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.
2017 Camps
Cabana Club
Come and enjoy The Favorite Vacation Destination for the hard working citizens of Black Rock City! The Cabana Club is an oasis of hospitality and friendship. We serve up a refreshing array of nosh and cocktails for your Afternoon Delight daily.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/BlackRockCabanas/ Contact: blackrockcabanas@gmail.com Hometown: San FranciscoCafe de la Fin du Monde
Join us in our devotion to coffee, and enjoy a fresh roasted cup of the darkest expression of God’s love.
URL: http://www.cafedelafindumonde.org Hometown: Los AngelesCafe Diem
We can make you almost any coffee or tea drink imaginable and we strive to make it the best you’ve ever had. We serve turkish coffee, matcha, masala chai, yerba mate, espresso, pour-over, and a wide array of teas from around the world.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CafeDiemBRC Hometown: North Lake TahoeCafé Sua Da
Come enjoy an Vietnamese Iced Coffee at Cafe Sua Da, and bask in the summer heat of an afternoon in Saigon. We welcome anyone and everyone to enjoy our space and our coffee.
Hometown: San FranciscoCamp 11:11
Celebrate 11:11–11:11 is a catalyst to unite people. It’s a totally vertical moment in time. Make a wish at 11:11. Have a shot, give a kiss, or smoke a smoke at 11:11. Flame on at 11:11. Orgasm at precisely 11:11. Does anyone know what time is it? Its 11:11. Come help us discover 11:11 at Camp 11:11
Contact: ladysizzle@gmail.com Hometown: ReddingCamp Aerial Screw
Come embrace ritual duality and the madness of Dionysus at Camp Arial Screw! Visit our reverent alter and relax at our tea ceremonies, or come taste home-brewed beer, drink wine, and party with us like a Greek God!
Contact: campaerialscrew@yahoo.com Hometown: San FranciscoCamp Afterglow
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: OaklandCamp Bang Bang
Camp Bang Bang is a community of open hearted and open armed adventurers from Australia and around the Globe.
We welcome you to our playground where you can play & drink. Music, laughs, dancing, Aussie-ness and if you are unlucky vegemite. Scale our Viewing Tower, Climb into our Harmony Hammocks, zone out watching our visual projections, dare not to eat Vegemite at our daily sunset saloon play Two Up, Giant Dice, Bingo & Roulette) Or came for our Monday Gardens of Babylon ritual ceremony and party and get down on Wednesday Wild Animal Party.
If you want to explore Black Rocky City, join us for the Bang Bang Bandits Bike tour on Thursday.
Hometown: Sydney, Australia. With strong links in Los Angeles, New York, England, Sweden, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico City, Italy, Uruguay and loads of other cool countries around the world.
www.campbangbang.com
campbangbang@gmail.com
Camp Be Bothered
We Camp Be Bothered to fill this out.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/campbebothered/ Contact: brianolver@gmail.com Hometown: Los AngelesCamp Believe It's A Boat
Hometown: RenoCamp Black Lotus
Burning Man is unique in its ability to shock people out of their everyday routines – both physical and mental – and leave them open for radical change. We’ve become skilled at recognizing when people are ready to change direction, and helping them dig out and uncover ideas about what those new directions might look like.
Magic and ritual use a combination of physical, emotional, and mental transformations that work. They’ve been developed and tested for tens of thousands of years, across every culture known to man, and keep converging on the same basic methods *because* they work. While modern culture provides many benefits – ready access to food, to health care, to shelter, to conveniences and entertainment and distraction – those same benefits can separate us from the flow of life that we originally evolved within. Magic and ritual seem so powerful to modern humans precisely because, for the most part, they have never experienced them directly.
Let’s fix that.
Hometown: BerkeleyCAMP BOOM BITCH
Hometown: ORLANDOCamp BORING
Camp BORING: art support camp for BORING sign. Promoters of sarcasm and shenanigans. Come by for a sunset sign push around the playa with us or a late night dance party!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/campboring Hometown: Mill ValleyCamp Brewhaha
Camp Brewhaha…….Serving fresh ground and drip brewed coffee since 2006. A coffee house with more than just coffee and tea. Monday to Friday 8am to 10:30ish. There may be music, banter, gift mugs…..You never know. (nor do we….It is Burning Man after all).
BIKE REPAIR Mon to Thurs 2 – 4 pm (self serve other times)
“Dusty Martini Lounge and Bar” open during bike repair hours to ease the wait.
“IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE” Margarita bar Thursday 5 pm until the tequila is gone.
Hometown: Petaluma, CA..Bellingham, WA..Calgary, Alberta..Tucson, AZ..Portland & Hillsboro, OR..Bolingbrook, IL..Strongsville, OH..Vancouver, BC..Black Rock City, NVCamp Calico
Calico brings Burners together for good times with food, drinks, entertainment and wonderful people.
Hometown: Denver,CO and Redwood City,CACamp Camp Camp
Camp Camp Camp – Silly people with style, smiles, hospitality, and funky jams. Welcome to Planet Awesome!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/camp.camp.camp.SD/ Hometown: San DiegoCamp Canadianderthal
PHISH phrenzy! We’re back for our fifth year with an all new set list. Join us in our piano lounge on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. for an epic live Phish jam. Pound your Northern neighbors in our life-size Whack-Ca-Nuck game (you know you always wanted to). Need a hat? Pick out a dandy from our Chapeaupourri.
Contact: benjaminstrub@gmail.com Hometown: WinnipegCAMP CARIBOU
Camp Caribou – come play with the northerners through games, body stenciling, music, dance and some distinctively Canadian drinks!
Hometown: Vancouver & TorontoCamp Catalyst
Camp Catalyst is an ever evolving camp out of SLC, each year we bring a whole new theme and a whole new type of fun.
URL: http://campcatalyst.io Hometown: Salt Lake CityCamp Charlie Unicorns
What It Means to be a Unicorn
– A unicorn is fun and light-hearted, joyous and bounce-y, playful and silly, and last but not least SPARKLY
– A unicorn values diversity – in the music, camp leadership, camp members, and the DJs.
