown: Los AngelesArt Car Camp
Art Car Camp at Burning Man was started in 1994 by art car creator, documentarian and promoter, Harrod Blank. As the Burning Man Festival has grown, art vehicles have become more elaborate and fantastical (now known as “Mutant Vehicles”). Many of the original “art cars” that once roamed the playa freely can no longer get licensed by the Black Rock DMV. Art Car Camp celebrates these street legal, permanently altered “daily drivers”. Come and see the origin point of Art Cars at Black Rock City!
URL: http://artcarfest.com Hometown: Douglas, AZArt of Such n Such (A.S.S.) Camp
Art of Such n Such – Home of The Kitty Roaster, The High Striker, & Infanity Fire Cauldron
Confidential Paternity Testing Station, warm late night/ early morning fires & some Bad Advice for your burn
Art Virgins XPO
Visit the Art Virgins XPO camp to play a few games, relax on a bench engaging in conversation or even relax on the porch swing. Be careful, you may be asked to step into the Banter Booth to engage the passerby to find out about how their burn is going.
Hometown: San Jose, PortlandArtAffects Camp
Artech, facilitating the relationship between sustainable artistic creativity, broad collaborative endeavors and technology.
URL: http://www.artechreno.org Contact: quinn@artechreno.orgArtists of Burntanical Garden
A gathering place for Metal & Flame Artists, Pyrocents who safeguard their creations, and the crew that supports Burntanical Garden.
Contact: richard@burntanicalgarden.com Hometown: RenoAshram Galactica
Ashram Galactica – The Grand Hotel | Your Home Away From Home Away From Home
URL: http://ashramgalactica.com Contact: info@ashramgalactica.com Hometown: Venice / Los AngelesAsparagus Forest
Our camp is a calm shelter from the rigours of the burn. We aim to provide a chill place where people can rest and socialize between adventures.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/asparagusforest/ Contact: info@asparagusforest.com Hometown: International- SF Bay Area and Sydney, Australia are the main points.Asterix
Camp Asterix with our new TURBO BAR dispensing Magiacal Illuminated Elixher that starts the night off with fun magical times.
Contact: cr8tif@gmail.com Hometown: Victoria, CanadaAstral Headwash
Greetings dirty desert dwellers! We are Astral Headwash and we do the amazing! We will wash your head for you again this year. That’s right, clean, fresh water warmed in the desert sun with wonderful smelling shampoo and a bit of leave-in condition to send you on your way! Bring your happy selves to us Monday – Friday noon until 4 pm! Participation is required!
Hometown: DenverAstro Cats
We invite all burners to chill at the Astro Lounge with special drinks in the day and hot or cold sake at the DaVinci’s Dragon Lounge for at night. You can enjoy acrobatic performance and workshops at scheduled time, and a place to practice and spin fire with us. If you like to join our kitties for morning yoga, bring your mat to stretch and pose with us. You can swing on our swinging-chairs and watch people passing by while sipping our special drinks. Or you can challenge yourself to manipulate the LED Matrix, walking on plank and play the game of Simon Says while enjoy sake.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Astrocats.2014/ Contact: astrocatscamp@gmail.com Hometown: San FranciscoAstropups
AstroPups – Fun, Frisky, n Fabulous! Exploring the PupVerse one lick at a time!
Hometown: San FranciscoAt the Oasis
Visit our Renaissance Salón and expand your knowledge of yourself and the world by checking out a human from our library M/W 5-7pm or volunteer yourself as a library acquisition; and/or channel your inner orator/actor by participating in Literoke Tues. 5-7pm. Wine will be served during all scheduled activities.
Contact: lea@goodsellgroup.com Hometown: Southern CaliforniaAtlantis
Our on-playa, under-the-sea home.
URL: http://www.atlantissunsets.com Contact: underthetrident@gmail.com Hometown: New YorkAtom Cult
The Most Radiant Camp at Burning Man. Come taste our fusion pancakes with hot tea and coffee at 8 AM and fission ice cream at 3 PM. Enjoy the magnificent views of BRC and bounce off the trampoline at the top of our 30′ tall Clock Tower.
URL: http://www.atomcult.com/ Contact: atomcultcamp@gmail.com Hometown: San DiegoAtomic Pussy Photo Lounge
This dedicated group of goofy, veteran Burners want you to come to our photo studio to get your portrait done or to come to our lounge for a shot (fireballs and tequila). We will fall all over ourselves to “Welcome You Home”.
Contact: drtom64@hotmail.com Hometown: Salt Lake CityAudioSpa Beach Club
AudioSpa Beach Club is an oasis of sound-based rest and relaxation.
Hometown: San FranciscoAutomatic Subconscious
Boston’s longest running theme camp is back again! This year our Dome will be filled with offbeat events, daily happy hours, and high energy dance nights!
URL: https://www.automaticsubconscious.com/ Contact: automatic.subconscious@gmail.com Hometown: BostonAwakening
Awakening is the art support camp for the 2016 honorarium art project of the same name. In addition to housing the build crew there will be an interactive inflatable solar observatory.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/AwakeningBurningMan2016/ Contact: yetiroot@gmail.com Hometown: DenverAwesome!(ville)
The home of spontaneous Awesome!(ness) and upcycling craftyness, providing and inviting music, art, performances, and good times. Come for the daily happy hour, and don’t miss the Tahoe Block Party on Thursday!
Hometown: North Lake TahoeAwesomesauce
Do you ever wonder what the ball feels like when you’re watching the game? Now’s your chance to find out! Come join us for Awesomeball in 2016 and strap in for a game of soccer like you’ve never played it before. When you’re safe inside a cushioned see through sphere you’ll find whole new ways to gain ground and score for your team. Be The Ball – Awesomeball at Camp Awesomesauce
URL: http://www.campawesomesauce.org Hometown: North AmericaAwesomeTown
AwesomeTown, your favorite local municipality, is having a FUN-raising bake sale and KNEAD YOUR SUPPORT! Actually, we’re doing the kneading, and the baking, and we’re serving up warm delicious cookies at our cookie cabana, “Crumb In My Mouth”, every day from 4 – 6 pm. Come by to get cookied!
URL: http://www.yelp.com/biz/awesometown-black-rock-city Hometown: SF Bay Area and Los Angeles (co-hometowns)Awkward & Tawdry Lounge
Many years ago, a snake oil salesman by the name Dr. LeTawdry traveled the swamps of Louisiana in search of fabled elixirs. Many of his potions were wildly successful, but it was his mixture for lovesickness that backfired and lead to tragedy: awkward hugs.
Now, Dr. LeTawdry urges you to come to Awkward and Tawdry Lounge to find the cure! He offers many treatments: moving pictures, musical sing-alongs, breakfast with questionable cartoons, easy listening and lemonade, dancing, drinking and overall merriment.
URL: http://049events.com/AwkwardAndTawdry/ Hometown: Sacramento