SF Burnal Equinox 2026: The Cosmic Treehouse
March 21 @ 7:00 pm – 3:00 am PDT
Public Works, 161 Erie St, San Francisco CA 94103, 21+ with ID
Whether you’re starting to plan your next journey towards Black Rock City or curious about cutting-edge Bay Area culture, Burning Man Project presents SF Burnal Equinox 2026: The Cosmic Treehouse! This marks the “midpoint between Burns” and provides a chance to connect, ignite, and revel in the creative fire that fuels our community. Bring your celebration of convergence, expression, and shared mythmaking to the treehouse!
FEATURING…
FLAMBÉ LOUNGE ART & CULTURE SALON (7-9 PM)
Burners Without Borders (BWB) SF/ Bay Area / South Bay ⧫ 2026 Cryptomeria Man Base ⧫ FOURAGE Workshop ⧫ Instituto Familiar de la Raza ⧫ The Gospel of LEAVE NO TRACE! ⧫ Greening the Man: Ways to get Involved ⧫ Mother Muse Seminar & Community Art Project ⧫ Rising Sparks NextGen Burners ⧫ Temple of The Moon ⧫ Theme Camp Speed Dating & Placement Updates
DJS, LIVE MUSIC, & PERFORMANCES!
Tara Brooks ⧫ All-in-one Mighty ⧫ Authenticity ⧫ Carolina Embers ⧫ chillbill ⧫ Deaja Girl on Fire ⧫ Diamond & Combs ⧫ Doug Frisbie (Mr. Sparkle) ⧫ Droid9/Jerry Chiu ⧫ Eddy Moran ⧫ Eon Pulse ⧫ Errakis B2B Asymmetry ⧫ Fal$e Profit ⧫ Janis and the Pussy Cats ⧫ Justin Hill ⧫ Justin Johnson ⧫ Kohbain ⧫ Lady Day ⧫ LOSO ⧫ MAJOR TROUBLE ⧫ Manila Vanilla ⧫ Michael Liu ⧫ Mode Leeloo ⧫ Nave ⧫ Nom du jour ⧫ Sana ⧫ Sean Dexter ⧫ Slürt ⧫ Spyros T ⧫ Syd Gris ⧫ thalia ⧫ Via the Messenger ⧫ WorkR ⧫ Yerba ⧫ Yodav
ART!
An X Project (Chaz Pratt) ⧫ Burnal Equinox: The Cosmic Treehouse (Mike Hampton) ⧫ Cool Gnomies (Clinton Karr) ⧫ Cure4Humors (Meighan Visco) ⧫ Fire in the Sky (Oliver Thompson) ⧫ Harmonic Radiance (Phil Spitler) ⧫ Ice Art (Carter Brooks) ⧫ Incisive Reading (Tom Steele) ⧫ Mona Bunny (Mona Art Foundation) ⧫ Radiant Mandalas (Indiana Nelson) ⧫ Rainbow Raindrops (Anne Pauley) ⧫ Reflective Evolution (Indiana Nelson) ⧫ Scrampi (Joel Millikan) ⧫ Swarm and Pyramid (Wes and Jess Warren) ⧫ Moon Shadow (Michael Garlington) ⧫ The West Sky Burned (Oliver Thompson)
THEME CAMPS & MUTANT VEHICLES!
Airpusher ⧫ Art & Games Camp ⧫ Hot Noods ⧫ Moby-The Rainbow Fish ⧫ Opulent Chill ⧫ Stardust Divination Casino ⧫ ZEROdB Silent Disco ⧫ Word Play Cafe ⧫ Spoonful of Friends
VISUALS!
Aquila Visions ⧫ Boom Boom ⧫ Hairglasses ⧫ Maculate ⧫ Pritish ⧫ Rainbow Puddle ⧫ Synwrks ⧫ Tim Abad ⧫ Vizual Nektar ⧫ VJ Neuron
AMBIENT & FLOW PERFORMANCE!
Aniarama ⧫ Burning Clouds ⧫Captain Sparkles ⧫ Dare ⧫ Deaja Girl on Fire ⧫ Faerie Flows ⧫ Final Boss ⧫ Jessie Porter ⧫ MaJesstic ⧫ Moose Fuego ⧫ Niki Sanchez ⧫ Quiescent Eve ⧫ The Flow Snake
Community Partnership: BWB & Instituto Familiar de la Raza
This year Burnal Equinox is partnering with Burners Without Borders (BWB) and Instituto Familiar de la Raza (IFR) to support community wellness initiatives in San Francisco.
For over 40 years, IFR has provided culturally rooted mental health and community support services for the city’s Chicano/Latino/Indígena communities. Their work is guided by the principle In Lak’ech — Tú Eres Mi Otro Yo (“You are my other self”), emphasizing shared responsibility for community wellbeing.
One program supported by this effort is Salud y Bienestar Indígena (Indígena Health & Wellness), which fosters emotional and spiritual healing for Indigenous families through language, culture, and traditional practices.
How to Participate
Attendees are invited to bring in-kind donations to Burnal Equinox.
Donation bins will be available at the door.
We are collecting the following items:
• Unused Gift Cards
• Fidget Toys/Sensory Toys and toys for play therapy
• Workbooks and journals for therapeutic use
• Coloring books
• Art Supplies
• Bilingual/Spanish children’s books
• Non-perishable foods
• Hygiene Kits (soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant)
• Digital tablets for youth
• Phone Charging cords and power boxes
• Headphones for devices
• Backpacks
This collaboration reflects the Burning Man principles of Gifting, Civic Responsibility, and Communal Effort.
Call for Participation!
Projects of all types…
bring your art project, theme camp, mutant vehicle
Performers of all stripes…
variety acts, live music, sound camps, DJs, and more
Volunteer…
to help build, run and strike the event
Please be in touch between now and March 6th (the sooner the better!) to bring your project, performance, or volunteer skills to this Burning Man Community Event.
The World Tree rises at the center of the cosmos, its roots in the underworld, its branches in the heavens, its trunk in the middle world of men.
—Mircea Eliade
Please join us in creating The Cosmic Treehouse!
Appreciations
Cover: Illustration, Burnal Equinox Cosmic Treehouse 2026
Photographs:
Burnal Equinox Let the Adventure Begin 2025, Photo credit Jane Hu;
Burnal Equinox Clarinet and Hula Hoop 2025, Photo credit Jane Hu;
Burnal Equinox San Francisco TransMorphiZone, 2019, Photo credit Luc Asbury