NEW! Safety 3rd Wednesday Church Nights!

Whether you’re missing your Safety family or even just Safety curious, come on down to the Flipside Warehouse on the third Wednesday of each month for a special Church Night. We’ll start around 7pm and end whenever the crowd goes home.

On May 21, join us for our kick-off event of the season! Come out just to socialize, or come ready to share your favorite experience from this Flipside, or a tall tale. (And if you’ve got ideas for future themes or focuses for future Safety Third Wednesdays, whether they’re artsy, games/scenarios, trainings, etc., come ready to share those too!)

Bring whatever you want to eat, drink, or share. Hope to see you there! Wear your department shirts/swag/colors if you want…or not!

Load-In Is Saturday!

This Saturday we need help bringing infrastructure back from the land to the warehouse & to clean up the burn scar, MOOP, & camp placements. Meet at the land at 10am & be ready for any weather!

We also need help unloading at the warehouse, likely starting around 1pm. Stay tuned! Watch social media or this post for updates.

UPDATE 5/3 9:26am

The trucks are on the way to the land. Come out and help the community bring our stuff back!

UPDATE 11:18am Moar hands needed. It’s a lovely day and not that muddy. Burn scar cleanup, MOOP pickup, shade structure tear down, let’s go!

UPDATE 12:19pm The first truck is leaving the land, we will need folks at the warehouse in about an hour to help unload.

UPDATE 1:25pm Second truck is leaving for the wearhouse.

UPDATE 1:39pm Third truck is more than halfway finished, anyone willing to help should skip the land and go to the wherehaus.

Social Media Reminder

2025 effigy burn photo by Charles Hueter

Our effigy got heartburned! Thanks to the 100s of volunteers who donated their time, sweat, & minds to create Burning Flipside 2025.

Get home & unpack safely. And PLEASE get consent from identifiable people in your pics & vids before posting! Respect participant privacy!

Load-Out Trucks Updates

It’s Load-Out day and the trucks are ad eager to get this done as we are. Cone to the wherehaus now, no need to wait for 10am. We’ll update this page with fresh info as the day progresses.

10:55am – The trucks are more than half loaded! If you’re debating on coming to the warehouse or going to the land, go to the land.

12:50pm – The wearhouse work is done, come to the land. Many hands = fewer sad faces and backs. Sign a waiver at the crossroads and come to Safety HQ for further instructions.

2:30pm – The trucks are mostly unloaded. Now for shade structure drop-off, DaFTing in mysterious ways, and department pile sorting.

3:45pm – Light rain is happening but everything is tarped. Shade parts drop-off, DaFT, and city signs are happening. However, don’t worry about leaving now to help. Continue if you’re en route, but we’re past the worst of it.

Last-Minute Announce with Maps, Events, Volunteering, and More

New Content Available
You want maps? Come check out the maps! You want a list of events? Come check those out, too!
 
Final Push for Volunteering
But we need more volunteers to make this arty magic happen. The Flipside Volunteer System (FVS) is where most of this get logged, so let’s review our shifts that need the most attention:
  • Pre/Post is only 20% filled (see below about Load-Out)
  • Burn Night Perimeter is 32%
  • Guardians is 34%
  • PETs is 38% (non-FVS signup here)
  • Cartelle is 48%
  • Zone Czars is 49%
  • Echelon is 58%
Volunteer Assistance Squad (helpers who help the helpers) is also running short, so let’s not overwork our teams who make all this happen. Learn about these operations here. Login and sign up here.
 
Load-Out is Today! 
Speaking of help, please come to the warehouse to help load trucks for Flipside today at 10AM. Please ensure that YOUR DEPARTMENT’S STUFF that you expect to get on the truck gets on the truck. Please pack your departments stuff into as small a space as possible, into boxes or crates that can easily be packed
 
The trucks will leave the warehouse for the land as soon as they are loaded. We will need people on the land starting about Noon Saturday to help unload the trucks. This event is rain or shine! If you’re worried about rain, prepare for it. Again, if you want to know where your departments stuff ends up, you should be there.
 
Make sure you sign a waiver at the warehouse if this is your first time to visit! It’s a QR code you complete on your phone. You will also do a different waiver at the land!
 
