Decompression 2026: Oakland Edition! Vol II

NOTE: The event entrance is at Livingston St. and 22nd Ave., Oakland CA 94606. Please do not try to use the address the internet gives you for The Loom!

Convenient public parking will be available adjacent to the event site at 2000 Embarcadero, Oakland. There is also free street parking along the Embarcadero and in the neighborhood. Do not park in other private parking lots. The closest BART stop is Fruitvale station.

Please note that after 9pm all indoor spaces will become 21+ and require an ID-verified wristband for entry from 9pm – 3am. Tickets are available here in advance, and will also be available at the door. No in’s and out’s will be permitted.

OUR 2026 LINEUP, FEATURING…

PERFORMANCES BY:

Aaya ⬩ adaajio ⬩ AHUFF ⬩ Alex Amaro ⬩ aliasTROUBLE ⬩ Alkemiss Erika ⬩ ANA ⬩ Antonio Manigrassi ⬩ Ashira Sōl ⬩ AZRedsmoke ⬩ B.Nasty ⬩ Bad Rosé ⬩ Balagan ⬩ Bardona Lark ⬩ Bench ⬩ Bhembe ⬩ Black Panda ⬩ CAVALIER ⬩ Chlorophil ⬩ Colibria ⬩ Dia Deka ⬩ DJ Baba-C ⬩ DJ Bengts ⬩ DJ Hil ⬩ DJ ICON ⬩ DJ Infrared ⬩ DJohn ⬩ DJPK ⬩ Dominik Audio ⬩ Dr. KattyWhompus ⬩ Dust & Beau ⬩ Eliki ⬩ Eliza J ⬩ Em da G ⬩ Este C ⬩ Ezio ⬩ Feen ⬩ Hafid ⬩ HAPNCAP ⬩ HIDRA ⬩ Iconic ⬩ IGGY ⬩ Janis and the Pussycats ⬩ Jetway ⬩ Jordan Kersten ⬩ Kaelow ⬩ KAMA ⬩ Kateri ⬩ KingQube ⬩ Kitty Kat ⬩ Kohbain ⬩ Lana with a K ⬩ Lazwell ⬩ Lions of Fire ⬩ Major Trouble ⬩ Marcello Dellaccio ⬩ Matony ⬩ Milvina ⬩ Miss Gigi ⬩ MPHD ⬩ Naks-e ⬩ Nastytron ⬩ Niall Augustine ⬩ Nikki Sierra ⬩ NXGRAVITY ⬩ OBER ⬩ OGAN ⬩ Polephine ⬩ Redstickman ⬩ Reza ⬩ Roam Freely ⬩ Sagmo ⬩ Sam Lewis ⬩ San Francisco Bellydance Theater ⬩ Siblings Sound ⬩ Siren’s Song Sound Bath ⬩ Sofia Dawn ⬩ Syd Gris ⬩ The Vambies ⬩ The Voltones ⬩ TikTak ⬩ Undivided ⬩ Unpocoloco ⬩ VIDA ⬩ VTLX ⬩ Wei ⬩ Wompsta ⬩ Wonx ⬩ Yaz ⬩ Zookeeper

INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATIONS:

Above & Below | Sean Orlando, Engineered Artworks ⬩ Angst-in-the-Box | ManCub, Doosh Doosh, Sly Pete ⬩ As Above, So Within | Mahshid Moghadasi & Aysan Jafarzadeh ⬩ AXIS MUNDI — Black Rock City Entrance Sign Design | Mad Dog ⬩ Bad Art Club | Jules Costa ⬩ Between Axis Mundi and Spellbound: a look at the World Tree as it extends to Homer, AK | Artemisia Tilesii ⬩ Broken Lantern Collective Mural Collaboration | Broken Lantern Collective ⬩ Buho | Nick Palmer / Friends of the Feather ⬩ Can You Read My Lips? | Will Johansson, Adam Moyer ⬩ Do Baskets Dream of Shores or Sea | Luke Lin ⬩ Empyrean Gate | The Entheos Community ⬩ Furscope | Samuel Steinman ⬩ Harmonic Drift | Dan Bales ⬩ Heart of Intentions | Cassandra Caron & James Trebesch, Moon Landing ⬩ Hero Armor | Liza Kormilet, Zakhar Zakharov, Ivan Kalinichenko ⬩ Homage to the Burner Bike | Hunger ⬩ Human Gyroscope | MacGyver ⬩ Kaleidostoop | Jeremy Largman & The Star Sailor Collective ⬩ Lanterns from Resonance Tree | Resonance Art Collective ⬩ Mona Moon | Miao He, Ricardo Solar, Bowei Wang ⬩ Octopolis | LaynaJoy and Big Art collective ⬩ One Love Bike with Lights | Chinchilla ⬩ Playa Plein Air | Tim Genda ⬩ Porcs Riches Gallery | Free Roland, Sveet Cheeks, Tiburon 143 ⬩ Resonance | Raylene Gorum ⬩ Scared Sacred | DUST and BEAU ⬩ SexBooth | Leonardo DaVanchy ⬩ Skadisete (The Throne of Skadi) | David Mellen & BRC Snow Club ⬩ Smash a Phone Booth | Jasper and Meru Haley, Iris Yee ⬩ Squatch’s Star Shack | Aaron McCray-Goldsmith ⬩ Synapse | Wayne Sayer ⬩ Talk to God | Blackrock Bell Co. ⬩ Temple Nepenthes: A Plant & A Potion To Forget Grief | Larisa Flint ⬩ Temporal Anomaly Organ (TAO) | Jamz Christianzen (illa, ills) ⬩ The Collaborative Collection | Rose Cuarzo (Rose Garden Art Gallery) ⬩ The Last Brain, by The Man’s Brain Project | Dan Miller (Burning Dan) and Larry Mathews ⬩ The Octometrist | Oddity Arts ⬩ The Race of Hearts | Ali Agus Ardie & Dr. Nina Paul ⬩ The Spergola | Julia Dvorin ⬩ Together We See | Luc H Limen ⬩ What Remains | Red Herzog ⬩ What the Water Remembers | Thailan When ⬩ Yum Cart’s TasteCase | Yummy RumiNations

