2023 Hitchhiker’s Guide Event List

DJ Line up:
11pm-12: Teak & Joe’s Wedding
12-1am: Teak
1-2am: Jamie Schwinn
2-3am: Illuminati Beatz
3-4am: Chris Carter
4-5am: Ammi

Bring your Booty and shake it

Ghouls, ghouls, ghouls! Come let our fang-tastic crew both terrify and excite you with a horror-themed strip show. Sign up on our performer’s list before the event and perform yourself, if you dare! All genders, skill, and confidence levels welcome (18+ ONLY!). If you’ve got it, haunt it. Wristbands will be given out indicating if you would like performers to interact with you or keep their distance. Either way, we’ll be sure to put a spell on you.

Something to sit on

Come get some pancakes with Syrupy Buttery goodness (some carbs in your belly before bed)!

Friday: Located at the Temple of Demeter (Grain), in the LoveLab Village Sound Camp.

If you so choose, you may bring an offering of snacks to the Temple of Demeter at any time… So we can all snack on each other’s snacks (snack donations not required to attend).

Saturday: Same location, but it’s the “Bears in Space” party. Feed the Bears and yourselves! (Did we mention snacks?)

Bring your hungry bellies (Snacks are optional)!

Come sip some tea, watch the sunrise, and contemplate the wonders of the universe in silence or quiet discussion. At 7:15 Kristin will lead anyone interested in a good morning stretch. We’ll have a limited number of yoga mats, so please bring your own if you have one.

mug for tea or coffee, yoga mat for stretching

Immerse yourself in a weekend of catharsis and creation with our Unicorn corn husk effigies. Pour your heart and soul into crafting your personalized fire pony, and find release when it ascends in flames, embodying rebirth and renewal. Going all weekend.

Eco Friendly effigy supplies

We will stretch our sillies out and pretend to be different animals using kids yoga cards. If you’d like to pretend you’re an animal or a tree this session is for you. All ages welcome.

Pittsburgh Trash Mermaid presents coffee and tea services with dark and chill soundtrack. Start your day the most pleasant way.

Cups, thirst

Come on by The Upcycle workshop to learn about our broken recycling system! No but really come see how we turn post consumer #2 recycled plastic into new a useful things like carabiners and other housewares! (and Grab yourself a Recycled plastic carabiner to attach your cup to your pants or bag! Woo!) We’ll be doing melting demos and answering questions from 10am – 12pm on Sat & Sun!

Clean and Dry #2 Plastic if you got any! A burning desire to learn about recycling is a plus too!

Lounge as our baristas serve up cold brew, pour overs, tea and more to start your day off right.

Drink vessel

The Mimosa Train is going off tracks this season and will be stationed at Camp Lazer Grand Station for the entire morning of Saturday. Instead of waiting for the train, you’ll have to walk to the platform to be rewarded with the sweet, sweet ambrosia of mimosa. Good while supplies last. Non-alcoholic orange juice also provided.

Drinking vessel

Hawksnest will be bringing our BIG soup pot and asking everyone to stop, add to the deliciousness and check on the soup as the day progresses. Soups on at 6PM, bring a bowl, spoon and cup and we will also have tasty bread and some fun beers to share. Nonvegetarian event.

bowl, cup, spoon and your appetite!

Load up on carbs for burn day! Devour a bowl of your favorite breakfast cereal. Milk and oat milk will be available.

A bowl and spoon

Join us as we read beautiful picture books that illustrate some of the principles of Burning Man. We’ll discuss how we can live these principles at the burn and in the default world. Intended for kids, but all kids at heart are welcome.

Pancakes and mimosas, made just for you by our array of Flakey chefs. Ask for a heaping serving of flakes with your pancakes! Vegan options for pancakes will be available. ID required for mimosas.

Plates, cups, and an appetite

Let’s move our bodies and connect! Join our circle of gym membership dropouts as we pass around the Holy Handweight. When it gets to you, you can lead a favorite stretch, or pilates exercise, or yoga movement, or zumba groove, or what have you – or pass it along to the next participant if you don’t want to lead. Drop in whenever you want; stay as long as you want; rest as much as you want.

A sense of humor and, if possible, something to lay on such as a towel or mat. We will also have some available.

