Burning Man Festival - June 19, 2026
JRS: Burning Man is 40 ☀️ Gather Your Crew + Celebrate
The Jackrabbit Speaks by Burning Man Project | V30:#24 ...
| No images? Click here  Volume 30, Issue #24 | June 19, 2026   This weekend's solstice on Sunday, June 21 marks 40 years of Burning Man's audacious participatory creative culture. Since the first spark, more than one million people around the world have engineered wonder through grand and small acts of connection and creativity. And there's so much more to come. We're over the moon to be building the next 40 years of Burning Man with you. How will YOU light up the solstice to fan the flame? Share a Burning Man moment with the hashtag #next40burningman. Dive into a Journal post from Stuart Mangrum, Director of Burning Man's Philosophical Center. Peruse a new book, Out of Nothing, Everything, featuring illuminating interviews with Burning Man's founder, Larry Harvey. It's all below. Ready to help make the rocket go? In the Journal, members of Black Rock City's Emergency Services Department, and Gate, Perimeter, and Exodus explain how their work in the dust brings about a greater sense of belonging and purpose. Jump below to learn how you can join a Black Rock City crew. Sharpen your pencils! It's time to submit your Black Rock City happenings to Playa Events for inclusion in the WhatWhereWhen guide. The 2026 Queerburners Guide is seeking creative submissions. You have until July 20 to add names of departed Burners to the Remembrance Plaque placed in Black Rock City's Man Pavilion. If frolicking in a Pacific Northwest forest is your thing, get thee to What If?, an official Regional Event near Vancouver. Bring your questions about art, mutant vehicles, and creating a camp in Black Rock City to monthly office hours. Scroll for the goods. Want your Black Rock City 2026 tickets now, before OMG Sale registration opens? Jump into the Secure Ticket Exchange Program to buy safely at face value. How will YOU carry the spark forward?   The Man at 40  Since the beginning, Burning Man has explored a simple but powerful idea: many of life's most meaningful experiences come not from consuming, but from creating together. Burning Man's anniversary is a celebration of four decades of creative culture, and an invitation to imagine what we can build together over the next forty years. In a new Journal post Stuart Mangrum muses on Burning Man's big 4-0, how one man's wish to surround himself with interesting friends sparked a global cultural movement, and how Burning Man's future is writing itself in small, human moments. (Photo by George Post)  Light Up the Solstice with #next40burningman  We're rolling into a big weekend. Many of you will be gathering with your favorite humans to celebrate the solstice and Burning Man's 40th. However you illuminate the night — with dance, an effigy burn, participatory art, or storytelling — capture the moment and post it with the hashtag #next40burningman. We'll share as many of your stories as we can. Heavy Meta (Photo by Mattias Löw)  New Book: Out of Nothing, Everything: Conversations with Larry Harvey  In 2013 and 2015, writer Jeff Greenwald conducted a series of in-depth interviews with Burning Man's late founder, Larry Harvey. The conversations between Jeff and Larry are fascinating; they illuminate Larry's thoughts on culture, community, and the social purpose of Burning Man. In celebration of Burning Man's 40th year, we've published them as a book. Out of Nothing, Everything: Conversations with Larry Harvey is available to order, or you can use the coupon code below to download the EBook for free. Order the book or EBook on Book Baby (Photo by Stewart Harvey)  A City to Truly Call Your Own — Get Involved with Gate in BRC  The magic of Black Rock City is that we build it together. Every human who steps onto the playa has role in bringing this grand city to life. In a new Journal post, meet members of Gate, Perimeter, and Exodus (GPE), and Emergency Services Department (ESD) to learn how helping make the rocket go has enriched their Burn, and ignited a greater sense of purpose beyond the dust.
(Photo by Marc 'Derailleur' Bell)   Playa Events and WhatWhereWhen Submissions Are Open!  From disco pancakes to midnight confessions, Playa Events is the path for announcing activities and events you're hosting in Black Rock City. Submissions are now open! 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 Tarot Lounge in Center Camp (Photo by David Hulot)  Send Creative Submissions to the 2026 Queerburners Guide by July 9  The 2026 Queerburners Guide is expanding to feature stories, poetry, photography, art, hot takes, and snark from YOU. This is not the events submission form; it's intended for creative content only. If you have art or stories to share with Black Rock City's bustling LGBTQIA+ community and allies, be sure to submit it by the July 9 deadline. (Photo by Jared Mechaber)  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: Discobug (Photo by Amber Reynolds)  Add Names of Fallen Burners to the Remembrance Plaque by July 20  Each year since 1996, an anonymous Burner has created a plaque, placed in the Man Pavilion, to commemorate members of our community who have passed away the previous year. Please let us know of any Burners lost in the last year whose names you feel should be added to this year's Remembrance Plaque. Submissions must be received by July 20 to be included on this year's plaque. (Photo by Frank Roberto)   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 — 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: "Proteus" an Honoraria piece by Barbara Lietzow, 2025 (Photo by Mark Fromson)   What If? Feline Dream Machine — July 23 to 27 — British Columbia  Where: Merritt, British Columbia, Canada Come soak up the community vibes at a chill little burn in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. Join 2,000 participants and an embarrassment of local talent for five days of participatory creativity at this official Burning Man Regional Event, one of close to 100 hosted by local communities around the world. "What If?" you hopped in a car and came to check it out?   We were listening to... Charlotte de Witte B2B Enrico Sangiuliano @ Robot Heart, 2022 | 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 • 660 Alabama St. San Francisco, CA 94110 • 415-865-3800 |