– A unicorn believes smiles, laughter and fun lead to transformation and self realization.
– A unicorn believes in accessibility: Anyone can do this! EVERYONE’S INVITED! We are team, here to lift one another up!
Core Purpose/Mission Statement:
– The art car and the music allows people to discover who they really are by providing a safe and supportive space for people to explore and empower themselves through creativity and dance.
Camp Chromaforms
A crafty camp for chrome enthusiasts. Lets make art!
URL: http://chromaforms.net Hometown: San FranciscoCamp Clarity
What trace do you want to leave behind? Our camp seeks clarity: internal and external. We don’t know, you don’t know, but together we can find out. Come participate in table topic discussions, rent a friend, lounge in our library, book a counselor guide for a session, vent about current events, make your own electrolyte beverage, play some silly music, journal quietly or loudly, and read some tarot.
Hometown: PhoenixCamp Cleopatra
Stop by Camp Cleopatra any day between 11 am and 2 pm (or any other time you see someone around) and enjoy a Cleopatra with friends. In case you didn’t know, a Cleopatra is a health drink with rum …
Hometown: SacramentoCamp Clove N' Hooves
September 1st may be the onset of Pumpkin Spice season in the default world, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a cold glass of pumpkin spice whatever out here on the playa! Stop by Clove n’ Hooves for pumpkin spice grilled cheese, bacon, and a special shot, or just come receive the blessings of Courtney, the PSG at our 24/7 shrine to spice.
Hometown: Portland, ORCamp Combobulated
We’re a group of long-time Burners who like helping discombobulated Burners (especially Virgins) get recombobulated. Come by our Combobulation Station for essentials and advice any time – we’ll be glad to help you dust off your mojo.
Hometown: Los AngelesCamp Contact
Camp Contact is a haven for Contact Improvisation Dance, AcroYoga, Ecstatic Dance, and Authentic Relating and Circling. We offer workshops in this realm as well as sharing our Steam Bath and other spaces for transformation. We work to create an ontological space that allows the neoteric manifestations of our souls and communities to emerge.
URL: http://burningman.campcontact.org Contact: dance@burningman.com Hometown: WashingtonCamp Cul-de-Sac
Est. 1997, Camp Cul-de-Sac provides an open-air cinema with a wide selection of crazy clips plus a video art experience and open jam. Also, we have candy.
Hometown: MemphisCamp Cyberia
There’s a cool breeze blowing on the playa – Cyberia! We are a community of veteran burners bound by caring and sharing, both on and off the playa. Join us each day for meditation, yoga, belly dancing, and tantra classes. Or just hang out in our chillax dome and enjoy an ice-cold Korean coffee.
URL: http://www.campcyberia.org Hometown: Los AngelesCamp Darwin
Camp Darwin has a freestanding 30′ sailboat! Come sail with us.
URL: http://www.walkingsailboat.com/ Hometown: San FranciscoCamp Delicioso
Serving delicious crepes! Come on down for some tasty tunes and groovy crepes at Camp Delicioso.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CampDelicioso/ Hometown: Long Beachcamp do nothing
Camp Do Nothing ..widely known as the greatest camp for yards in any direction. with the world famous 360 swing and foam Dome that is open 24 hours a day…so drop in……as see in Spark
Contact: dawsonjoe@live.com Hometown: seattleCamp EAT Me
In 2017, Camp EAT ME is excited to bring the awfulest waffle experience the playa has ever seen.
Hometown: San FranciscoCamp Emanon
Hometown: Novato, CA - La Mesa, CA - Lincoln, CACamp Faderade
We are Camp Faderade! Great game, great beverage, great time.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camp-Faderade/ Hometown: SacramentoCamp Feel Good
Camp Feelgood, let us help you meditate and visualize your perfect Feel Good Day ten years into your future!
The 45 Minute Meditation Session is followed up with creative cocktails and compliment bar, step and have a feel good drink with Camp Feel Good!
Advice Booth Open every day at 8AM
Hometown: San FranciscoCamp FingerBang!
Camp Fingerbang is dedicated to raising the level of inappropriateness on the playa – Cheer team and All! We are a delightfully ridiculous group. We do not take ourselves seriously at all and neither will you when you come to visit.
Hometown: San Francisco, Los AngelesCamp Fuck Yeah
We are made of a random conglomeration of weirdos, both veterans and virgins, but what we all have in common is we are absolutely stoked to be at Burning Man. We are committed to spreading this feeling of joy to fellow BRC citizens and do so in many ways. But each of these ways usually results in loud exclamations of our mantra: “FUCK YEAH!”
Hometown: Lake TahoeCamp Ganesh
Ganesh Camp is a lush retreat for dusty desert denizens. Noon-5, Tue-Fri, celebrate and beat the heat in the bar in a large, cool desert tent from India or sit by the fire at night! Or play volleyball or hoops during the day or night with day-glow ball. Check out the gifting tree. Lecture series: Stoicism: How an Ancient Philosophy Can Turn Us All into Laughing Vulcans (Tuesday noon); MOOP and Danger (Wednesday noon); What’s the Riesling For Your Problem? (Thursday noon.)
URL: http://www.johnkane.com/2014-04-26-GaneshCamp/ Hometown: OaklandCamp Golshan
https://www.facebook.com/groups/936688056442730/
We are a international camp that likes to make new friends and help lessen the burden and complexity of travel to the playa.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/936688056442730/ Hometown: Arcadia, Ca.Camp Half-Ass
Camp Half-Ass is a group of fun loving individuals that has been bringing Peace, Love, and Laughter to the Playa since 2006. Come enjoy our GIANT MOANING SEE-SAW, infamous Bike Bar, Art Installations, and Beer Garden Parties.
URL: http://camphalfass.com/ Hometown: Palo AltoCamp Hellnback
Camp Hellnback – Military veterans host an art space, art therapy projects and bar to invite dialogue and good times.