Weather Update
We have a Meteorology team watching the weather and it’s worth noting the current forecast for rain Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Conditions change quickly, so please come prepared. If muddy conditions persist, limited materials like round hay bales are available for $60, and participants should go to Safety HQ to begin the process. Camps will be responsible for spreading their own straw. Assistance may be available from Shaven Apes but do not depend on that.
 
We’re less than a week from figuring out what Deep in the Art of Texas means to you goofballs. See you out there soon!
 
-Burning Flipside Comms

2025 Survival Guide is Out

(SEE UPDATE BELOW) Good midnight, Flipizens.  Please read our awesome new Survival Guide to catch up on all the nitty-gritty details on what to expect, what to bring (or not), how to help, and where the heck you’re supposed to go.  Three significant changes to note this year:

  1. Parking will be back on the event side of County Road 428, inside what we called the Badlands.  While we set aside more space for open camping, that eastern section between that road and our outermost gravel road will have vehicles parked.  
  2. Pick-Up-Points (PUPs) were a success last year and helped a lot of people get around.  The Mobility Team adjusted things for 2025 and the fixed PUPs spots were replaced with two dedicated carts roaming between 8am-11pm (Thu-Sun) and 8am-2pm (Mon). Wave one down for a special bandana to help be seen. See the Mobility HQ at the crossroads for more info.  
  3. Ice is now $5 a bag.

The first-ever Burning Flipside in April is NEXT WEEK.  You officially have permission to panic.  Stay tuned here and on FacebookBluesky, and X for last-minute info.

-Burning Flipside Comms

UPDATE 4/22/2025

Survival Guide correction: emergency call boxes are placed in BLUE boxes on metal t-stakes. Not red boxes on yellow posts. Also, check the event and art listings! https://www.burningflipside.com/event/map
See you out there, folks. 👽

April Announce: PARKING CHANGE, FIRE INFO, and THE GIFT OF VOLUNTEERING!

PARKING Changes! For the last few years, we’ve been lucky to have the space across from Apache Passtures for parking.  Unfortunately, that isn’t happening this year – we are still working on details. In the meantime, Badland campers should be prepared for new circumstances and everyone should bring an extra dollop of parking patience.

Is your art flaming hot? Read this.
As of this exact moment, there is NO burn ban in effect for the Burning Flipside land. If the ban is still in place during the event, (1) NO campfires or burn barrels will be allowed and (2) fire performances will be limited to predetermined areas.
If you are planning ANY fire activities at Flipside, contact the Safety Area Facilitator at safety-af@burningflipside.org ASAP. Fire activities include campfires, burn barrels, fire spinners and other fire performers, flame art, etc.

VOLUNTEERING! (And other ways to pARTicipate!) You know by now that Burning Flipside is what WE ALL make it together. Volunteering is participation and it’s one of the best gifts you can bring; without volunteers there is NO Flipside. This event is 100% participant volunteer run! There are many ways for YOU to participate, and build and support the canvas we all create together.

SITE OPS Pre/Post Needs You! Come help build the City of Pyropolis! Shifts are open now for Load In and Setup! Here’s the link to the Guided Volunteer Signup (FVS) where you can choose your own adventure! You have to sign in first.

Load In on Saturday April 19 consists of loading trucks at the warehouse, and unloading them at the land. We need people in both places. You can do one or the other or both! Join the crew sending all the goods and effigy out to the land!

Setup starts on Tuesday April 22 and finishes up Wednesday afternoon. Help set up shade structures, make the greeter lanes, set up the guardian tower, stuff like that. It’s great to do a lot of work up front and get your volunteering done! 

Fencing, Signage, and Lighting Pre-Ops needs volunteers specifically to help set up the boundaries of the site and light up all the dangerous areas. These jobs happen during early entry on Tuesday and Wednesday, so if you have the flexibility to come and help these teams, sign up in the FVS!

Currently, pre/post shifts assume that you’ll also be around on Monday, April 28, to help tear down the things you set up, If you can only help with set up OR breakdown, or for questions, just drop me a line at siteops-af@burningflipside.org.

Make Shaven Apes Critical! Come and help your fellow Flipizens set up their camps and art by volunteering for Shaven Apes! All that is required is an attitude of assistance and sunny day stamina. Shift start Wednesday and go through the event. There are also a few stay-late shifts. Go to the Guided Volunteer Signup and look for Shaven Apes!

