Regional burns & burner communities

A Gerlach nonprofit devoted to stewardship, education and responsible recreation across the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon lands that burners call home…

The official French Burning Man community association, founded in 2007, which connects burners across France. It runs the Crème Brûlée regional burn, the…

A volunteer-powered nonprofit that builds large-scale collaborative art, much of it for Black Rock City, on the belief that anyone can help build big art. It…

Flashpoint Artists Initiative is the Georgia nonprofit behind Alchemy, the state's October regional burn. Alchemy is pausing for 2026 to rebuild its footing,…

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 Oakland artist collective and nonprofit known for playa landmarks such as the Raygun Gothic Rocketship and the Nautilus Submarine art car. It mentors…

Engulf is a Louisiana regional arts experience inspired by Burning Man, held each November on private land near Kentwood. It is run by the nonprofit Engulf…

Emergence is a small spring regional burn held just outside Charleston. It is an inclusive, cooperative community that builds the weekend together through…

Utah's only sanctioned Burning Man regional, a nonprofit that hosts a solstice-week desert gathering of art, fire and community each June.

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

A volunteer-run Shanghai burner community focused on interactive art, music and fire, behind China's regional burn. The event is paused for 2026 but the…

An LA nonprofit that produces Venice Afterburn, the beachside regional event that brings art cars, theme camps and installations to Venice Beach.

The Colorado regional group that produces Denver DeCOmp, the state's official decompression, and runs the Denver Regional Fund for local art.

DC Burners is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) for the burner community of DC, Maryland and Virginia, founded in 2025 with open books and an elected board. It keeps a…

Coracle is North Carolina's November regional burn, named for a small woven round boat and run by volunteers with no vending or sponsors. It is a weekend of…

Connecticut's burner community draws people from New Haven, Hartford, Middletown, New London and towns in between. Members hold regular meetups in Middletown…

A member-based not-for-profit that builds community through art and participatory events. It produces Underland, a regional Victorian gathering run on the Ten…

Chicago's all-volunteer costumed shopping cart race and food drive, a much-loved winter tradition in the local burner scene. Teams build wild carts and raise…

A volunteer-run, free, all-ages fire performance and drum gathering that has lit up Chicago parks and beaches on summer evenings for more than twenty years.…

Carolina Burners links the burner communities of the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) and coastal North Carolina. Members share local gatherings and…

Burnt Oranges is Central Florida's original burn community and the nonprofit behind Florida Afterburn, the state's official regional. It funds theme camps and…

An official UK regional burn held each spring at a private site near Newton Abbot in Devon. It is built by its participants with camps, art and a strong focus…

The nonprofit behind Black Rock City and the global Regional Network, headquartered in San Francisco's Mission District. It also runs Fly Ranch, the art and…

Burning Man Project's Northern Nevada office in downtown Reno, the gateway city most burners pass through on the way to the playa.