URL: http://www.camphellnback.com/ Hometown: GerlachCamp Ho-Down
Camp Ho-Down – home of the Cozmic Cowboy Art Car! Come visit the Nambi Tower & Mechanical Bull! and come enjoy our phenomenal sriracha bacon grilled cheese sandwiches!
Hometown: Reno/SparksCamp Hot Cheeks
Camp Hot Cheeks where you are welcome to sit, relax, enjoy a cold beverage, get body painted, take a portrait, participate in activities, join a jam session, learn burlesque or Tahitian dance, have some Kava, meet the coolest people, and be yourself.
Hometown: Taipei, New York, Kaapa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Wilmington, and Kitty HawkCamp Hotel Rug
We are a eclectic group of like minded wayward souls drawn by fate into the nexus of Black Rock City. By counting on each other we magnify the love, healing, compassion and assholery that exists at Burning Man.
Contact: natezieke@gmail.com Hometown: SeattleCAMP JUICY
SMOOTHIES NOON-4. FILTHY BEATS ALSO PROVIDED.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/988468674542751/ Contact: mcwitmer@hotmail.com Hometown: los angelesCamp K(NO)W H(OM)E
We provide a dusty fellow burner with NO HOME, to come in, sit down, KNOW OM, and leave them with the sensation that they KNOW HOME.
Hometown: Savannah GACamp Kühloff
Camp Kühloff is the icy oasis within the sizzling BRC — it is where you can stop for an ice cold lavender shoulder massage, shade, sunscreen and sunglasses. Burners will feel the coolness of our icy camp decorations and the warmth of our welcome.
Hometown: RenoCamp Lazer Brigade
We’re a hodgepodge group of freaks, geeks, and cool cats, bonded together by our love for hot sauce and LAZERS!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/pg/camplazerbrigade/ Contact: jacki.a.bailey@gmail.com Hometown: DenerCamp Liminal
Camp Liminal is an intimate ritual on the participant’s path toward Communitas offering respite from the desert heat with a cup of chilled wine and perfectly aged cheese from a can, with a nipple, on a ritzy crisp, in our tastefully appointed sacred space. And for the participant in need, we present the Camp Liminality SWAG SWAP – ART that doubles as a SWAG Exchange.
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZCamp Little Bitty
Smile like a child again! Come learn and make new things in our BRC-themed pre-school!!!
Hometown: Santa CruzCamp Luminos
Make a lantern out of a gourd. These are beautiful, last for years, and are yours to keep.
Hometown: PhoenixCamp Make Good Choices
Camp Make Good Choices is here to provide fun and interactive events that are inclusive and encourage participation! Come join us for refreshing beverages, learn about black rock natural history, or to be the human hungry hippo! 🙂
Hometown: PNWCamp Morning Cookie
A congregation of misfits serving cookies and weird experiences on playa since 2010!
We hail from the North, South & East Bay Areas! We got all the bays in our camp! ?
Hometown: Bay AreaCamp Morning Wood
Hometown: Los AngelesCamp Mystic
Camp Mystic has a 15+ year history at burning man.
BY DAY… we host a Visionary Speaker Series themed ‘The New Story of Humanity’s Evolution’
BY NIGHT… we host some of the most talented artists, musicians, performers, fire spinners, aerialists, and singers during our Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday night events themed ‘A Transmission of Truth & Beauty’… truly magical.
URL: http://campmystic.org/ Contact: registration@campmystic.org Hometown: San FranciscoCamp Not For Prophets
Hottest holes on the playa. Tuesday thru Friday mornings come enjoy freshly fried donut holes at Camp Not for Prophets.
Hometown: Hood RiverCamp Nuclear Disaster
Enjoy a night of nuclear disaster/monster/panic movie megamix screening with PBR and conversation. Post apocalyptic survivors are welcome.
Hometown: TokyoCamp Numbskull
Don’t let the name fool you, we’re not really numbskulls. We’re NumbSkulls!
Hometown: OaklandCamp Orange
Hometown: San FranciscoCamp Parlour
Camp Parlour hosts a cutting edge interactive visual display inspired by Burning Man, projected onto a 20′ x 8′ screen.
Hometown: LondonCamp Peace of Ass
Camp Peace of Ass supports the vulnerable, sumptuous, cheeks of biking Burners as they travel the vast, course playa environment. The repetitive motion propelling your steed, up and down, fast or slow, hard or soft over and over again demands the protection and shield available only from Camp Peace of Ass; colorful, hand-crafted fleece bicycle seat covers that are guaranteed to soothe and caress your precious assets all day and all night long.
Hometown: RenoCamp Pendant
Welcome to Camp Pendant, our Best Little Camp On The Playa! Come by and pick up one of this year’s pendants, rest your weary feet, and tell us how your year has been. While you’re here, don’t forget to pay the *all new* Gifting Tree a visit. Whether you take a little something or leave a little something, she’s here to make everyone’s day a little brighter.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CampPendant/ Hometown: Oakland & Laguna NiguelCamp PlayCreate
Camp PlayCreate – We have toys!
Enjoy our shade, sip a drink and participate in one of our many workshops.
Camp Pull My Pinkie
We are the LAUGH OUT LOUD camp of Burning Man. Come join us and participate in some hilarious interactive adult themed games like naughty twister and spin the wheel.
Hometown: TorontoCamp Questionmark
“A questioning mind does not always find satisfaction in what is effortlessly presented in mass… it seeks out what is needed for true fulfillment” ~?
Instead of trying to bring a club out to Burning Man we are here to summon a desert experience. Filled with the collective creative energy of the burn. Music & atmosphere born from & inspired by the dust. )?(
+++Unique Music from Tues till BurnNight+++
Come (((feel))) the difference & Seek the answer
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URL: http://campquestionmark.com Hometown: BaeCamp Relaxxx
Camp Relaxxx- Bring your Tired Titties and Tutus into our camp spa to recharge and rejuvenate. First you’ll be offered dust-free infused spa water or a scoop of frozen alcohol ice cream or vegan sorbet. Then choose between a chance to find your natural hair color again, a lotion station to revitalize your cracking hands, or get a back massage..Our excuse to touch you for free! Don’t forget your spoon, or for that matter a towel if you want a shower..