Stop by and put together your own custom trail mix blend. Do you like to lick sweet or salty from your fingertips? Either way, we’ve got you! Like nuts in your mouth? We’ve got you! Don’t like nuts? There’s no snack shaming here! Feeling fruity, spicy…or BOTH? We’ve got you! We will provide an assortment of items to choose from and we want you to eat our fucking snacks. *available as a self-serve station daily, while supplies last* (inspo credit: Rev. JackAssHolio, LoveBurn 2022)

peckishness

Dive deep into the world of Intentional Communities and uncover the unique economic models that underpin their sustainability and growth. Engage in a group discussion on the challenges and rewards of community-centric living. This event is ideal for those curious about alternative living and its economic implications.

The usual place, the usual time is listed. See you there.

If you’re hungry for Glory then our Wholesome barbecue will be right up your alley (or Mad Dog Memory Lane, if you’re nasty). Ask us about our Hot Chicagos and Turbo Lovers.

NO HANDS

Hi! Come learn about what Sanctuary is, the fascinating volunteering details, and how we can all help support each other in our Home Universe of Constellation this year! As always, we could use and would LOVE extra volunteers, especially Shift Leads! Please reach out to Erin Furlong, your FlyingButterfly, or Salem, AKA Teddy, if you are interested in signing up as a Shift Lead, or just have questions! Welcome Home.*~

Intrigue, curiosity, compassion, a mind craving knowledge, and a cup for a beverage

Tantalize your taste buds with tea and tasty things. Squish suggests sharing scones and sweet sips with silly someones. Wear whimsical outfits!

Want to help keep your fire-spinning friends safe? Learn how to be a fire safety!
Topics include:
-how to let spinners know if –oops!– they’re on fire!
-how to extinguish props and people with a fire blanket
-how to not get burned in the process
There will even be a chance to practice putting out props and people with a fire blanket at the end of the session!

Your sober self, dressed in natural fibers

Do you like fancy cocktails with epicurean ingredients? Mixologists RedHat and Mayor Bob invite you to choose from our drink menu and we’ll shake up some classic drinks. Extra points if you wear a cocktail dress, bow tie, or the like!
BYOC or use one of our martini glasses

cup

Sign up sheet for the talent show will be available from 1-2pm at Dirt Go Brrr! If you are interested in signing up for the show but aren’t sure you can make it there between 1-2, you can stop at Camp U-CAN-LELE throughout the burn prior to this time to sign up.

Come to a hour of singing circle songs—short repeating songs that can be more easily picked up on than traditional verse refrain verse songs. Friday at 1pm we will practice LoveLab love songs for the wedding, Saturday at 1pm will be fiery chants for Effigy. Sunday at 3pm will be shadow songs, songs that allow us to collectively grieve in sustainable ways for Temple, to be sung after the silence is broken. We will practice at the Matriarchs, and 30 min. before each ritual at the wedding venue/burn field. If you weren’t able to make choir and want to sing, come early to rituals and listen in.

notebook to write down lyrics, vocal recorder or app to record melody, water

I’m sure you’ve heard me talk about my dream to create a camp filled with journals for all to read. Come help me make that a reality by getting your own journal and decorate it while we chat about the art and power of being vulnerable with our community. Let’s connect with others through our stories, help those who feel lost and alone,share the mundane and the exciting! There will be journals and decoration supplies available, but feel free to bring your own or just come learn more about what Im hoping to create for our community.if you can’t make it, come find me (Kitty) in open camping 💖

Hungry?!? Join us for SunButter and Jelly Sandwiches at 1 PM on Saturday. Allergen friendly. No nuts will be served. Want gluten free? Just bring your own bread and we’ll butter it up.

Gluten free bread if you can’t eat regular bread

They are not questionable, they are not poison, but they ARE refreshing and fun. The poison factory will be passing out non-alcoholic refreshers. We will ask you a fun random question which u must answer before receiving the drink. They are poison themed as we are the poison factory after all. Come learn a cool fact about poison and hangout at our camp or be on your way with a drinky drink

A vessel for their drink

Are you a BIPOC/POC, differently abled, or anyone that raduicul inclusion, diversity, and equity benefits? Well as member of the RIDE Committee and a professional photographer, along with AYE, we will be doing a 2nd photoshoot for the RIDE committee to showcase the vast array of burners. The shoot will be relatively quick with posed and candid individual photos, group photos, and hopefully a video. So wear your best burner gear, and get your booty in front of my camera

Any outfits, accessories to make you feel and look your best

What’s better than arts and crafts? Arts and crafts AND SNACKS! Come decorate your very own mini-dino, customize a cookie, and enjoy an assortment of other snacks.

