Burning Man Festival - May 22, 2025
JRS: Center Camp Callout + STEP Opens
The Jackrabbit Speaks by Burning Man Project | V29:#17 ...
| No images? Click here  Volume 29, Issue #17 | May 22, 2025   We've hit a milestone, dusty pals. One hundred days from today, the Man will be released by flames in Black Rock City. Looking ahead at those 100 days (and nights) so many magnificent moving parts will coalesce — from bold ideas, to logistics, to human infrastructure. Do you feel it? Black Rock City 2025 camp listings are now live, AND Playa Events registration opens June 18. In 2024 Center Camp shimmered 'round the clock with curious delights, performances, and the unmistakable hum of human connection. Let's do it again! For Tomorrow Today, the center of the city will come to life as Many Worlds' Fair — a grand exposition of wonders and happenings. YOU are invited to bring your work of art, shenanigans, games, workshops, and performances to Center Camp. Scroll to read about it and share your concept. You'll always find the freshest, most delicious Black Rock City 2025 ticketing updates right here. The Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP) is now open. STEP enables you to resell your tickets and vehicle passes safely and securely, and purchase them as they become available. There will be another ticket sale too — the OMG Sale this summer. More below! Every month, good folks in the Art department, Volunteer Connect, Department of Mutant Vehicles and Placement answer YOUR questions in person. Find the next Office Hours dates below. Everywhere, artists are hard at work making creations that will bend your mind and make your heart burst. Keep reading to learn how you can support the Temple, and other Black Rock City art crews. Are you in the UK? Burning Nest awaits you! Still finding dust in unusual places?   Purchase & Resell Black Rock City Tickets via STEP — Now Open  Black Rock City beckons! Open your imagination to a city of grand possibilities and small wonders, built by YOU. There are still plenty of ways to secure your ticket; the Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP) is officially open — it’s the only guaranteed safe way to resell and purchase tickets and vehicle passes outside of regular sales. The OMG Sale, later this summer, will be the next public ticket sale. This year STEP is powered by our partner Tixel, who already supports ticket exchanges for multiple international Regional events. Learn more on the Ticketing page (Photo by Amber Skelley)  The Heart of Black Rock City is calling, and YOU are invited!  This year Center Camp will blossom as a living exposition of multiversal possibility. Prepare to add your creativity to an interdimensional gathering of inventors, performers, storytellers, zone-creators, and time-traveling mischief-makers — the theme: The Many Worlds’ Fair. Center Camp organizers are looking for collaborators and creators to join in building The Many Worlds’ Fair by bringing workshops, interactive games, exhibits, midnight performances, and all manner of shenanigans. Center Camp is yours to co-create — submissions are now open! Be sure to submit your concept by end of day, June 15.
Black Rock Philharmonic plays in Center Camp, 2024 (Photo by Frank Roberto)  Black Rock City 2025 Camp Listings are Now Live  Want to know which camps are bringing their wild and eclectic interactivity to Tomorrow Today? Looking for a camp? The 2025 Black Rock City Camp Listings are live! Most of these listings include contact information; reach out and say hello to the camps that make your heart sing. Note: 2025 Camp Listings represent camps that applied for placement, but being listed does not mean a camp was selected for placement! (Photo by Diego Razera)  WhatWhereWhen Guide & Playa Events Registration Opens June 18  Start drafting your sparkling prose for those playa events you're hosting. Submissions open June 18 for the printed WhatWhereWhen guide and the online Playa Events calendar. New for this year: event descriptions are now shorter so there can be more listings in the WhatWhereWhen guide! To submit events, you must log in to Playa Events with your Burner Profile on or after June 18. Here are important dates:
Learn more about submitting your event (Photo by Julia Nelson-Gal)   Support Burning Man Project  Last year was my first burn. It was truly life changing. I shed tears of remembrance in the Temple and tears of awe on the playa admiring the amazing art... My donations were a small way of saying thanks and contributing to the beautiful community we create every year. As the anticipation builds for Black Rock City, we’re right there with you, dreaming of the art, connection, and magic. Black Rock City doesn’t rise on dreams alone. It’s built by a community that gives back. Your support powers year-round efforts — from awe-inspiring Honoraria art to the Ticket Aid Program that keeps Burning Man financially accessible. Now is the perfect time to give back. To learn about various ways to give, or direct your gift to a specific area or program, email [email protected]. (Photo by Rand Larson)  Support "Temple of the Deep" and Black Rock City Art  The Black Rock City 2025 Temple needs your support. "Temple of the Deep" by Miguel Arraiz Garcia is deeply connected to the Black Rock Desert, drawing inspiration from a fractured rock — an opening to vulnerability, loss, and transformation. When you support the Temple, you help fund materials, transportation, and the incredible team of builders and volunteers bringing this vision to life. Donate to "Temple of the Deep" Black Rock City artists from around the world are hard at work building awe-inspiring works of art destined for the playa. They need your support to acquire materials, build their piece and transport it to the dust. Linked below is a list of projects seeking funding; find one that inspires you to contribute or get involved! If you are interested in directly supporting artists or the Temple, these gifts will not be directed to Burning Man Project. You will be directed to give via the artist's crowdfunding platform; your gift may or may not be tax-deductible. (Rendering courtesy of the Temple team)   Listen to "Thunderdome’s Leadership Lessons" on Burning Man LIVE  Thunderdome has been part of Black Rock City for 25 years. Marisa Winter has led it for most of that time. One need not experience it to benefit from the wisdom of a high-profile, high-intensity theme camp. In the newest Burning Man LIVE podcast episode, Marisa and Stuart talk through the endlessly applicable leadership practices that result in Thunderdome’s chaotic harmony of performance, showmanship, and cathartic “consensual violence.”   Calling All Friendly Beings — Be a Greeter in Black Rock City!  Do you like hugging, bells, triangles and pointing at things? Do you like making hundreds of friends in mere minutes? You may be a Greeter, one of the friendly humans who welcomes participants to Black Rock City, hands out the WhatWhereWhen guide, and encourages newbies to ring the bell and roll in the dust. Browse this list to learn about other ways your skills and passion can help bring Black Rock City 2025 to life; then fill out the Volunteer Questionnaire and select Greeters or whichever team strikes your fancy. Fill out the Volunteer Questionnaire (Photo by @Espressobuzz) Campfire Talks: Using Outside Services — June 3 — Online  Where: Online Campfire Talks, hosted by the Camp Network Team, connects theme camp organizers around the virtual campfire to share stories and knowledge, and discuss timely topics. June's edition — Using Outside Services and Remaining Radically Self Reliant — unpacks the do’s and don’ts of Outside Services (OSS). We’ll discuss common pitfalls and invite reflection on how various choices impact community and culture.  New for 2025: Office Hours with Vol Connect, DMV, Art & Placement  Have questions about how to bring art, register a mutant vehicle, or start a theme camp in Black Rock City? Or are you curious about volunteering? Volunteer Connect, the Art department, Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV), and Placement are hosting monthly office hours to assist you with all your queries. RSVP below. Volunteer Connect Office Hours Art Office Hours Department of Mutant Vehicles Office Hours Placement Office Hours Vehicles in line at DMV (Photo by Michael H. Whitten)   Burning Nest: Beneath the Aether — May 26 to June 2 — United Kingdom  Where: Devon, UK If you're anywhere near the UK at the end of May, get thee to Burning Nest, a seven day co-created experience of art, community, celebration and silliness. Let free your inner artist, bring your best shenanigans and enjoy the offerings, the love and the spectacle that we will create together. What beautiful, magical and pleasurable delights will you bring Beneath the Aether? There are still tickets!  We were listening to... Fleetmac Wood @ Robot Heart, Black Rock City 2017 | Listen on Soundcloud   Burning Man Project on Facebook   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 |
