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Blazing Swan is Western Australia’s not-for-profit Official Regional Burn Event attracting over 3,000 participants annually and held over the Easter weekend near the town of Kulin, Western Australia (Njaki Njaki Noongar Land). Since 2013, Blazing Swan’s week-long event has been an experiment in temporary community inspired by and affiliated with Burning Man and its 10 Principles. Blazing Swan is a living year-round culture of imagination, human connection, and radical creativity, carrying the spirit of the global Burner community while radiating its own distinctly Western Australian energy and character.

Helsinki Decompression is a co-created carnival of creativity: a weekend full of art installations, performances, spaces, music performances, workshops and what not!

Curious about how to make this your best year yet? This online event will provide resources and tips to activate your engagement. We’re helping you to mark the moment and kick off a universe of connection and creativity.

Please join us for one of a series of interactive community gatherings hosted in person this spring, hosted at The Generator in Reno, NV. Get updates from and engage in discussion with Burning Man Project leadership Meet local artists, theme camps and projects headed to BRC Explore Burning Man's future

SNRG is a Burning Man regional art festival in April rooted at its HOME, Spicer Ranch, where firelight, creativity, and community converge under expansive desert skies. This pyro-centric gathering ignites large and small-scale art, pulsing DJs, mutant vehicles, theme camps, excessive dancing, playful events, and an unapologetic amount of frolicking. All pARTicipants are welcome here, including the delightfully strange, because SNRG thrives on radical inclusion and shared wonder.

Since 2014, the ELS has brought together do-ers, dreamers, Regional Contacts, Regional Event organizers, artists and community builders from across the globe to this rare and beloved moment to meet each other – live and in person!

Below the Surface invites you into a living, breathing underwater world built entirely in a virtual environment. Shafts of light drift through the water as bubbles rise and particles shimmer in the distance. Everything moves slowly and fluidly, shaped by unseen currents. This immersive space reacts to sound, motion, and presence. Music, visuals, and the crowd itself become part of a constantly evolving oceanic ecosystem. As the weekend unfolds, the environment shifts and responds, creating the feeling of truly being submerged in a shared, living world.

Saguaro Man is a multi-day desert campout where you bring your own food, water, shelter, and supplies—and step into a temporary world of art, music, workshops, and experiences you didn’t know you were looking for.

Burning Flipside is a participatory art celebration inspired by Burning Man. Since the first event in 1998, when a few dozen friends got together for a campout near Austin, it has grown to become a temporary city of about 2-3,000 people. With an extensive all-volunteer organization that makes it run, there are numerous ways for anyone who wants to be a part of it to get involved. At the same time, it has become the nucleus of a year-round community that meets regularly to socialize, work together on projects, and discuss the event’s direction.

Burnal Equinox is a one-night threshold where the Burning Man community in western New York awakens from winter hibernation and turns back toward creation. With DJs, dancing, and emerging artworks supported through artist grants, the gathering becomes both ritual and revelry. It marks a liminal kickoff to the summer burn season, rekindling connection, movement, and shared imagination.

AfrikaBurn is the spectacular result of a community of participants who come together to create art, costume, performance, gifted and volunteered services, Theme Camps, music, Mutant Vehicles, and much, much more. The flagship AfrikaBurn event takes place around the end of April every year, this year's theme is Through The Prism. It is a chance to invent the world anew.

Join us for the 14th Annual unSCruz — a 4-day, 3-night celebration of fire, art, music, camping, and community from April 30 – May 3, 2026. unSCruz is a radically inclusive regional Burning Man–inspired gathering, created to be a safe and welcoming space for all. We celebrate diversity in every form and warmly welcome people of all genders, expressions, ages, orientations, races, ethnicities, creeds, faiths (or no faith), and lifestyles. Our community is built on respect, participation, and care for one another. Hate speech or behavior that demeans, dehumanizes, ridicules, or alienates others will not be tolerated. Come as you are. Bring your creativity, your kindness, and your spark — and help us co-create the magic of unSCruz.

BEquinox asks participants to BE the 10 Principles on the community owned Seraphim Ranch.   An immersive event that welcomes all ages with the interactivity of theme camps, mutant vehicles, and ritual effigy burn.  

In a world ravaged by pollutants, toxins, and waste.. a cataclysm has befallen the earth, but life has not perished; it has mutated. The wasteland here is not barren, but overflowing with mutated, glowing, and strangely beautiful life that has adapted to harsh conditions. The familiar landscapes have given way to a vibrant, unsettling ecosystem where the very substances that once threatened existence now fuel a new, bizarre, and beautiful burst of life. It's a world where radiation has given birth to bioluminescent flora, where scavenged technology has been incorporated into organic forms, and where the "hazard" is also the source of new, vibrant, and unsettling beauty. Explore the paradox of danger and beauty, decay and rebirth. A moment in time where the "hazard" is intrinsically linked to the "bloom." Discover the radiance in ruin and celebrate the relentless, often grotesque, ingenuity of adaptation.