Adopt-a-potty! Bored of those blue boxes? Choose a potty or a bank of potties & create an art piece in the potty, around the potty, or what have you. It’s all for shits & giggles anyways. For more “dirt” (details, considerations, and limitations), please visit https://www.burningflipside.com/adopt-a-potty

Saturday May 3, after Flipside, come back and help us load back in to the warehouse!  Many hands make light work and you don’t want to miss that super line up of moving shade poles. IYKYK.

SAFETY

Guardians (perimeter)needs extra help this year! Get away from the hustle and bustle of the burn, and make sure the party remains for the parti-cipants. Bring a friend to keep you company–or meet new folks. Questions? Email  guardians@burningflipside.org. Sign up at FVS!

Join the Guardians Facebook group to get up-to-date training information. 

Rangers: Rangers make sure participants find the resources they need. Rangers have the most up-to-date information. Is it going to rain? When does the effigy burn? What camp is serving tacos? Rangers have you covered! Shifts are mobility-friendly. Training options include: Sat., April 12, at 9:30 am at Lloyd the Warehouse and Friday during Flipside at 11 am at Safety HQ. Have questions? Email rangers@burningflipside.org.

Sign up for shifts here. (This is NOT the FVS system)

Connect with Pyropolis Rangers on Facebook.

Sanctuary: Lend us your ears! Sanctuary needs Listener volunteers to provide peer support. Prior mental health experience is not necessary, but training is required. The next training is on Sunday, April 6, from noon to 3 pm. Questions? Email sanctuary@burningflipside.org

Click here to Register to access training and signups. (Not the FVS System)

Join the Sanctuary Facebook group

Medical/ PETs needs help!

Station Medics have the training and knowledge provided by First Aid/CPR certifications (current or expired).    

Medic On-Call volunteers have higher levels of certification or experience (e.g., former combat medics, paramedics, ER nurses, Wilderness First Responders, etc). 

Learn more and sign up here (Not the FVS system)

ART

Wanta help get the big art up? More builders make lighter work. Reach out to DaFT at daft@burningflipside.org to lend a hand and erect an effigy!

Department of Mutant Vehicles: Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Register it! Soon! At secure.burningflipside.com/register

Got an event at the event? Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Put a registration on it! Immediately! At secure.burningflipside.com/register

Wanna make some art (go) but don’t have your own project? Check out all this already-existing art and lend a hand! Find Art Projects Seeking Support here and learn how you can help!

Musicians! 2nd line at Flipside- would love to have you if you’d like to be a part of it. Meeting Wednesdays for practice at the warehouse, if you aren’t local we can tell you what to practice, email art-af@burningflipside.org to get in touch with the people organizing.

Keep up with Burning Flipside on emailFacebookBluesky, and X. Watch this space for more news soon!

Dates and Deadlines and All that Art

Hi there and happy spring-forward, for those of you that like the extra daylight at night time. You’ve come to the right place (one of many) to find important happenings and info related to Burning Flipside!

 UPCOMING (official) EVENTS

 DaFT Build Days Wednesday and Thursdays 7-11 pm. and Sundays 12-6 Come help with the central art of the event! Help build the effigy! More on effigy input below!

Weekly Art Night at Lloyd Wednesdays 7-11. Watch this space for more details.

Art and Theme Camp Registration CLOSE! March 15 Want to be found on the ground at the event? Get your art or camp placed and shown on the official Flipside map. (NO, it’s not out yet!)

SafetySide RSVP Deadline March 19 

SafetySide March 21-23 Are you a safety volunteer? (Fire, Medical, Rangers, Sanctuary, Guardians) or safety-curious? Sign up for this wonderful weekend of training on some or all things safety-related! It’s a weekend of learning, practice, and camaraderie for those working on or with our amazing safety teams! RSVP to attend by March 19th on this handy form.  Volunteer to help haul, set up, break down, and bring back infrastructure needed for this amazing training event. At SafetySide, safety is NOT THIRD! Read more in the SafetySide Survival Guide! Still have questions? Email the coordinator team at safetyside@burningflipside.org.