THE “DECOM SALON”

Day Salon featuring: Kidsville & Kids drawing activity – Kidsville Mayor ⬩ Burners Without Borders (BWB) Lightning Talks – Hosted by Jaymie “Sticky” Braun: “From BRC to Mexico. Bikes Without Borders” – Jaymie Braun, “Indigenous Solidarity Gardens” CJ Trowbridge,  “BWBxRotary” – John (“Sputnik”) Paul, “Welcoming Outsiders and Forming Relationships in Shimoda, Japan” – Elena Tsukada, founder TADAIMA SHIMODA ⬩ Burning Man Sustainable and Regenerative Systems – Stephen Chun ⬩ Rising Sparks Next Gen Burners – Tay Andrews ⬩ Burning Man Project co-Founder, Board Member, Marian Goodell ⬩ Psychomagic & Civic Engagement – Caveat Magister (author of The Scene that Became Cities) + Tom Radulovich (Senior policy fellow at Livable City and a former BART board member) ⬩ Art & Human Connection Panel: Meredith Winner – Big Art Loop and artist Charlie Blackcat Smith – Hosted by Steven Raspa ⬩ Burning Man Mini Short Film Fest – Hosted by Andie Grace

“Houuse” Night Salon featuring: Nelson G. Nelson (harp & vocals)⬩Tiffany Austin (jazz soul trio)⬩Valerie Troutt (live house ensemble)⬩DJ Ignacia (soulful house & beyond)⬩David OConnell⬩_benchwork

THEME CAMPS & PARTICIPATORY EXPERIENCES:

Alohabox Shave Ice ⬩ Anu Heartbeat ⬩ Book Club ⬩ Bubbles & Bass ⬩ Burners without Borders ⬩ Camp Cry About It ⬩ Camp Sweet and Sour ⬩ Coffee and Pasties ⬩ Cognitive Research Institute ⬩ Comfort & Joy’s Miso Cart ⬩ DeMentha ⬩ Distrikt ⬩ DJ Lessons with Priscilla ⬩ Equal & Opposite Camp ⬩ FMB12 ⬩ Games and Art Making with Everyone ⬩ Hookahdome! ⬩ Hot Noods ⬩ House of Swag ⬩ Kidsville ⬩ Magic Lantern Society ⬩ Mirror of Truth ⬩ Opulent Chill ⬩ Opulent Temple ⬩ Sarathi 2: Calling Durga ⬩ Shipwreck Tiki Lounge – Gallery of Found Art ⬩ Silent Disco by ZEROdB ⬩ Stardust Divination Casino ⬩ The Sound Garden ⬩ Veg Out!

FULL CIRCLE TEA HOUSE:

Full Circle Tea House is back at Decompression serving pu’er, herbal teas, and a chill space. A beautifully hand crafted tea table, ambient music, and more than enough squish to get recharged for the rest of the night

MUTANT VEHICLES:

Abu the Horsefly⬩Airpusher Air Ship⬩Arabella⬩Baby Funklette⬩Bee Here Now⬩Coat Check⬩Eileen, The Peacock⬩La Rana Hypnótica⬩Moby the Rainbow Fish⬩Mughal⬩Thai Hi Tea Temple⬩The Dirty Goat Roadhouse⬩The Uniporn Experience⬩“Yikes!” the Trike

FIRE ART GARDEN:

Angry Tree and Turbocicada (Sam Reese)⬩Curl (Sam Cooler)⬩Fire Pinball (Creech)⬩Giant Flaming Top Hat (Francisco Menawolfe)⬩Resilience (Resilience Art Collective)

FIRE PERFORMANCES BY:

Alaya Heather Crystal ⬩ Captain Sparkles ⬩ Celsius Maximus ⬩ DJ Omalicious ⬩ Julie Spins ⬩ Justin Amanita ⬩ Lady Footlocker ⬩ Lava Flow Fire Show ⬩ Lindsay Brothers ⬩ Maria Szmagalski ⬩ Mirage Mistress ⬩ Princess Badass ⬩ Shiree Amour ⬩ Sofae ⬩ Super Los ⬩ The Amazing Zihni ⬩ The Flowsnake

VISUALS BY:

Aquila Visions⬩beSTKat⬩Boom Boom⬩Bumbl1c!0us⬩Estioko Visuals⬩Fatty Brisket⬩Héctor Jaime⬩Katnip / Vizual Nektar⬩Laser Jim⬩Maculate⬩Pritish⬩Rainbow Puddle⬩Rich DDT⬩Synwrks⬩VJ Neuron

MINI BURNING MAN FILM FESTIVAL:

RAYMOND’S POEM by Raymond Solorzano ⬩ WE’RE FINE by Misha Karpenko ⬩ BURNING MAN 2026 sizzle reel by Gusto TV (Canada) ⬩ SOLARPUNKS by Damien Blue ⬩ THE LOVEBOX EXPERIENCE trailer by Dok Werk ⬩ BLACK BURNER PROJECT: WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD 30 FOOT ART by Erin Douglas ⬩ TEMPLE BUILD & DRONE SHORTS by Rand Larson ⬩ BURNING MAN 2026 by Worldwide Citizens