Hometown: Las VegasCamp Remote Control
Camp Remote Control. Come play Spin the TV Remote, Toss the Remote, or pose with bedazzled remotes in our photo booth. We give you a fabric MOOP-collection bag. Return it full and choose from our treasure chest of costumes, accessories, and Playa bling.
URL: http://www.campremotecontrol.com Hometown: PortlandCamp Reno Nation
We are a young group of Reno locals, desert rats, beer enthusiasts, veteran burners and virgins alike. We come from all corners of the wild west working to bring our favorite parts of The Biggest Little City to the Playa and then help to bring the burner spirit back to Reno.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/renonation14/ Contact: reno.nation.14@gmail.com Hometown: Reno/SparksCamp Ridiculicious' "Bozochic"
Bozochic
1. n. A legendary creature native to steppes hot and frigid — landscapes wet and rigid.
“Hast thou slain the Bozochic? You’d better not, you bastard boy”
2. adj. Of or related to a style of dress and comportment consistent with fashionability attained through the exportation and manifestation of irreverence.
“Damn, Daniel! Back at it again with the bozochic tunic!”
See also: Le Boz. Bof. Boeuf. Moo. Bleu.
Hometown: Los AngelesCamp Safari
Home of the Safari Bar, where a spin of the wheel will determine your beverage fate. Photo ops, animal hunting, and desert games… it wouldn’t be a Safari without ’em.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/burningcampsafari/ Contact: campsafari@formeremployee.com Hometown: ConcordCamp Samovar
Come by Camp Samovar during Sunset for Persian tea and dates.
In addition, we will have a magic mandap ceremony site, where couples can get married.
Camp Settle This Like Men
If Violence is not the Answer, Maybe you’ve got the wrong Question. Black Rock Cities’ Best and Probably Only Place to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and Engage in Ritualized Violence!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/SettleThisLikeMen/ Hometown: RenoCamp Shanks
We are an art installation and department volunteer support camp. We volunteer with ARTery and EMS, and are participants in Black Rock City Supper Club, and Bloom, among lots of other fun things.
Hometown: RenoCamp Shark Cage
We are Camp Shark Cage – the playa’s one and only nautical Nicolas Cage theme camp!
Hometown: SacramentoCamp Shrunken Heads
Camo Shrunken Heads is back. Come make a head or a voodoo doll!
Contact: campshrunkenheads@yahoo.com Hometown: OaklandCamp Soft Landing
Camp Soft Landing offers a comfortable space to drink tea, hydrate, rest, tell stories and participate in workshops. Soft Landing sponsors and staffs the Full Circle Tea House which is planning to return to the playa for the 7th year to offer fine pu’erh tea and herbal infusions in the Chinese Gung Fu tradition. Servers provide tea and empathy and comfortable spaces for rest, hydration and quiet conversation 24 hours a day. Soft Landing also presents the Palenque Norte speaker series featuring 40 visionary talks and stories spanning concepts such as technology, medicine, art, science, design and entheobotany. These events take place in the Palenque Norte circus tent which also hosts small musical performances and yoga.
URL: http://www.campsoftlanding.com Contact: info@campsoftlanding.com Hometown: San FranciscoCamp SPF
We at Camp SPF bring 5 gallons of SPF 30 Sunscreen to the Playa. We will give you as much as you need and maybe help you with that hard to reach spot on your back if you ask!
URL: http://campspf.org Contact: webmaster@campspf.org Hometown: MilwaukeeCamp Sweaty Betty
Friendly neighborhood misting Parlor, hair washing, Spa and Bike Repair. Stop in and experience an overall cooling sensation from head to foot as you stroll through the mist. Got crunchy hair, feeling a bit beat…You may qualify for an emergency hair wash; perhaps there is an opening in the massage room…Stop in and chill. Got a flat, derailleur doesn’t work, chain broke, we can fix that also. You might even get lucky and be gifted a bike.
Open 11:00 to 4:00. Volunteer opportunities.
CAMP THREAT
Hometown: Daly CityCamp Touch This
Come experience Burning Man on many levels at Camp Touch This by climbing onto our 3- Story Cuddle Puddle and Lounge. If you are afraid of heights, come dance it out with us at one of our afternoon frozen drink parties.
Hometown: TruckeeCamp Tsunami
Like a Tsunami, our Radical Rituals will wash over you and remind you that you are Home: Snow Cones, Beer Bongs, Playa Fashion Makeovers, and Fire!
Hometown: Los AngelesCamp Upsie Dasium
Rising Up out of the Chaos of the Default World comes your Beacon of Hope: Camp Upsie Dasium! Featuring a 45 foot high climbable Tower, Silhouette Theater, over 1500 sq ft of Shade, Live Music and Tastings. Come Climb the Tower and Enjoy the View of BRC. We are open to Burners who want to use our camp for small events.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/campud Contact: bluethistle@sbcglobal.net Hometown: Corralitos / ChicoCamp Validation
Wondering if your butt cheeks look alright in those booties shorts? Hoping that someone will see just how AMAZING you really are (bootie shorts or not)? Wonder no more. Come on down to Camp Validation where our highly skilled team of validators will clear away any lingering insecurities & fill you up with all the validation you deserve.
Hometown: San FranciscoCamp VRC
Camp VRC, part of Martini Village, is all about capturing and sharing the Burning Man experience through immersive virtual reality (V/R) tech. Lose yourself in a past V/R experience capture, or jump in and help us build a global network of content from regional burns to carry the impact beyond the playa: Tuesday & Thursday, 3-4pm, at the yellow schoolbus.
URL: http://guides.library.unr.edu/burningman Hometown: RenoCamp Wait, What's In This?