Work Weekend 2 March 21-23 Want to help remove dangerous limbs, fix roads, kindly suggest poison ivy and fire ants set up shop elsewhere?  Work Weekends do all that and more to keep the land safe and beautiful.  Signing up is required, so get over to the Flipside Volunteer System and get started. Questions? Contact Dross at wwcomms@burningflipside.org

Sticket Contest Submissions March 28 We only have three submissions so far to create the art for our tickets and stickers this year.  The deadline for submitting your designs is March 28.  Go here for all the info.

Work Weekend 3 April 4-6

 MORE FLIPSIDE INFO

 Volunteer, Get Involved Did you know that Burning Flipside is volunteer-run? Wanna help make it go? Learn the basics and find links to more!  It can’t happen with you!

Help Bring Art by Helping the Artists  Visit our Projects Seeking Support page and find your niche!

 Bringing the Art to Fill the Heart! Speaking of niches, you can help DaFT make some art for its niches (lock-and key cubbies) and clues to find the keys to unlock them! Read more at https://www.burningflipside.com/art-news/daft-2025

IN THE COMMUNITY

Ignition Philter announces the 2025 grant winners! Visit https://ignitionphilter.com/2025-winners to learn more about the art and the artists!

Central Texas Burner Calendar

Want to keep up with what’s going on for Burners in Central Texas? Have a theme camp or art fundraiser coming up? Are you wanting to let people know about a burner social night you host? A This is for you. Please spread the word so that people can find it and use it.  Click here for calendar

 This Calendar is hosted and managed by the Central Texas Burning Man Regional Contacts. Questions? Email: centraltexas@burningman.org

Looking forward to seeing y’all there! (the Warehouse, the work weekends, Safetyside, and finally, Flipside!)

February Announce: The Dates and the Deets

We’ll make it pretty tomorrow. But here’s the news you can use tonight.

If you are receiving this newsletter/reading this post, you’ll likely understand most of the below. If not, you can get all kinds of details at www.burningflipside.com! As we prepare for this year’s Burning Flipside, and nurture our year-round community, please keep the following dates and deets in mind! You can find our calendar at burningflipside.com/24-7-360. It is mostly up to date most of the time.

Donate to Ignition Philter! Due to some ticket system issues and a new credit card payment method, there have been problems funneling donations to Ignition Philter this year. At the same time, there are way more projects in their queue than usual and tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) is when they pick the projects to fund this year.  So in a last-minute attempt to maximize their grants, please pitch in at ignitionphilter.com/donate/ or use this handy QR code! These are burners helping burners realize their art projects and they need our help.

The Short Report from Town Hall The (local) community gathered, gabbed, schmoozed, and newsed. The Effigy design and DaFT lead were announced: Introducing Heart Render, submitted by Tess Noble! Read more about it at burningflipside.com/art-news/daft-2025!

Upcoming and Ongoing Activity

Combustion Chamber Meeting Third Monday most months. Next up, this Monday the 17th. There’ll be Board, Ops, and Regional updates, Town Hall Debrief, and  gathering input for what the community needs Edjumication wise.

Art Nights (AT Church Night!) Each Wednesday: 7-11 pm. Next up: Flame effects with Tim Deagan on February 19th specifically from 7pm-9pm.

DaFT Days Want to help build the effigy? Looking for experienced builders and complete newbies alike- you’ll get hands-on training through the season. Only have a little time and can’t commit to every work day? No problem at all! Come as often as you’re able, hop in, and make magic happen. Interested? There’s more info about how to contribute in large and small ways at burningflipside.com/art-news/daft-2025! And/or show up at the warehouse on

·         Sundays: 12-6pm

·         Wednesdays: 7-11pm

·         Thursdays: 7-11pm

Work Weekend One –  Feb 21 – 23 Work weekends get the land ready for Flipside by (among other things) removing downed branches, fixing roads, surveying safety hazards, and wrecking fire ant mounds and poison ivy. AND you can camp out on the land and test your gear before Flipside. Interested? You can reach the Work Weekend Comms Lead (Dross) at wwcomms@burningflipside.org. Sign up required! Log in to the Flipside Volunteer System and let us know you’re coming. No tools required (but bring ’em if ya got’em), trucks and flatbed trailers are helpful, and bring a shirt to get DIrty Worker swag customized.