Come meet a French Horn! This is a chance to touch, play, and ask questions about this particular brass instrument. The horns are social creatures and love meeting other instruments too so feel free to introduce yours to me. All ages friendly

Curiosity

Join us at the Poison Factory for a wickedly fun poi-spinning extravaganza! Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned poison poi master, this event is perfect for all skill levels. From 1pm to 3pm, we’ll be whipping up some mesmerizing moves that will have you dancing with deadly grace in no time. Don’t worry if you’re new to poi, we’ve got a few sock poi on hand for you to practice with – no poison involved! So, come on down and let’s brew up some poi-tastic magic together.

Join us for aerials and partner acro jam. We will have aerial hoop and hammock on the the rig; learn to base and fly with partner acro. Newbies welcome (wear leggings/close fitting fitness gear and no jewelery or body lotion/oils). We will assist in spotting as you get off the ground!

wear leggings/close fitting fitness gear, and no lotions or jewelry

Do you have a special talent that you’ve been dying to put on display? Maybe you’re a musician, a juggler, or you can twist yourself into a pretzel, or you have incredible poi skills. Maybe your mom says you are a really good singer, or you know some magic tricks. Whatever you do, bring any props you need for Playa’s Got Talent, or just come to watch a showcase of all the incredible skills that the creative burner community has to offer. Co-hosted by Camp U-CAN-LELE and Dirt Go Brr, this is an event you don’t want to miss!

Any props necessary for your talent

A talk that explores the history of life on earth, and the patterns that repeat in life over the 4 billion year that life has existed on the third rock of the sun. We’ll follow life from the first cells on earth, to the first mammal life, to modern day humans and our societies, to artificial intelligence, and we’ll close on how these patterns relate to the 10 Principles.

Have a problem? Issue? Complication? Dilemma? Dispute? Issue? Well then head to Upper Dutch Blumpkin and we will give you the “best” advice we can come up with without actually listening. We have over 20 years of experience with all sort of problem “solving”. We are always HELPING.

Pittsburgh Trash Mermaid presents: arts and crafts! Friday come make your own duct tape flower. Duct tape fixes anything, even allergies! Saturday basic print making. Learn and show off your print making skills using a Styrofoam plate, a poking device, and your imagination. Impress your friends! Woo your paramour! Create art from trash!

Creativity

Join us in a moment of self-celebration! Raise a French toast stick in your own honor and share why its All About You. We can’t wait to hear what makes you, you! French Toast Sticks provided.

Postural Alignment, Iyengar Yoga, and Myofascial Unwinding. Learn Iyengar alignment cues as we plug in for a short practice to find the center of our bodies and ground down into the earth, moving through our fascia, unwinding it, spiraling up through any pain patterns and into ease of movement. Interplay between every day movements using the alignment cues. Build those skills for life—finding aligned rest postures to come home to, no matter how out of wack our bodies may get. Bodily self awareness, with Genevieve from Aware Self Care Therapeutics. Directly after Constellation Choir each day.

Joinks! It’s a good olde fashioned JOUST!

2:30-3:30 Mature Melee
Grown folx to the field! Adults take up arms (and…other parts?) to fight to the dirt to win the favor of the Queen!

3:30-4:30 Junior Joust!
We believe the children are the future…of brutal bloodsport.

Refresh with some “mead” and edible dirt! Get yerself an official Sparklepony Hunting License. Tickle yer fancy in the Tavern.
Maybe more, never less.
All magical creatures welcome!

bloodlust and a terrible thirst

Help maintain the status quo de jour, “beatings will continue until morale improves!” Make your own clip-on cat o’ nine with braided polycord in the color of your choice. Completionists will receive a lil extra stellar flare. Don’t forget to ask consent before sharing your creations! (completion time, 10-20 minutes)

Are swaths of your skin covered in pieces of permanent artwork? Do you experience an overwhelming urge to view every tattoo you come across? Whether you’re inked and pierced or you just really love looking at neato body mods, join us for Body Art Show & Tell! We’ll have pageant sashes for our Show-and-Tellers to wear so it’s clear who is showing and telling. *All event participants MUST request/receive consent before touching a person’s body and/or clothing, whether or not they’re wearing a sash! Anyone not following basic consent practices will be removed from the event and reported.*

Show-and-Tellers: Consider wearing clothing (unless you don’t want to) that makes it easy and comfortable for you to display your pieces. We’ll have sources of heat to keep you warm if it’s chilly.