“Oh Bee-Hive, Oh Bee-Hive, Where for art thou Bee-Hive?” Yes, that common call you’ve heard whispering across the playa on those cool blustery sand swirling days. Come fly to our magical sauna honeycomb where like-minded bees come to experience the buzz of meditation, relaxation, & rejuvenation. Our dry sauna honeycomb will wipe away the dust, sooth the skin, leaving you buzzing like never before. As you slip into your soothing honeypot the Queen Bee herself will offer up her delectable honey delights to recharge those exhausted wings.
Hometown: BrooklynCamp Walter
As immense as Walter is, he represents something even bigger. The power of imagination, the joy of discovery, and the spirit of service in which we undertake every project. Walter’s story has a message for us all: there are second chances in life, your past doesn’t determine your future, you are capable of more than you might think, and we can all do so much more together than we ever could on our own.
URL: https://www.instagram.com/camp.walter/?hl=en Contact: campwaltertribe@gmail.com Hometown: PhoenixCamp We All Just Get Along
Come to our Tues/Weds 4PM “Hooplas” where you’ll learn to build your own Hula Hoop (supplies provided while they last). Or join an ongoing spin jam for hoopers or other flow-arts enthusiasts, dabblers or beginners. Shaded space and Hula hoops available for use in our camp 24/7. Hammocks available for non-hooping companions. While visiting, you might also seek or receive unsolicited Chinese Medicine advice and are likely to receive offers of an adult nature and those not too discriminating, much more. Very LGBTQA friendly and encouraging of experimentation with and expression and exploration of various socio-sexual identities. We are also dedicated to our mission of successfully injecting the work “hooportunity” into the common vernacular. Won’t you visit and help us with this important cause today!!
Hometown: San FranciscoCamp XOXO Short Bus
Camp XOXO Short Bus is a welcoming group of friends who share a sense of community. We love taking care of you and each other, gifting drinks, love, food, and hugs to the community.
Hometown: San DiegoCamp Yahhhsss, Kween!
Full Throated Enthusiasm, Coffee. Sake. Squirt guns.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/yahhhssskween Hometown: San FranciscoCamp ZaZen
Home to the weird the wild and the interesting. ZaZen is your welcoming family of hug givers and guides for your time on the playa.
Hometown: Park CityCamp Zero Fucks
The Zero Fucks philosophy is simple: rid yourself of the thoughts and fears holding you back, and instead be present in the moment. Come visit our dance floor, bar, skylounge, and confessionals to shake off every single stress you have – odds are, it’ll be the start of a new, magical playa adventure.
Hometown: San FranciscoCampDIY
Camp DIY is an assemblage of thinkers, tinkers, makers and dreamers. We welcome all visitors particularly those with a preference to self reliance and self sufficiency.
Contact: mkstratton@cox.net Hometown: Silver CityCampocalypse
Camp Conduit reinvents itself as Campocalypse – gifting bondage rope, suspension bondage rides, instruction in knot-tying and safety techniques, and Tarot card readings to the masses.
Hometown: SeattleCampProper
Do you think of yourself as a Proper Burner? Have you always wanted to become a Proper Burner? Stop by CampProper to take your Proper Burner exam and earn your Burner License while enjoying some ProperTea! Think you can pass the exam? Stop by and find out! Oh…and we have some proper beats throughout the week at our ProperTea Dance parties.
CampProper espouses the virtues of being a proper burner. We are an LGBTQ+ welcoming space for all citizens of Black Rock City who might want to become a little more proper.
URL: http://www.campproper.org Contact: info@campproper.org Hometown: Bay AreaCampus Callosum
Come form new [neural] connections at the Campus Callosum. Bring your most nagging questions or share your own scientific knowledge, and if you don’t leave the camp smarter at least you’ll be drunker.
Hometown: PrincetonCaptain Pump's Raiders
Captain Pump’s Raiders is Black Rock City’s finest giant-robot driving mercenary company, and we roll a mean D20. Come visit us for RaiderCon IV, the Playa’s premier (and possibly only) roleplaying-game convention!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/PumpsRaiders/ Hometown: BoulderCat's Meow Neon Bar
The Cat’s Meow Neon Bar is a Burning Man theme camp that is meant to make you cozy like a kitty!! Bar, lounge, blacklights, pillows, hammocks, hoops, swing set ~ come play with us! https://www.facebook.com/groups/CatsMeowNeonBar/
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CatsMeowNeonBar/ Contact: catsmeowcamp@gmail.com Hometown: RocklinCelestial Bodies
Celestial Bodies is your straight-friendly lounge bar in the gayborhood. Join us for daily activities and special events and enjoy one (or several) of our satisfying Playa Cosmo cocktails.
URL: http://www.campcelestialbodies.org Hometown: Sonoma/Sacramento/Miami/Ft. LauderdaleCeltic Chaos
Irish theme camp Celtic Chaos present ‘ENCHANTED KINGDOM’ a world of Celtic mysticism and magic, where Irish folklore will come to life on the Playa. A domain of fairy forts, a magic toadstool, a causeway and forest of enchantment that will leave you spellbound. Of course we wouldn’t be Celtic Chaos without a touch o’blarney… you can expect a mighty good session and epic sound.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CelticChaosCommunity/ Contact: celticchaoscommunity@gmail.com Hometown: San FranciscoCensus
The Census has been collecting information about the population of Black Rock City since 2002. The results of the Census from previous years will be on display at the Census camp. The 2017 results of the Census will be presented in the Afterburn report accessible through the Burning Man website.
URL: http://journal.burningman.org/census Contact: census@burningman.org Hometown: San FranciscoCenter 4 Research & Development
We observe the peculiarities of humanity in the most fascinating environment: Black Rock City, the petri dish in the desert. Experiments are typically performed through the ancient scientific methods of light, sound, and libations.
