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Welcome to our Burning Man Survival Guide. We hope our tips help it make The Best Burn EVER!
Welcome to our Burning Man Survival Guide. We hope our tips help it make The Best Burn EVER!
Embark on an Unforgettable Journey at Black Rock City.
Are you gearing up for your first Burning Man Festival? You're in the right place! Our website offers a comprehensive collection of essential guides, practical how-to tips, and detailed checklists, ensuring you're fully prepared for the extraordinary adventure that awaits in Black Rock City. Created by seasoned festival attendees, our resources are tailored to help you navigate the unique, challenging, and exhilarating environment of Burning Man.
Please note, we are an independent site and not affiliated with the Official Burning Man Organization. We are not affiliated with Burning Man Organization in any way.
Burning Man is more than an art festival; it's a life-changing experience that demands careful preparation. From the dusty plains to extreme weather conditions, we've got you covered with all the information you need for a safe and thrilling experience. Dive into our treasure trove of advice for the most amazing adventure of your life:
Embrace The 10 Principles of Burning Man
Access our comprehensive Guides & Checklists
Stay updated on Upcoming Burning Man Event
Check out the Burner Store for links to essential Burning Man Camping gear.
The Sandstorms at Burning Man can be intense. Make sure you have the proper protection, before you head off to The Playa. A good pair of goggles and desert scarf go a long way to making sure you don’t freak out.
Listen to some tips from Old School Burners that have been to Burning Man more than a few times. Great tips!
Burning Man safety and preparation tips, including weather, water, food, wind, self-reliance, dust, first aid and more.
Burning Man preparation tips, including packing for self-reliance, bikes, art cars, MOOP, and leaving no trace.
Burning Man preparation tips, including travel, transportation, exodus, ridesharing, foot protection, porta-potty etiquette, gray water disposal, oil drips, and kids at Burning Man.
Burning Man is NOT a RAVE in THE DESERT. It’s the most amazing ART FESTIVAL in the world. It is made amazing because of the 10 principles. Make sure you understand the 10 Principles of Burning Man. Halcyon tells us more.
Burning Man culture tips, including Black Rock City civics, community services, law enforcement, participation, decommodification, gifting, photography and boundaries (e.g. consent).
Phoenix Firestarter of the Burning Man Playa Restoration crew talks about wood chips, why they're a nuisance and how to deal with them.
Use painter tape to protect your camera and electronics on the Playa. That dust is known to kill electronics, this at least helps battle that.
Leave No Trace Public Service Announcements from the Black Rock City Department of Public Works: Playa Restoration!
Anyone who has been to Burning Man before can tell you that it is an extremely harsh and challenging environment physically, emotionally, and culinarily! Come hear two veteran burners/culinary team members talk about the best ways to set up your Burning Man kitchen/food plan. You'll come away with some useful recipes and vital Burning Man tips & tricks. Who knows, you may even find your playa carpool buddy!
Credits: Speaker : Mirit Cohen, Speaker : Michael Whelpley
Burning Man doesn’t have normal cars riding around. We’ve got Art Cars or AKA Mutant Vehicles. No regular cars are allowed on the playa, so if you don’t have some crazy car, either hitch a ride or ride your bike.
Film and Music by Roy Two Thousand roy2k.com/ (roy2k.bandcamp.com/track/lake-of-dreams)
Additional footage by August Winkelman and Connor McNeill
Produced by Roy Two Thousand and Crystal Dawn Davis
Drums and Percussion by Anthony Mogli Maureal
Ignite is a documentary directed and produced by filmmaker Ryan Moore ("Manny narrated by Liam Neeson") featuring original score produced by the Grammy Award winning team behind "Mission Impossible: Fallout", "The Dark Knight" and "Inception". A cinematic experience into Burning Man, Ignite pays tribute to the community that builds this temporary desert world once each year.
🧑🍳 Egg Freshness Hack! 🥚
Not sure if your eggs are still fresh? Here’s a quick and easy hack! Fill a cup with water and gently place your egg in it:
🥚 Floats? It’s bad—time to toss it.
🥚 Stands on the bottom? It’s okay but might be going bad soon.
🥚 Lays flat on the bottom? It’s fresh and good to go!
This simple trick saves you from cracking a bad egg! 🍳
#BurnerGuides #EggHack #KitchenTips #FoodSafety #CookingHacks #FreshEggs
Gear Checklist
Download this handy checklist from Travelgrom to make sure you've got everything you need before you head out to The Playa.
Official Survival Guide
This is the official Survival Guide from Burning Man Organization. A MUST READ before you go.
Maps and Directions
Make sure you know how to get to the Playa. A couple wrong turns in the Desert can lead to disaster.
Kiwiburn is celebrating 20 years in 2024, with a theme to reflect that milestone, two decades of Burning in New Zealand. “Decadance is a mashup of decades and dancing, and is a callback to early Kiwiburn art themes such as Megamorphosis and Elementality. We’re dancing through the decades like we dance through a fire labyrinth. Kiwiburn changes, but we’ll keep dancing on into the future.”
Home is Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, West Virginia, a short distance from Morgantown.
Frostburn 2024 will once again be held over President Day weekend in February.
Love Burn was founded as a Regional Burning Man camping event for friends to grow a happy, prosperous community that encourages interactive art. Over the years, The Love Burn has grown from a small group to thousands of builders, creators, artists, doers, musicians, and friends.
Emergence 2025 Portals In Time will take place March 20 - 24, 2025 at The Woodlands, just outside Charleston, South Carolina.
AfrikaBurn is a community of participants who come together to create art, costume, performance, theme camps, music, mutant vehicles and much, much more. All of this is created through a volunteer and gifting culture.
The main annual AfrikaBurn event takes place in the Tankwa Karoo, located between the Northern Cape and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa, usually at the end of April every year.
InterFuse is a Midwest Regional Burn – a yearly camping event that takes place in May, and adheres to the 10 principles of burning Man. The goal of InterFuse is to unite in the celebration of art, fire, and life. We build a temporary city of tents, domes, light, dance, fire and music, revel in our community for the duration of the event, and then pack everything out to leave no trace.
ONTARIO REGIONAL BURNING MAN EVENT
SideBurn is a camping, arts and cultural event held near Stone Mills, Ontario where like-minded people come together to radically express themselves, share their art and offerings, and take part in creating an experience for each other.
Ignite Burn
On a beautiful jewel of land nestled in Virginia, we gather in the Spring to play, learn, and burn. Listen closely and you'll hear the beautiful call of the peacocks calling you to Ignite!
https://www.burningflipside.com/
Burning Flipside (or Flipside) is an annual effigy burn, display of creative arts, and self-expression of performances staged in Central Texas near Austin. Modeled on and associated with Burning Man, Flipside was the first regional Burning Man event. Lasting five days during the Memorial Day weekend
Playa del Fuego (PDF) is the Mid-Atlantic’s oldest Regional Burning Man Event. 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.