Want to let out some sexy energy? Come dance with us over at Camp Lazer! Carla will be teaching a sensual dance piece for you to express your vibe through.

Water for hydration, and maybe a towel, it could be a workout

It’s Saturday and your body hurts. Come join us for a not-so-granola stretch and yoga session. Joey Fabulous! will guide the movement while fresh beats dance through the air. Stick around afterward for the “Big Deal Happy Hour”.

Yoga mat, some will be provided (& a cup)

Autumn is the time of letting go, and the waning moon is a powerful time for banishing. Join the Rev. Diane Emerald for a ceremony of letting go. No experience or materials necessary.

Ideas of what participants want to let go of in their lives

It’s Saturday and your body hurts. Come join us for a not-so-granola stretch and yoga session. Joey Fabulous! will guide the movement while fresh beats dance through the air. Stick around afterward for the “Big Deal Happy Hour”.

Yoga mat, some will be provided (& a cup)

Autumn is the time of letting go, and the waning moon is a powerful time for banishing. Join the Rev. Diane Emerald for a ceremony of letting go. No experience or materials necessary.

Ideas of what participants want to let go of in their lives

Autumn is the time of letting go, and the waning moon is a powerful time for banishing. Join the Rev. Diane Emerald for a ceremony of letting go. No experience or materials necessary.

Ideas of what participants want to let go of in their lives

Dive into a world of cosmic competition and connection as you challenge fellow burners to epic battles of wit and skill. Whether you’re a board game master or a first-time player, there’s a seat at our interstellar table just for you. Come for the games, stay for the cosmic camaraderie, and let’s play our way through the infinite universe of board games!

May the dice roll in your favor.

Board Games if you have any you want to share. We will also have plenty!

Come try our Big Deal Spiced Rum Mule, with Big Deal Spiced Rum!

With DJs:
4-5pm: Bouncyhouse
5-6pm: Chris Carter
6-7pm: Krišjānis Gāle

May the Happy Hour never end!

Bring a libation receptacle (your cup)!

Do you, too, suffer from Cenosilicaphobia— fear of an empty glass? Bring your lonely mug by and we’ll put your fears to rest. We’re serving up a number of house-made kegged beers, a radler (lemonade mixed with beer? Whaaat? Trust us, those Germans know how to drink!) and a couple brand spankin’ new meads (Zingin Tart Cherry, and Mamey Sapote among them!) All of our offerings were brewed by on-site camp members, with love, for YOU. So come fill your empty glass with us!

Bring a cup to try our brews, or to sample some of our non-alcoholic syrups with seltzer!

Our traditional post-4:20 Munchie Pot Luck, offering a variety of munchies and delectable delights for you to enjoy. Satisfy those munchies and load up for an evening of partying. Bring a plate to share or just chow down. This event begins at 4:21 sharp!

cup, plate, appetite

Do you miss the costume parades from our youth? Let’s dress up and show off our best spoopy, scary, funniest, fabulous, and everything in between costumes! Meet at Camp Glow Babes Apothecary for some caramel apple cider, treats and goody bags. We will have a costume bin for anyone who needs one or wants to contribute! Then we’ll parade, dance, prance down our parade route! Paraders are welcome to join or leave at any point but all are welcome back to Camp Glow Babes Apothecary for more cider, food, conversation, games or just sit and chill.

Bring your A (or B or C) game costume!

Come hang out and belt some classic 2000s emo staples! Featuring tracks by bands like My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Mayday Parade, Dashboard Confessional, and more!

Come learn how to play ukulele! Go from never-touched-one to 4 chord songs in one session, then stay for a follow-up jam starting at 5:45! Private tutelage available throughout the burn as well.

Ukulele if you have your own, or borrow one of ours!