URL: http://www.instagram.com/center4rnd Contact: center4rnd@gmail.com Hometown: Los AngelesCenter Camp Cafe
Center Camp Cafe
Shade opens Sunday 8/27 7:00AM
Coffee Shop Opens Sunday 8/27 3:00pm
Cereal Thrillers
Cereal Thrillers,a breakfast cereal bar that serves that sugary breakfast cereal your mom would not let you have as a kid.
Hometown: San FranciscoChainsawmargaritaguys Camp
It’s the 13th anniversary for the ChainsawMargaritaGuys. Stop by for our happy hour. Daily from 2-3PM Mon-Wed-Fri. At 12,000 rpm, it’s the frothiest margarita on the playa. This year we will be serving our 13,000 drink. 13th year,,,13k rpm,,, 13k drinks,,, 13million year old ice,, Coincidence? As in the past years, we will be using our Northern Canadian glacial ice that is over 13 million years old. 21 and over please. check this site out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LngEInjk8HI
Contact: burningman@shaw.ca Hometown: Sault Ste. MarieChameleon Camp
Chameleon Camp is your home for amazing company and food! Swing by when we are open for some delicious, multicolored, chameleon-shaped pancakes. Feel free to come by anytime to relax in our Ham-Dome, visit the Inflatable Chameleon, or just chill in the shade with some amazing people. Come visit!
URL: http://www.chameleoncamp.com Contact: info@chameleoncamp.com Hometown: CorvallisChampagne Campaign
Champagne Campaign will be hosting daily debates on diverse and fun topics while providing champagne, come vote for our topics with your mouth! We also invite you to swing by before sunrise and fill up on champagne before joining us in front of the temple for a sunrise toast to the new day!
Contact: champagnecampaigncamp@gmail.com Hometown: SeattleChampagne Chandeliers (CCC)
CHAMPAGNE CHANDELIERS is a multicultural theme camp in its third year with members hailing from four different continents. Take a break from the playa to rest under the chandeliers or join us at our Thurs champagne and lingerie sunset party! San Francisco, CA
Hometown: San FranciscoChampagne Lounge
Come by the Champagne Lounge for your daily dose of bubbly fun! The Champagne Lounge will be quenching your midday thirst with happy hours featuring ice-cold champagne. Not in the mood for bubbles? Grab some friends and take a shotski! Bring your own cup, and be ready for booze, music, and fun! Also check out Champagne Lounge Audio Programing, or the C.L.A.P, on your radio at 99.9 fm!
URL: https://www.facebook.com/Champagnelounge/ Contact: champagneloungebrc@gmail.com Hometown: RenoChampagne Sno-Cone Camp
Hometown: Los Angeles and the Bay AreaChamps and Tramps
Champagne saber lessons! Champs and Tramps teach you the only real way to open bubbly–with a blade! Trampoline bounce and champagne toasts on demand at our New Year’s Re-Do parties. Restart your burn after any “oopsy”. European guest appearances and maybe a famous Barbot???
URL: http://barbots.camp Hometown: Santa BarbaraCheshire Alley
Down the rabbit hole or through the looking glass, join this mad mad group of mythical characters to create fantastical paintings, glow in the dark body art and pink flamingo croquet. Doesn’t matter if you’re larger or small, our reality has room for all.
Children of Chaos
Chaos, joy, good conversation, parades and motherly advice. Gold parade Wednesday, assemble at 5:30, parade at 6:00 pm, cocktails after the parade. Illuminated Specters Monday, assemble at 8:30, parade at 9:00 pm. Also, meet the Jewish mother you never had – mothering in your choice of English, Yiddish, or Hebrew. Come to our bar to be initiated into the cult of Maximon of Chaos.
URL: https://chaoscamp.wordpress.com/ Contact: captn_vic@yahoo.com Hometown: PortlandChill Ville On The Esplanade
a rustic fire poofing nighttime bar
URL: https://facebook.com/chillvilleontheesplanade Hometown: Santa CruzChomp and Stomp
Chomp and Stomp – a team of makers and shakers. Find us in camp for decadent leisure, merry making and bloody marys.
Hometown: AtlantaChop Shop
Chop Shop is the Best Playa Repair garage in BRC! We are ready to repair a wide variety of Playa transportation with parts, repairs and advice.
Hometown: FlagstaffCircle J Inconvenience Store
Did you forget your shampoo, deodorant and other hygiene products at home and you’re now stuck with the natural scent of ‘Get out of my tent, you smell’? Have you just crossed the sun-beaten playa, leaving you with the desperate need to refuel with a light snack or carbonated drink?
Well you’re in luck! The playa does provide with a can do, fuck you attitude. Stop by Circle J™ for an irresponsible selection of products designed to make you feel like you’re back in corporate America. With our two franchised locations inconveniently located not near you, we’re waiting to serve you with a frown that will turn your day upside down.
Sorry, we’re open!
Circus Boot Camp
Come earn your clown nose by participating at Circus Boot Camp! Learn to juggle, unicycle, hoop, slack line, trapeze, crack a whip and soon you’ll be ready to run away with the Circus!
Contact: raymay2k@gmail.com Hometown: San Francisco Bay AReaCircus Combustus
Marvel at aerialists, acrobats, stilt walkers, jugglers, and fire performers! Circus Combustus is a group of Atlanta artists who create a fire carnival area with evening fire circus shows for all attendees to enjoy.
URL: https://www.circuscombustus.org Hometown: AtlantaCirque du So Gay
Zircon and Wish return with their circus friends for a show at Gaylactic Invaders Village that will dazzle the eye and inspire the soul.
Hometown: Joshua TreeCirque Gitane
Cirque Gitane is an intergalactic, nomadic traveling circus comprised of dreamers from all over the globe who create for a living and who support the creative arts. Visit our air conditioned 19th century circus tent for a cocktail and live musical performance, or play a song on our giant music box
Hometown: TopangaClaw Machine Camp
Starting to feel like a tiny cog in one big machine? We might be the machine. Get to the heart of being a human and play in and ride our giant, human powered, claw machine!
