Burning Man Festival - June 14, 2026
JRS: β€οΈβπ₯ Light Up the Solstice + DPW Wants You
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| No images? Click here  Volume 30, Issue #23 | June 14, 2026   Forty years ago on the solstice, friends gathered to burn a Man on a San Francisco Beach. Today around the world, Burning Man inspires more than a million people to live more creative, connected lives. On Sunday, June 21 YOU are invited to light up the solstice in a simultaneous, global celebration of this audacious milestone. Jump below for details. We've hit that moment when the participation section gets a little... (ahem) hefty. Black Rock City teams are recruiting! Get involved with Department of Public Works; the city's hub for gathering and shenanigans, Center Camp Canopy; or the data gathers at Census. Find your crew and help make the rocket go! Have questions about art, a mutant vehicle, or theme camps and open camping? Join office hours with Art, Department of Mutant Vehicles, and Placement. If you're hosting an activity or event in Black Rock City 2026, WhatWhereWhen guide submissions open Thursday, June 18. Tap into it all, right here. Find your people at fun and connective events. Tickets are still available for the Burners Without Borders Solstice Summit June 18 to 21. Meanwhile in Europe, RoBurn gathers Burners in Romania late July. Let's make some art! Venice AfterBurn launched an art grant for its October Regional Event. Scroll for the links. Eager to score tickets to Black Rock City 2026? Tickets are available now via the Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP). Now let's create the next 40 years.   Light Up the Solstice to Celebrate 40 Years of Burning Man  June 21, the solstice, marks the 40th anniversary of Burning Man. Together let's reflect on this astonishing journey, and imagine the next four decades of Burning Man and this radiant global cultural movement. Wherever you are, and however you burn, YOU are invited to light up the solstice in a simultaneous celebration of that first spark β¨. Gather with friends, build an effigy, dance beneath the stars, illuminate the night, host a campout, spin fire π₯. Share your celebration with the hashtag #next40burningman. Weβll do our best to highlight as many moments as we can! (Photo by Mark Fromson)  Participate and Build the City with the Department of Public Works  If you thrive on the grit, the dust, and the beautiful chaos of building a city from scratch in the open desert, you belong with the Department of Public Works (DPW). DPW is the backbone of Black Rock City. Ask any crew member β the experience IS the reward. Youβre working hard alongside some of the most interesting people youβll ever meet and playing hard when the shift ends like you've earned it. As a DPW member, you get to live the version of Burning Man that most people never get to see. Choose your Adventure:
Are you ready to join this dusty carny crew? (Photo by John Curley)  Score Your Black Rock City 2026 Tickets Today via STEP  Eager to have your Black Rock City 2026 ticket in hand? Buy tickets now via the Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP), where anyone can safely buy and resell tickets and vehicle passes. STEP is powered by our partner Tixel, which also supports ticket exchanges for several Regional Events. Applications for the Ticket Aid and Resilience programs are also open. The next public ticket sale, the OMG Sale, is coming in July. Gather your crew and plan your shenanigans. You're going to Burning Man! (Photo by Mattias LΓΆw)  Playa Events and WhatWhereWhen Submissions Open June 18  From sunrise tea ceremonies to clown yoga, show tune singalongs to crafternoons beneath the Center Camp Canopy, Playa Events is the path for announcing activities and events you're hosting in Black Rock City. 2026 Playa Events registration opens Thursday, June 18 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 9pm CET. If you mark your event public, it will appear on the Playa Events website, printed WhatWhereWhen guide, API for mobile apps, kiosks and the Playa Info directory in Black Rock City. You must submit events by 5pm PT on June 25 for potential inclusion in the WhatWhereWhen guide, which the Greeters hand out when participants arrive in Black Rock City. Visit Playa Events to learn more (Photo by Espressobuzz)   Bring Your Gift, Your Act, Your Participation to the Center Camp Canopy  Calling all creatives and shenanigan-makers! At the heart of the 6:00 Plaza, the Center Camp Canopy is a 24/7 crossroads for big ideas and small moments. From morning yoga to midnight games, wine tastings to coffee chats, if it invites others into the shared kaleidoscope of the Canopy, it belongs here. The pivotal part? Itβs created by YOU, Black Rock citizen. Whether itβs your first Burn or your 20th, the Canopy is the cityβs easy on-ramp to participation. Gather your friends and bring your great ideas to life. Here's how to participate:
Start where you are. Bring what youβve got. (Photo by Michael Whitten)  Join the Black Rock City Census Team  Black Rock City Census is a collaborative research project with the goal of learning more about the participants who make up Black Rock City. They're looking for awesome humans like YOU to gather data from participants at Gate and the Airport, to interact with visitors to the Census lab, enter data, and more. Learn more & sign in with your Burner Profile to participate (Photo by Jane Hu)  Participate in Art, Placement, and DMV Office Hours  Planning to bring your vision to life in Black Rock City 2026? You likely have questions about how it all works. All are invited to ask anything at monthly virtual office hours with the Art department, Department of Mutant Vehicles, and Placement. Art Office Hours - for questions about bringing art to Black Rock City, and the resources Burning Man Project provides to support artists: Department of Mutant Vehicles Office Hours - for questions about bringing mutant and accessibility vehicles to Black Rock City: Placement Office Hours - for questions about camping, including open camping and bringing a theme camp to the dust. July will be the final Placement Office Hours before Black Rock City: (Photo by Hannes Haefele)  Apply Now for Venice AfterBurn 2026 Art Grants  For the first time, Venice AfterBurn is offering larger grants to support artists building new installations for the 2026 Venice, California Regional Event October 10 and 11. These expanded grants offer awards up to $3,000 to fund free-standing installations. Organizers encourage art that inspires interaction, play, and connection. Applications are open now; apply by June 30. (Photo by Curious Josh)   Support Burning Man Project and Bring Art to Life  Every year, Honoraria grants support more than 70 artists in bringing big and small art projects to life β creating the grand and intimate, interactive and awe-inspiring works that define Black Rock City. Philanthropic support directly fuels these projects, powering innovation, collaboration, and shared experience. Consider making a donation to help ensure the Black Rock City Honoraria Program continues to spark Burning Man's extraordinary creative spirit. Donate to Support Burning Man Art Art: βDisco Snail,β an Honoraria piece by Alissa Oliveira & the Alpine Arts Collective, 2025 (Photo by Philip Safarik)   Burners Without Borders Solstice Summit β June 18-21 β Fly Ranch  Where: Fly Ranch, Nevada Where do the creative change-makers come to refresh, renew, and reconnect? Burners Without Borders (BWB) Solstice Summit is a four-day, radically-self-reliant, off-grid gathering focused on building, learning and celebrating together. Come get to know BWB, a grassroots community network that supports volunteers in innovative regeneration, relief, and community resiliency projects. The Summit will take place at Fly Ranch, Burning Man Projectβs rural center for art and civic engagement located in Northern Nevada. This year's summit theme, The Living Ritual, asks participants to consider: with so much burning in the world today, what do we tend? If you're interested in sustainability, community-building, or regenerative culture this might be the gathering for you. (Photo by Kyle Kesterson) RoBurn β July 27 - August 3 β Romania  Where: ΘtefΔnel, Romania Somewhere in Romania, a new burn is beginning to glow. RoBurn is calling artists, performers, builders, storytellers, and curious humans who want to create something unforgettable together. We dream about the kind of moments that only exist because people chose to build them together. If youβve ever wanted to co-create a new Regional Event, this is your invitation.   We were listening to... PeachDelight @ Under the Bridge Collective, OtherWorld 2025 | Listen on Soundcloud   Burning Man Journal: The paper of record for Burning Man culture   Post Request: Credits: More Information: Previous Editions of the Jackrabbit Speaks: Subscribe & Unsubscribe:    You are receiving this because of your interest in and support of Burning Man Project. Burning Man Project β’ 660 Alabama St. San Francisco, CA 94110 β’ 415-865-3800 |