Spring Art Show February 22nd From 2-6pm at Lloyd the Warehouse! Art is eternal, not just one week a year! Make Art! Bring Art! (Register your art!) This is a community art show for artists of all ages! Click here to read more!

 SafetySide March 21-23 An intensive weekend-long training conference for Burning Flipside’s Safety volunteers. Get ready for volunteer shifts with trainings that are good for one year across most Texas burns—including Echelon (radios!), Fire, Guardians (trespass prevention), Medical (aka “PETs”), Rangers (peacekeepers), Sanctuary (mental health first aid), Meteorology, and Sound Marshals. RSVP by March 19 at https://forms.gle/3SygvZGZj89nurxw5 and learn more at burningflipside.com/24-7-360/safetyside. Questions? Just reach out to safetyside@burningflipside.com.

 Registrations (Yes, you do need some stinkin’ registrations!) All Registrations are currently OPEN! Reach all registrations at secure.burningflipside.com/register

·         Art Registration: Reg closes 11:59pm CST March 15 Get that art on the map (and on the Art Map!) **Burnable art must be registered with Art within the registration period**

·         Theme Camp Registration: Reg closes 11:59pm CST March 15 Help folks find your theme camp! (And make sure you’ve got the space you need!) **Fire Circles must be registered with City Planning**

·         Department of Mutant Vehicles: Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Put a registration on it!

·         Events: Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a Can’t-Miss Soiree? Want folks to plan in advance to make it most-awesome? That’s right. Register it!

Burning Flipside: This is your monthly reminder that Flipside is April 24-28 this year!

Ticket Update – The Wait Is Almost Over Today ticket money orders were processed! Want an update on YOURS SPECIFICALLY? Check secure.burningflipside.com for updates. If you are ticketed, you should get an email with a Will Call Ticket Receipt (you can also access it online). Bring a copy of the receipt with you to Flipside. You’ll need it to get through Gate. (Sure, they can find it if you lose it, but too many of those, and THEY might lose it. Be kind to Gate. Bring your receipt!)

If you opted to pay via credit card, you should have received an email with instructions to pay today. If that process was SNAFU’ed or if you have any questions about tickets, start at burningflipside.com/event/tickets.

STicket Update Want to contribute to some cool art? We need your sticker and ticket art! AND you can win a pair of free tickets! (Please note: THESE ARE THE ONLY FREE TICKETS TO FLIPSIDE!) Even if your design isn’t selected for the ticket or the sticker for 2025, it may end up on our website or in the Survival Guide. With your permission, of course. The deadline to submit your art this year is March 28, 2025. For the complete guidelines, see here. Questions? Email the STicket Lead here: sticket@burningflipside.org.

 Content (Shameless plug!) Wanna help keep this news going? Please contact me at content@burningflipside.org to help make it go, friend! I’ve been doing this awhile and my calluses could use a break.

Chilly Reminder Announce!

There’s a lot going on and some of you are still thawing out from Freezerburn.  So here are some reminders for important Flipside things.

Ticket Window Closes Jan 27th: Yeah folks, that’s this coming Monday.  Go here to learn the details.  Credit cards are accepted this year for a slightly higher price, but you don’t need to mail anything in with that method.  Decorated envelopes for the hell of it are still appreciated!  If you got an error message or something weird happened, first check the FAQ before contacting us.

Ignition Philter Art Grants Closes Jan 27th: Yep, Monday is a double-whammy.  If you want financial help with your Burning Flipside art project, get started here.

STicket Art Submissions Needed:The form for 2025 is available, so please send us artwork for this year’s ticket and sticker.  A pair of free tickets go to each format’s winner.  Deadline is March 28!

“Sprinter” Town Hall is February 1: It’s winter, but our new schedule forced up the Spring Town Hall, so now we have Sprinter.  Come to the wherehaus to meet volunteers, ask event questions, make friends, and collaborate on ideas for the burn!  The Facebook event has more info.

Spring Art Show is February 22: The first art show of the year!  What is A.R.T.?  Read all about it in the Facebook event.

Safetyside 2025: Hopefully all you safety-minded folks saved the date (March 21-23) because our annual training event is ready!  Follow the Facebook event here and RSVP by March 19 here.