10 Regional Burner Parties That Are Better Than Burning Man

Ca n’t afford ticket to Burning Man this year ( $ 390 ? ! ? ! WTF ? ) ? Ca n’t stick out the junk … or the crowd ? “ Radical comprehension ” is the very first rule Burning Man abides by , and that principle , wonderful as it is , has led the issue to swell over the years from a few dozen hoi polloi to a few hundred to , in the past few years , well over 60,000 people – include the likes of Susan Sarandon and Mark Zuckerberg .

fortuitously , burn Man is far from the only ( and probably not even the good ) party that burner discombobulate across the land and the world every yr . burner host many " regional " Burning Man case , where far fewer hoi polloi gather to bosom the10 Burning Man rule , altogether set stuff on blast , and do all the other thing that attracted citizenry to the middle of a Nevada desert in the first place . Here are 10 regional burns to put on your calendar :

Playa del Fuego

Where : Odessa , DelawareWhen : Memorial Day weekend and Columbus Day weekendHow many people:1,200What set off as a beach barbecue on the Maryland shoring , thrown by 20 multitude who ’d been to the original Burning Man , has grown into the prescribed Mid - Atlantic regional event . Now moved to a dimension in Delaware owned by the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club , there ’s a extend pavilion , a tumid stage , tons of portable john , and generally a piddling more civilization than most other burns offering .

Burning Flipside

Where : Rockdale , TexasWhen : Memorial DayHow many people:3,000Each Memorial Day weekend the old regional burning establishes the " City of Pyropolis " on the sprawl campsite of the Apache Pass River Theatre an hr or so northeast of Austin , generate a few thousand multitude an early chance to get their burn on . The issue hew closely to the core principles , like no purchasing or sell anything , no freeriding , no trace go away behind , etc . , so it makes sense that the theme of this year ’s issue is " No . "

Midburn

Where : The Negev Desert , IsraelWhen : Mid - JuneHow many people:6,800This event is all about build residential district , both figuratively and literally in the middle of the desert , which has help it become one of the world ’s largest regionals in just two short geezerhood . The desert set , combined with all the usual themed encampment and inflammable nontextual matter , makes Midburn probably the close thing to going back in meter to the other years of Burning Man . All without having to go anywhere near Reno .

Nowhere

Where : Castejon de Monegros , Northern SpainWhen : Early JulyHow many People:2,000Yes , it ’s in the middle of the summertime . Yes , it ’s in the desert . But there ’s one matter separating this burn in the rugged mountains of Northern Spain from the original event : except for a few fire twirlers ’ batons , nothing here gets set on attack – the field is at too great a risk of wildfires .

Transformus

Where : Mills River , North CarolinaWhen : JulyHow many people:2,300Posted up on a speckle of land outside Asheville in the Blue Mountains , Transformus promises a " camping experience like no other , " and given that most burns are n’t held somewhere with hike track , two lakes suitable for swimming , and shady spots to loiter away the summertime , it ’s probably right .

Burning Seed

Where : Matong State Forest , New South Wales , AustraliaWhen : Late September - early OctoberHow many people:5,000A new - ish sunburn in " Red Earth City " ( as opposed to Burning Man ’s Black Rock City ) in a lavish state forest on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri masses ( with their permission , of course ) , BS does n’t BS about … well , anything , really . Seriously , they further the great unwashed to stay on site during the festival by charge people to leave .

Alchemy

Where : LaFayette , GeorgiaWhen : First weekend in OctoberHow many people:3,400Held on a farm about 100 miles northwest of Atlanta , Alchemy is celebrating its tenth year , so by nature the motif this year is " Decadence " ( get it ? ! ) – albeit without running water or electrical energy . But whatever , people seem to like what the organizers are doing because it ’s quickly grown into the largest burn mark in the US .

Kiwiburn

Where : Hunterville , New ZealandWhen : recent JanuaryHow many people:1,000Promising " no fundamental stage or headline human activity , no queues and very few crowds , just a series of surprisal , " this very DIY festival was started by a dude hold out in Reno who stumbled on Burning Man while camp down back in 1994 , then resolve to host his own adaptation 10 years later on after moving back home to new Zealand . Today the case ’s held on his private farm , and nitty-gritty around a mini - village where people can host workshops , put on performances , and even buy deoxyephedrine , which is the only matter for sale at the full fete .

FrostBurn

Where : Masontown , West VirginiaWhen : Mid - FebruaryHow many people:400Boasting well less nudity than the original Burning Man , in part because naked people have to appease in a assign area , but mostly because it is frickin ' cold , this winter company has withal been " make unique ways to share our passion " since 2008 . Its decision to sell firewood sounds like a skillful start .

AfrikaBurn

Where : Near the Tankwa Karoo National Park , South AfricaWhen : previous AprilHow many people : Around 9,000For over a decade the largest burn in the world ( besides the archetype in the Black Rock Desert , evidently ) has been held on a dry patch of secret farm in South Africa called Stonehenge . AfrikaBurn is strew with the common themed campground and flammable art for four days every outflow . And if that ’s not enough , it ’s properly next to a interior ballpark so you may check out everything from meerkat to honey badgers on the way home .

AfrikaBurn