URL: https://www.instagram.com/clawmachinecamp/ Contact: clawmachinecamp@gmail.com Hometown: OaklandClevian Circularity
Clevian Camp: Home of the famous Speed Dating Game every night starting at dusk.
Hometown: MilwaukeeCloudy as F*CK
Camp Cloudy as Fuck is a Cumulonimbus Oasis on the Playa. With a group of campers from their 20s to their 70s, we will be offering a relaxing, shady chill space, invigorating THUNDERSTORM! Drinks, and events throughout the week. We are an eclectic group of 30 artists, frisbee players, policy wonks, elder wise men and women, thinkers, doers, and teachers from the Bay Area, SoCal, Northwest and Midwest, excited to provide fun, entertainment and love to all inhabitants of Black Rock City.
Hometown: Oakland has the most members, camp also includes Bay Area, Boston, New Jersey, ColoradoClub Neu Verboten
Club Neu Verboten continues it Eternal Service to The BRC Popular Masses. Music,Parties,Workshops,shade. Stop by.
Contact: clubneu@aol.com Hometown: Fallon, NevadaClue Bar (Murder Mysteries)
Clue Bar Murder Mystery Adventures, Bar and Hydration Station
URL: https://www.facebook.com/cluebar/ Hometown: BendCluster F*ck United
Dust, Sun, Booze, Bikes, Night, and Noise–it’s a ClusterF*ck out there and that’s exactly what you’ll find here: a ClusterF*ck of activity. Drop by to jump on our trampoline, refresh yourself at our bar, or enjoy a jaw-dropping playa sunset from our 24′ tower.
Hometown: San FranciscoCock n' Waffle
A great spot to have a laugh and give those legs a rest. Come take a ride on the living legend, Missoula’s intergalactic Ghetto Gypsy bus.
Hometown: MissoulaCoco Poco Loco
Coco Poco Loco pops up here and there, uninvited, in festival campgrounds at home and abroad to behave irreverently and to love you so much that you can’t help but join in. We look forward to seeing you at our next carefully considered bout of mayhem!
Hometown: MelbourneCoconauts
An island oasis of scientific discovery. Enjoy our tiki bar and lounge. Every-other-night demonstrations of the Large Piña Collider. Interactive Moai God ready to receive your playa prayers.
Hometown: San FranciscoCohesion
Swing by for one of our ritualistic happy hours or chill in one of our hammocks in our cooling dome. Play a little and dance with your digitized self on our psychedelic projection wall.
URL: http://www.hosecoin.com Hometown: Los Angeles, Portland, FlagstaffCome As You Are
Come as you are! But prepare for tent living and daily hugs!
Hometown: New York and ParisComfort & Joy
Restore your body and lift your spirits at Comfort & Joy, a gay
community oasis offering a fully functioning Gym, colorful art
installations and daily events including yoga classes, inspiring performances, & quite queer nightlife. Check us out at: http://www.playajoy.org
Community Improvement Association
The Community Improvement Association is dedicated to making Black Rock City a better place to live. We are the home of Community Improvement Radio (frequency tba), which will broadcast an occasionally confusing mix of music, talk shows, weather, traffic, and public service announcements. Stop by to consult with our advisors, visit our Transdimensional Audio Workstation, be a guest on one of our interview shows, or even host a show of your own.
Hometown: Outer ScotiaConception
Conception hovers at the fulcrum between imagined and actual, where potentials collide into form, matter, and light. Our camp space provides fertile ground for birthing of creation through multiple activities.
URL: http://www.campconception.com/ Contact: info@campconception.com Hometown: SeattleConscious Dreamers
Conscious Dreamers has merged with Cosby’s Kids and Ego Death Camp this year. Stop in, check out our chill dance dome with trippy lights and DJ station, our fire pit with comfy couches, our trampoline and meet some of the best peeps on the playa!
Hometown: Reno, NevadaContradance Community Camp
Experience the tribal, hypnotic magic of contradancing to amazing live music – everything from traditional celtic to an electronic mix of DJ’d records and live instruments. We dance every night (including some other dance forms) and in the mornings we have more dancing, concerts and jams. Contra is fast-paced yet easy to learn with a caller who instructs, but with room for dancers to improvise and embellish. There is no need to arrive with a partner – most dancers swap after each dance. Lines of couples flow through each other creating a bonding, playful, noncompetitive, all-ages community dance. There is no required footwork and contra is possible for many with disabilities. If you are smiling, you are doing it right. Everyone who shows up will have fun.
URL: http://www.contraburners.org/ Contact: mkstowegnv@gmail.com Hometown: San Francisco area, Gainesville, Morgantown, etcContraptionists
Contraptionists Afternoon Snowcone and Fire Fries, from 1 until 3 each afternoon, Monday through Saturday, or as ice lasts. Kids to the front.
Guests who wish to power our human powered shaving bike may do so, so we may split the crystallized H2O into a fine feathery powder of flakes ready to fully accept the flavors of Our choice, and encapsulate them into the jewel colored crystals that are so desired by the weary travelers visiting our humble establishment and which we know you will very much enjoy.
The Futurama French Fry experience brings to life the long forgotten art of the “julienne the pommes frites”. Our carefully curated stock of individually picked potatoes makes for a subtle yet palatable snack in the early afternoon hours. Complimented with homemade spices and a homemade tomato and vinegar sauce recipe. Bring a berret, cook us a soufflé and enjoy our pommes homemade.
Check out the art and events schedule for more Contraptionists activities.
Don’t bring a cup.
Cool Intentions
Cool Intentions will be a sacred space for all citizens of BRC to take time for themselves to set the wheels in motion for personal growth and new experiences. We exist to support the integration of the Burning Man principles and one’s experience into year round transformation.
Hometown: San FranciscoCornstars
Are you corny all the time? Guess what? So are we! Come to Cornstars. Have a drink at the Silo Bar. Stuff your cornhole. Make your own “corn shoot” or “corn film.” Show us your cob, your silk, or whatever kernels you have hiding in your husks! We’re looking for the next Cornstar, and we’re set up to feed your corn addiction! Get corny with us!
