Dates

Euphoria 2019 Radical Resilience will be May 2–5 at the same place as Alchemy 2018. We are truly elated to be given the opportunity to hold this space for you, our community, to bring their A game to the first event with this name since 2016.  We cannot wait to see the art, the camps, and all the other wonderful things that you can imagine brought to life at our new home! 

Ticket Sales! 

Euphoria will have a cap of 1000 tickets this year sold over two rounds in March.  Round 1 will be 750 tickets available at 3:00 pm Eastern Mar 8 for 48 hours!  Round 2 will be 250 tickets (plus any remaining Round 1 tickets) available Mar 27 at 11:11am Eastern until sold out (or Apr 26 at 23:59).
 

Before the burn

VOLUNTEER!

• Perimeter
• Teardown
• Traffic
• Parking

• APW
• Conclave

• Rangers
• T-Base
• Connexus

• Ministry of Burn Culture
• Fire Safety
• Lamplighters
• LNT

  Have a pie chart:

Don't miss out!! Volunteer!

Sat, Apr 20 deadline

EVENTS FOR POCKET GUIDE

NOTE: Theme camps, art pieces, and mutant vehicles are already uploaded to the Guide from the Placement registration database. No need to register those, just happenings.

At the burn

Important Notice:

The river is out of bounds of the event. This is at the request of the county fire department as they do not possess rescue services in the event of an accident. There is a zero-tolerance policy for crossing the event boundary and will result in immediate ejection from the event.

Don’t catch on fire at the burn!

Euphoria’s Fire Art Safety Team wants you to be safe with fire during the burn. There are some simple things you can learn that will help to keep you safe. Any camp that has a burn barrel or fire bowl, or any flame effects, is required to have at least one fire extinguisher nearby. Every camp that has fire of any sort, even if it’s just your stove, should consider keeping an extinguisher on hand. A 10lb ABC extinguisher can be found at most big box stores, and will provide enough coverage to put out a grease fire, or a small grass fire. We recommend getting 5 or 10 pound ABC extinguishers to provide your camp with the broadest coverage in a single unit.

Pay attention to where you put your fuel. If you have gas for a generator, or white gas for fire props, make sure they are stored away from where everyone is sleeping and hanging out. Mark an area for a fuel dump, and keep your flammable liquids there. Don’t let anyone smoke, or play with fire, near the fuel dump. Small moves can prevent larger tragedies.

The short video linked here will teach you the basics of using a fire extinguisher to put out a fire before it gets out of hand.  https://youtu.be/P6-3N79ganI

Burner Tips

Packing database

One terror that all hippies have is forgetting to pack something important, like your tickets. Especially if you run (or are a part of) a theme camp, the sheer number of things you have to get together and bring can be overwhelming.

Many people will use a spreadsheet to make a packing list, but there’s a better way: use a database. What’s the difference? At least for use as a packing list, a spreadsheet is not much better than just writing it down on a piece of paper; a database is like a card file with multiple sets of dividers to sort with. Yes, you can sort by columns in a spreadsheet, but a database is easier to deal with and more flexible in the long run.

If you’re data-curious, check out AirTable, specifically Old Man Dale’s Packing List. (You will need your own account—it’s free, and they don’t bug you.) Play with it; if you like what you see, click on “Copy Base” link in the upper-right corner; copy the base, and get to work changing All The Things.

Notice in this list how you have a thing, a location, a tub number, and notes. Once you’ve made your own copy, you can modify that as you see fit. The idea is that you identify all the things, then sort by location and tub. Whenever you remember or think of something new, just add a new thing. The database will sort it when you’re ready.

When you’re ready to pack, print it out and start dragging stuff together.

Pro tip #1: Put everything in the list.  That’s the point.

Pro tip #2: Print a copy to bring with you to the burn for a) finding which tub stuff is in; and 2) repacking in some sane-adjacent way.

Word of the Burn

"orming"—wandering without intent, meandering, walking with pleasurable aimlessness (English regional, esp. Lincolnshire; supposedly derived from the Norse word for "worm"). See also "daundering", "pootling", etc. (from Robert MacFarlane’s Twitter feed)

Get out of your camp.  Orm. Daunder. Pootle. The burn is actually designed for that. (Your Benevolent Placement Overlord™ calls it passeggiata. Ask him about it.)

Profiles

Annika & Kage

Tell us about yourself.

I am a person. A person with a serious cheese addiction.

How long have you been burning? Why do you burn?

I’ve been burning since 2013. Honestly, it would have been way earlier, but burns were sold to me as giant raves (blech!). I feel like my best, most authentic self at burns and I love the feeling of community that is created. Every burn is my favorite, because they are all amazing in their own ways!

Hammock City! is one of the most popular installations at the burn. Where did the idea come from? How long have you been doing it? What do you hope the hippies get out of it? (any fun facts go here!)

Oddly enough, I’m not really a fan of hammocks. The idea came to me at a land visit of Lavender Farms, because the Hinterlands had the most perfectly man-grown rows of trees that just looked like they needed hammocks. Thus, Hammock City! was born. I’ve been doing it every GA burn since that burn, and I feel I’ll be doing it until I die because it’s such a lovely place for people to go! I think everyone gets a different experience from it —obviously, cooling down and relaxation is the biggest. I love watching people write & draw in the notebooks and just become friends while doing so. I’m also glad to provide a quiet and cool space for people to go if they are hot, overwhelmed, whatever.

It must take a lot of hippie-hours to get Hammock City ready. If people wanted to help you get it set up, what do they need to know?

Jesus F’ing Christ. It takes about 8 hours for 2 people to hang 40-60 hammocks. My husband Kage is a rock star and usually does most of the work! :p 

I always have people offer to help, but never enough! The more people, the waaaaay faster it goes, and all volunteers get exclusive Hammock City! Swag. So come volunteer! Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning are when I set-up, and tear-down is Sunday morning. Check the placement map the week of the burn—we’ll be deciding the exact spot on build weekend.

What other words of wisdom do you have for burners?

Live your best life! But just put those colors on, come and paint the world with me tonight!