SideBurn is a vibrant arts, cultural, and camping event held near Stone Mills, Ontario, where creative individuals gather to radically express themselves, share their art and offerings, and collaboratively shape a unique experience for one another. This year’s theme calls us back to our roots, to the wild within and around us. A return to instinct, imagination, and play. It’s a celebration of nature’s chaos, human creativity, and our deep connection and respect for the earth that holds us. Together we become forest spirits, glowing fungi, creatures of light and laughter, co-creating with the land rather than upon it. The Great Rewilding is a living reminder that the wilderness was never lost, only waiting for us to awaken.

Burning Nest is a week of art, play, and mischief in a Devon woodland. It’s a participatory event, meaning no spectators, no commerce – just curious humans co-creating magic together, one ridiculous idea at a time.

Playa del Fuego is a community-driven, temporary experiment in collaborative community building – featuring interactive and experiential art and music, a gifting economy, and striving to Leaves No Trace. It is a 100% volunteer-run event.

SOAK was created with the mission to provide a safe space for local artists, teachers, and creatives alike to try new things, build community, and explore themselves. SOAK was founded in 2005 and was created by members of the Portland (PDX) Burning Man community members. Today, more than 2000 people attend the event, which is held annually in Tygh Valley, carrying on this mission to inspire and embrace all who attend.

By day, the forest hums softly—sunlight filtering through pines, art tucked between mossy stones, canvases hung in the trees, and strangers becoming collaborators, then community. By night, the woods transform: glowing installations pulse among the trunks, firelight flickers across faces, and sound drifts through the leaves in waves; this is when we bloom. Wicked Burn is an inclusive community that ignites creativity, self-expression, and community inspired by Burning Man’s 10 Principles. Rooted in Maine’s rustic woods, it’s a collaborative space for art, personal growth, and shared experiences. We are committed to inclusivity, sustainability, and leaving a positive impact while celebrating the transformative power of participation.

Nestled in the mountains of Virginia, Ignite! Is a 4-day camping event that lends itself to activities around acculturation, community skill-shares, and education, in addition to the dancing, laughing, shouting, playing. We like to call it a “learn ‘n’ burn”: the community provides "playforms" to share knowledge throughout each day. All of this happens with a backdrop of amazing music, art, fire, and community.

Crème Brûlée is a gathering based on the 10 principles of Burning Man. It is artistic, participatory, and non-commercial. The atmosphere, the decor, the music, the artwork, the workshops, the yoga, the magic, and the hugs will all be thanks to you! Here there are no "spectators", only participants. Crème Brûlée is held in Creuse (center of France), a remote and rural area.

An annual volunteer fueled regional Burning Man inspired event known as T.E.I.C. (This Event Is Cancelled) that is put on by the non-profit recreational & arts organization Topeka Area Burners. Our mission is to bring a bit of the Burning Man Project to the Topeka area in whatever way we can.

Otherworld is a multi-day event, held annually on Vancouver Island — with art, music and community at its core. Together, every participant helps co-create an experience distinct from our everyday physical world or reality.

To The Moon is a yearly festival of creativity and society, deeply rooted in camaraderie, flames, and awe. This occasion will be assembled for and by you, as your innovative spirit, passion and boundless energy are the ingredients that make it a reality. One may camp with likeminded individuals in activity-driven theme camps or participate as an individual, choosing to stay in open camping. Regardless where you lay your head, there will be music, artistry, and a fiery jamboree. Like other regional Burning Man Events, To The Moon operates in agreement with the 10 Principles.

Apogaea is a regional Colorado Burning Man event, taking place every year in June. Art, performance, sustainability, radical inclusion, and radical self-reliance. Join us, all are welcome! Here you will find an experiential forum where our ever-expanding community practices freedom of expression in an environment of participation, sharing, and creativity. We invite you to join us in a place where our spirits are as high as the mountains and our minds are as wide open as the plains!

With ART BAER, we invite YOU to a magical event that focuses on art, community, playfulness and other eccentricities. At this summer event organized by Berlin Burner e. V., you can experiment freely, present your art, find like-minded people for larger art projects, get inspired, and above all, have a lot of fun!

Where The Sheep Sleep is more than just a celebration of community: it is a massive, immersive, interactive playground that we all build and live in for four days. A burn is a community-driven event where participants create a temporary space for art, self-expression, and collaboration, following principles like gifting, participation, and leaving no trace—everyone contributes, and nothing is left behind.

Located in the beautiful desert landscape of Utah, Element 11 is a celebration of art, self-expression, and community. Inspired by the 10 principles of the Burning Man, Element 11 is a place where people come together to create, inspire, and connect with one another.