URL: http://www.cornstars.club Hometown: Washington, DCCorny's Party Pole Palace
Corny’s Party Pole Palace – Meet your party pole spirit animal, put em on a stick, discover 2nd level dance parties, get sweaty, bubbles!!! Come to the Party Pole Palace and create the party pole of your dreams, take a pic in our photo-booth and then dance your ass off on the dance floor. We’ll even help you make a bike stand so you can ride with your incredible creation off into the sunset and beyond.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CampCorny Hometown: PortlandCorporation Chaos
Corporation Chaos® (“We Own You!”™) is a collaboration of professional philosophers, other academics, artists, and happy mutants dedicated to spreading philosophy, chaos, and Red Vines on the playa. This will be our fourth year as a registered theme camp, and seventh year as a cohesive group. Our major activities include world-renowned Ask A Philosopher Booth™, RichROT the semi-autonomous Burner robot, and general mayhem.
URL: https://prezi.com/dej_xw4nqxej/corporation-chaos-2016-organization-chart/ Contact: reality.apologist@gmail.com Hometown: RenoCosmic Casbah
Cosmic Casbah celebrates diversity and provides to all citizens of Black Rock City. Come visit our magical shade lounge, enjoy our libations, creative expression rituals, photo booth, music, and games.
Contact: cosmic.casbah@gmail.com Hometown: ConcordCosmic Connection
We connect directly with the cosmos so all of your scientific questions are answered. For the rest you are on your own.
Hometown: WilliamsburgCosmic Giggle
Like fire? Like muscles and sweat? For a good time, call 1-800-Cosmic-Giggle.
URL: http://cosmicgiggle.org/ Hometown: SFO and PDXCosmic Jukebox
Cosmic Jukebox is a retro desert paradise for those looking to plunge in Palm Springs in the ’60s. With our cozy, poolside cabana vibe, visit us for shenanigans and tropical tunes.
Hometown: San FranciscoCosmic Recess
Cosmic Recess is a Playground with a Space theme. We believe that interactivity, creativity and play are all necessary components of joy and happiness! All of our playground elements are original and homemade, most with recycled/reused materials. Please come play with us at the Cosmiquarium Village this year! We will also host kickball and Volleyball tournaments between other camps and villages, as well as parties and events throughout the week!
Hometown: Salt Lake CityCosmiquarium Village
Cosmiquarium Village is where the mysteries of the deep intermingle with the wonder of the stars. Combining the galactic playground of Cosmic Recess and the aquatic antics of the fabulous mutant vessel: the Frog Prince. Join us for adventures of sea and space…at our home sphere or on voyages into the deep Playa!
Hometown: Salt Lake CityCostco Soulmate Trading Outlet
Provider of Top Quality Soulmates since 1998!
URL: http://www.csto.org Hometown: Santa CruzCotton Candy Camp
Cotton Candy Camp serves up delicious, fluffy cotton candy cones in a multiple of flavors, every day during the event.
Contact: monsterburns10@gmail.com Hometown: BoulderCoup de Foudre
Coup de Foudre is the home to a small group of large Tesla coil enthusiasts. We host events and talks in the larger Institute and love to share, teach, and demonstrate the beauty of high-voltage with the larger playa.
URL: https://www.coupdefoud.re/ Contact: meawoppl@gmail.com Hometown: San FranciscoCranky and Sons Bike Repair
Come to Cranky and Sons for assistance, education and advice for those “Oh shit!” cycling needs, from a flat tire to exploded derailleur — we’ll help you get back out onto the playa. If you’ve got some free time and can lend a hand, grab a beer and a wrench and help us help those in need! Mechanics on duty 10am to 2pm – DIY tools and supplies available any time.
Hometown: BerkeleyCrashing High
Accept no substitutions. Daily Ass Stampings by Burners for Burners. Share and share alike. (This is a rubber stamp not a sex camp)
Hometown: Reno, NVCreation Nation! BRC
Creation Nation where you can learn a new skill, make beautiful things, and be creative and crafty!
See the schedule of workshops and events on our Facebook page Creation Nation! BRC
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/355809514794222/ Hometown: San JoseCrystal Ballers
The Crystal Ballers are a team of fire spinning and prop manipulating wizards dedicated to bringing magic to the playa! We host workshops during the day, circus performances at night and a chill tea lounge where you can relax.
Contact: thecrystalballerscamp@gmail.com Hometown: Portland, ORCubhouse
Cubhouse brings house party vibes to the Playa. Music, dancing, games and best of all good company.
YUNG ANIMAL SQUAD // NEVER LEFT ALWAYS RIGHT
“Mi casa, su casa. That’s our cosa nostra”
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CBHSSF Hometown: San FranciscoCuddle Oasis
Too hot? Too cold? Partied out? Need a break? Need a cuddle or two? Or ten?
You’ve come to the right place.
Cuddle Oasis is bringing you the best chillaxation and rechargation on the playa. Hang with us, stay a while, get misted, do some yoga, take a party nap, rejuvenate your senses with our fresh tropical drinks, and let us liven up your spirits with our chill tropical tunes.
Now you are ready carry on with your burn.
Hometown: San FranciscoCuddle or Die
A group of hookers bitten by the cuddle bug!
Organizing two large group chest/spirit hook pulls while providing a suspended cuddle pit and climbable toys to the community at large. Come ‘hang’ out!
Cult of the Magic Lady
Come on down to the Cult for all day entertainment! Movies at night, spiritual and physical wellness during the day, and of course self service abortions for drunken fun.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CultOfTheMagicLady/ Hometown: AlamedaCuriouser and Curiouser
Fall into the shady Rabbit Hole, drink tea with the Mad Hatter, fly away with silken wings of the Caterpillar or simply play chess with the Queen of Hearts. Join Alice in her artful exploration of Wonderland.
Hometown: San Luis Obispo