This year, Castle Dirtbag has come to share one of our greatest treasures! We bring to share with you, our Enchanted Mirror! As with all magic, it can be a bit chaotic. Our fabulous mirror gives sassy opinions to those who gaze upon it. So in order for you to feel your best, we have brought along our Royal Stylists! We will be offering hair and makeup help you can feel stylish before the big burn.

Delicious, tasty grilled cheeses, made just for you! Alcoholic drinks will also be available, with a tasty serving of flakes in each glass (bring your heckin’ ID). It’s kind of like breakfast cereal, except more fun. There will be a limited amount of vegan cheese and gluten-free bread as well.

Plates, cups, and an appetite

Dig into a feast fit for a pack of hungry velociraptors! Jurassic Tarp is back with dino nuggets and cheese & mac (contains more cheese than mac). Served while supplies last.

Plate/Bowl, Utensil(s)

On burn night we are going to bake made to order pizza pies and will have a craft stout on tap. Come over for some yummy good food and hang by the fire! We’ll have a few gluten free doughs available so everyone who wants a slice can enjoy. You’re welcome to bring your favorite toppings if you have a special hankering or non-dairy is your thing.
Hot & Cold Chai available for if beer isn’t your thing.

cups and plates

If you’ve signed up to staff the perimeter for the Effigy Burn, please come to this meeting.

Are you a fan of the hit YouTube sensation Hot Ones? Do you are someone you love crave the taste of fire in your mouth?

Well come on down to the basement and witness Dr. Gorgeous putting our special guests through a serious of intense questions with even more intense hot sauces to really spice up the event!

If you would like to be one of our celebrity burners pleasers see Dr. Gorgeous or Danny Baltimore and let us know. This one is going to be a scorcher.

There is nothing required to be brought for this event.

As darkness descends, gather your glow, your shine, your noise, and your fabulous self, and join the parade from all points of Constellation to the burn field!
At our new site, the effigy will be located thru the woods about a quarter mile from the majority of camps, so we’re getting there in style… together!

Light and noisemakers, anything you’ll want during the Effigy Burn

Usher in the BURN and set the tone of the dark through hysterics with Coven. Laughter will be ongoing through the 20 minutes surrounding the sunset. Come and go as you please.

Tonight’s the night – we will burn the effigies! (Times are approximate.)

Come and have all your questions about FPCS answered by REAL BOD members.

Felling a little overwhelmed from All the All? Have you been going, going, going? Love dancing but just need something a bit more low-key for a moment? Come by our Burn Night Respite super-chill, just-have-a-cup-of-tea Mad Tea Party chill zone. We’ve got a fire, we’ve got tea, we might even have cookies if someone remembered to refill the cookie plate. Come sip tea quietly while sitting on one of our mushroom stools. Maybe you’ll find yourself engaged in a lovely conversation. Maybe you’ll just stare at the fire. Maybe you’ll follow the White Rabbit to … who knows where. We’re here for you.

Come help The Bears blast off into space! Come on people… We got a galaxy to save!
Line up:
10-11pm: mTp (mike The performer)
11pm-12am: Ammi
12-1am: Illuminati Beatz
1-2am: Schwinn
2-3am: Teak
3-4am: Chris Carter
4-5am: Sasha

Bring your booty and your good vibes (no escape pods necessary)!

Come join us in the Basement for nightly movies from 10pmish to 2am. We’ve got some terrifyingly good picks for you to enjoy with us and we hope y’all aren’t too scared to come enjoy them.

Thursday night we will be showing Leatherface followed by Krampus

Friday Night we will be showing Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Saturday Night we will be showing Tremors 3: Back to Perfection and Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

Sunday Night we will be showing Freshwater and A Quite Place: Part 2

Popcorn, a blanket and your favorite burner buddy to watch movies with

Immerse yourself in a kaleidoscope of colors and let the beat get you all like oOOoooOo. Wear your brightest neon colored clothing, get painted with UV paint, relax in our lounge and around our fire pits, spin a fire prop in our fire and enjoy our shitty bar service and colorful camp characters. No sleep police here!

Neon clothing and accessories, dancing shoes, LED and fire props, and a party attitude.

Ever wonder what its like to join a proper N’Orleans Jazz Funeral? Stop by the Nest after the burn for a live mix featuring Spooky Electro swing, retro swing revival, global fusion, experimental hiphop, nightcore and chiptune with a hint of cosmic nostalgia.

good vibrations