Regional burns & playas in Canada

The riverside land near Merritt where Vancouver's regional burn, What If (formerly Burn in the Forest), builds its temporary village each July. Thousands of…

A volunteer-run, non-profit art and technology makerspace in Toronto's west end with wood, metal, welding and electronics shops. It is a long-standing build…

The rural land near Stone Mills in eastern Ontario where SideBurn, the province's regional burn, sets up its temporary arts and camping community each May.

A Vancouver electronic music camp collective run by veteran burners that brings a full sound stage, lights and lounge to What If each summer. The crew grew out…

The volunteer nonprofit that represents Alberta's burner community in the Burning Man Regional Network, with members concentrated in Calgary and Edmonton. LEA…

A large festival and camping park in the Cowichan Valley that serves as the home of Otherworld, Vancouver Island's regional burn. Beyond the burn it hosts…

The Vancouver Island arts society that produces Otherworld, the island's official Burning Man regional event. Kindle Arts also offers art grants, volunteer…

The volunteer-run nonprofit behind Burning Man Vancouver's official regional events, including the What If summer burn near Merritt and the Dustcovery…

Toronto's main burner organizing team and the producer of SideBurn, Ontario's official Burning Man regional event. The collective and wider Toronto community…

An all-volunteer Ontario nonprofit that produces Toronto's official Burning Man decompression, an evening of immersive art, music and performance for the local…

Badlands land about twenty minutes south of Drumheller where Alberta's Dino Burn gathers for a long weekend of participation, art and community. The exact…

Montreal's bilingual burner community and its nonprofit, which produces the annual taBURNak! decompression and supports L'OsstidBurn, Quebec's regional burn.…