Firefly is a multi-day experiential arts event that happens in the woods of Massachusetts around the 4th of July, inspired by the Ten Principles of Burning Man. We are a community of makers and free thinkers putting on a DIY experiential art celebration. Firefly’s mission is to foster a collaborative environment and community for participatory arts. We encourage people to express their creativity and challenge them to extend their concept of both community and art.

Amber Burn is a regional Burning Man community gathering in Lithuania that is organized and run entirely by volunteers, following the ten principles of Burning Man. We all, including YOU, create a more expressive and exciting reality together.​ As a part of the Burning Man family, we are a community where everyone is welcome. No prerequisites exist for participation. It’s an environment that encourages individuals to rely on their inner resources and creativity. Amber Burn only happens if you and I and all of us make a communal effort to gift and make it happen.

Cosmic Burn is a small five-day, four-night temporary world, created on private property just outside Ithaca, NY. With a center camp as its living heart, the gathering weaves art, music, and fire into a shared rhythm, culminating in the burning of the effigy. Co-created by the community for itself, Cosmic Burn is a place where the 10 Principles are lived in practice and imagination is set alight.

Come join us for a week-long camping event that brings the principles of Burning Man to Granite Falls in the Pacific Northwest. Every summer we gather together to embrace the spirit and vision of the playa as we build something new right here in the woods and mountains of home.

Lakes of Fire is the Great Lakes Region’s official Burning Man Regional Event and is conducted in accordance with the 10 Principles. It is an annual collaborative celebration of art and community, steeped in friendship, fire, and wonder. This event will be created for you, and by you – your creativity, art, and relentless enthusiasm are what makes it happen. Without you, there is no home to return to!

Transformus is an outdoor camping experience like nothing else that takes place in Westfield, North Carolina on the third weekend in July. It is a wild world of self-expression: Music, art, parades, games, performances, gatherings, meals, shows, and magic. This is where creativity runs wild, producing experiences that are seen nowhere else in the world. This is where one can be mystified, shocked, astounded, exhausted, exhilarated, and yet feel completely safe. This is where total strangers become best friends.

Built around a set of guiding principles, Modifyre reflects these ideas in our event and year-round community. We aim to create a temporary village built on a gift economy, fuelled by communal effort, lit with radical thinking, and filled with participatory art, theme camps, performance, workshops, music and, of course, fire. At the heart of this village is the bug, pollinating the seeds of our imagination. When the bug burns these seeds are spread far and wide, helping creativity blossom wherever they land. When we leave, we dismantle and take the village with us back to our everyday lives.

Nestled deep in the wild hills of New York’s southern tier, POrtalBurn offers a magical world filled with creativity and unbridled wonder. Here you will find delights for all; performances, art, gatherings, participatory events, a swimming pond, wooded trails, an overlook, and an indoor pavilion open to community events. Welcome to the intimate, creative, and transformative experience that is POrtalBurn.

What If is home to over 2,000 participants who gather each year to co-create a collaborative and magical environment unlike any other. The event is 100 percent volunteer-run and hosts hundreds of art projects, theme camps, sound stages, and participatory experiences, all imagined, built, and brought to life by the community itself.

Just like Tankwa Town, Decompression is your open sea – a blank canvas where you’re the captain, the artist, and the performer. So cast off from the shores of the everyday, bring your wildest costumes, shimmering art, and bubbling ideas, and let’s dip our toes back into the blue one more time!

RoBurn is a 1-week campout regional event in the heart of Romania. RoBurn is like capturing lightning in a bottle—it's deeply personal, ever-shifting. For some, it's the midnight jams; for others, the quiet dawn talks. One thing's certain: for the RoBurn Team, it's getting better every year… until someone inevitably sighs, "Last year was better."

Schönburn gives you the freedom to express yourself freely and interact with others on a base of respect and openness, and allows you to unfold your full creative potential.

The Third Degree is a fully immersive participatory experience which gathers the existing burner community and welcoming new friends. We invite you all to enjoy the lovely views and environment this wonderful site brings to us all.

We believe that when you come together and do what you love, magic happens. No, sorry, we don’t believe that… we witness it.

Chicago’s very own Regional Burn! An extended weekend brimming with creativity, connection, and unforgettable memories with the Bold Urban Renaissance Network (B.U.R.N.) at the breathtaking Camp Tuckabatchee in Ottawa, IL—just 1.5 hours from the heart of Chicago.

A celebration of light, color, and reflection. The annual Official Burning Man Regional event near Wichita, Kansas!

Iowa ..home… Hearths.. O Then a play on spelling.. Phyre… HearthsOPhyre. Homes of fire. We welcome you to our home. Into our hearts, warm you with our hearths and drink, food, love, fire. Welcome to Iowa.

Granite Burn is an official regional Burning Man event guided by the 10 principles. We’re taking over 45 acres in Chatham, New Hampshire from September 26-29. Expect a weekend of art, music, community, and surprises—build, create, explore, and connect with fellow adventurers in a space made for playing, thinking, and just being. The rock has awakened and the forest is ready!