❤️🔥 20 Days Out ❤️🔥
We are less than 3 weeks out and there is a lot to cover. Grab a coffee, read this whole thing, and then do the things it tells you to do.
🎟️ LAST CHANCE for Tickets 🎟️
No ticket yet but still want to come? We might be able to work something out.
1. Fire Sale Tickets
Here’s the deal: we need bodies on certain shifts, and if you’re willing to be one of those bodies, we’re willing to talk tickets. Specifically, we’re looking for volunteers for Ranger, Perimeter, DPW, and Sunday Earth Guardians shifts.
Send an email to interfuseecs@midwestburners.org with a quick intro about yourself and which shift you’re interested in. We’ll chat, figure out what works, and get you squared away.
One very important disclaimer: if you take a ticket through this program and don’t show up for your shift, you will be publicly and enthusiastically humiliated. We’re not joking. Show up for your shift.
2. Leadership Exchange
If you’re a lead from a burn outside the Midwest, there may be a ticket in it for you. Available while supplies last.
Note: Not applicable for leadership of any Midwest Burners Association burn, Gateway Burners, Resonance, or Topeka Area Burners.
3. Beacon Scholarship
Beacon scholarships are still being awarded. If you are Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color, don’t wait on this one. Available while supplies last.
4. Ticket Transfer Sale
Someone out there has a ticket and can’t use it. You want a ticket. This is a love story waiting to happen. See the section below for how the transfer sale works.
Need to Sell Your Ticket?
Life happens. If you can’t make it and need to offload your ticket, don’t panic and don’t eat the cost. People are out here desperately looking to buy.
Head to either of these spots to connect with buyers:
Both locations have mods who can help verify sellers as legitimate and buyers as serious and ready to participate. Use those resources. They exist for a reason.
🚐 Gate Hours and Entry Info 🚐
Gate will be open during the following hours:
- Thursday 5/14: 8am to 10pm
- Friday 5/15: 8am to 10pm
- Saturday 5/16: 8am to 5pm
A few things to know before you roll up:
- Do not arrive before the gate opens. We know you’re excited. Arrive when we say arrive.
- When can you arrive? Check your Volunteeripate account for your entry date. If it says Thursday, that’s your first day and you do not have early entry. If it says Wednesday, you have early entry. Note that regardless of your entry date, no one gets in between Wednesday midnight and 8AM Thursday. That window is closed for everybody.
- Have your government-issued ID ready before you get to the front of the line. Not in your bag. Not in your other bag. In your hand.
- Gate staff are volunteers doing their best. Be kind, be patient, and be prepared.
You’ve Got Your Ticket. Now What?
Volunteer
hifts are open and we need you! Head over to Volunteeripate to browse available shifts and sign up for the ones that fit your schedule. Not sure which department is right for you? Check out the department and leads list in our previous newsletter or reach out to Volunteer HQ for guidance.
Check Out DUST
DUST is our digital WhatWhereWhen guide, and it is your best friend for navigating the event. Before you arrive, poke around and get familiar with:
- 🏕️ Theme Camps and where they’re located
- 📅 Events and workshops happening across the event
- 🎨 Art installations on site
One good thing to know: DUST can be updated all the way up to and including on site, so check back as we get closer. The one thing that won’t change once we’re there? Map locations. Those are locked in (mostly because they’re not easy to update on mobile).
All About DUST
Speaking of Dust, Here’s where things stand right now.
What’s already in the app:
- ✅ All approved theme camps have been added
- ✅ All granted art installations have been added
- ✅ All granted mutant vehicles have been added
Camp registrations are closed, so if you’re looking to add your camp at this point, that ship has sailed. But if your camp or art submission is already in there, now is the time to log in and manage your listing.
You should have received an email inviting you to manage your camp, art, or mutant vehicle submission on Dust. If you haven’t seen anything, reach out to us at ifimp@midwestburners.org and we’ll get it sorted.
Have art that wasn’t grant-funded but still deserves a spot in the guide? You can still get it listed. Click the button to submit unfunded art for Dust.
A few things you can do once you’re in:
- Add events to your camp page
- Update your camp’s, art’s or mutant vehicle’s description and photo.
- Add a co-lead’s email so you’re not managing everything solo
- Decide whether the public can submit events to your camp, or keep your schedule locked down
Where things stand on public submissions:
- 👤 General public event submissions are open. If you’ve got something happening that doesn’t live under a camp, you can now submit it directly.
- 🎨 Art installations and Mutant Vehicles have the same event management abilities as theme camps. Get in there and update your info.
New to DUST or blacked out everything from last year? The creator put together very detailed instructions that will walk you through it.
Questions? Email ifimp@midwestburners.org and we’ll sort you out.
