How to Get Tickets to Burning Human 2021

WILL BURNING MAN BE Dorsum IN 2021?

We believe Burning Man will return in 2021. Nosotros've been proverb this for a while, and we stick by information technology.

Hither'south what we know for certain:

The Org is targeting the week of April 23rd to make the become/no go call.

Vaccinations will be required, and there may be some blazon of COVID testing required for admission. They are targeting an upshot size of around 60k participants, plus effectually 9k support staff.

If the outcome moves forward, ticket sales volition beginning in May with the Directed Group Sales phase — tickets allocated to camps.

To assist with fundraising, the Org will sell ane,000 "ticket reservations", with a minimum price of $2,500 per reservation. This will guaranty you the right to buy a ticket at a futurity effect at the standard ticket price. And then you pay $2,500 (or more if yous'd like) today, and purchase a $450 or so ticket when yous delight. See tickets.burningman.org to purchase a reservation. Notation, it is possible all or part of this purchase toll may be tax deductible.

Hither's our speculation (from January 2021), with updates in brackets:

The Organization has been articulate that Burning Man will not happen if it cannot happen safely. Tin can information technology be held safely? Well, the event is held on a vii square mile chip of desert. And having a high quality mask is already required past common sense. Most importantly, we believe that by the time the gates open, most [everyone] who want to be vaccinated volition take been vaccinated, keeping in mind minors and those with certain medical conditions volition be ineligible for the vaccine regardless of supply.

The biggest adventure gene is the uncertainty of announcing an event and selling tickets well in advance of the effect. A lot of thing could happen, including viral variants that reduce the effectiveness of vaccines, or the expected ramp up in production of existing vaccines, and the approval and product of new "one shot" vaccines not happening at the required footstep.

Absent-minded one of this risk factors coming to laissez passer, we suspect past early May [late Apr] the event will officially be announced. The size will undoubtedly be downsized [to 60,000], both in population and in the scale of the art. Two of the most controversial items: we believe the tickets will be partially not-refundable. [This is not correct it seems - tickets will exist refundable] The Org will be spending plenty of money to make this result happen, forth with covering normal operating expenses, and at that place simply won't be funds to give back if at that place is a last minute cancellation. Next, we strongly suspect that vaccination volition be required of all those who are medically eligible for the vaccination [confirmed]. We've received angry emails nearly this last point, some claiming it won't happen, others outraged that we call back it will happen. Nonetheless, nosotros are more confident on this betoken than about whatsoever other in this article.

THE OFFICIAL TICKET Process

Burning Man is expected to sell 60,000 tickets in 2021. Ticket sales volition brainstorm to camps in May, with other ticket phases following shortly thereafter. People will exist able to purchase a $two,500 "reservation", which guarantees them the right to buy a ticket at this or a hereafter event (at the standard ticket price).

While nosotros don't know what 2021 will look like, we can take a look at what was proposed for 2020.

For those buying tickets straight from Burning Man, there was to be 3 ticket auction opportunities. Beginning, a pre-sale phase (FO'MO Sale), where tickets were to exist purchased for effectually $1,400. Next, the Principal Sale was to feature tickets for around $550. Finally, a small-scale number of tickets were to be sold presently earlier the event at the "OMG Sale" at effectually $600. In each case taxes, aircraft and other fees were added as described below.

The 70,000 tickets offered in 2020 were to be divided as follows:

  • FO'MO Sale: iv,000 tickets at $1,400

  • Directed Group Sale: 35,000 tickets at $550. 15,000 vehicle passes

  • Main Auction: 20,000 tickets at $550. 10,000 vehicle passes available at $150

  • OMG Sale: 3,000 tickets at $600. ane,500 vehicle passes bachelor at $150.

  • Low Income: An boosted iv,500 tickets are offered every bit part of the low income program at $225.

In improver to the face value of tickets, you would also take had to pay:

  • A commitment fee of $25 domestic, $35 int'l

  • $4 surcharge per detail

  • Nevada Live Entertainment Taxation (LET) of ix%

  • A 2.7% credit carte processing fee

And then if you were to buy 2 $550 tickets and a $150 car pass the total cost would exist around $ane,275, including domestic shipping.

Note: Total attendance at Burning Man 2020 was expected to be close to eighty,000, which includes staff, vendors, BLM, law enforcement, etc. Note, more than than seventy,000 tickets are sold, as event organizers add a small number of additional tickets to account for no shows, early on departures and late arrivals.

All sales crave a Burner Profile. Sign up or log in here to update it.

Ticket Dates

Ticket sales to camps via the Directed Grouping Sale volition begin in May. Expect total dates to exist appear the last week in April.

Burning Man Ticket Collage (2019)

The Art & History of Burning Human Tickets

The Ticket Process for Burning Man 2021

Based on 2020 procedures, which are not expected to significantly change in 2021, the ticket procedure will be as follows:

Directed Group Sales. The directed group sales phase was developed to ensure that established groups, such as theme camps and fine art auto producers, have access to tickets for their participants. These are allocated early in the ticketing process to ensure members accept certainty around having tickets and fully participating in the camp/grouping'southward efforts leading upwardly to the burn.

Each approved group is allocated a number of tickets by the organization. The group then distributes the right to buy tickets among its members, and provides a list of approved members Burner Profiles to the organization. Presently earlier the DGS auction, each registered member receives an email confirming their participation in the DGS. On the day of the sale (or during the 48 hr window of the DGS sale), members either click on the unique link provided in the e-mail, or become to their Burner Profile page, where a link will appear when the sale goes alive (before going live there will be a box that alerts the user they are registered for the auction. Subsequently the 48 hour window expires, the tickets are released and the link will no longer be valid.

Principal Auction

Prior to the sale, each potential buyer must register a profile on Burner Profiles. During the sale registration period they must specify that they are interested in purchasing tickets. They will then receive an email confirming their registration and a link to participate in the sale. A box volition as well appear on the Burner Profile page indicating they are registered for the general sale.

On the 24-hour interval of the general sale, an active link volition announced on each registered users' Burner Contour page, and email link previously sent will become active. When the auction begins, the user clicks on the link and will receive a page telling them they are in the cue to receive tickets (or a 404 error if servers are overloaded). After a look of a few seconds to 30 minutes they will be either given the opportunity to buy tickets or be told tickets are sold out.

OMG and FO'MO Sales

Each tickets window follows the same process every bit the Principal Sale. You lot must register in accelerate and then on the mean solar day of the auction endeavour to purchase tickets.

Depression Income Tickets

Around iv,500 "low income" tickets are also sold at approximately $210, plus taxes and fees. Annotation, in 2016 these tickets didn't sell out until shortly before the event. In 2018 to 2020 need for these tickets were higher, but still a viable option for lower income participants. In 2019 the allotment increased almost xx%. Those eligible should make an application immediately upon the window opening, as once the system believes they have received sufficient applications to classify all tickets, the window closes.

You can still register for the principal sale if yous have applied for depression income tickets, but if you buy a ticket in whatsoever ticket phase your low income ticket will be cancelled. Note, even registering for other ticket phases could affect your low income ticket application. The official discussion from Called-for Human being'southward Low Income ticket review group: "purchasing another ticket disqualifies you from being awarded a Low Income ticket. Registering for a regular sale would only be taken into business relationship if the application is really marginal and we're having a tough time making the call."

Burning Man does not publish eligibility criteria and there are no strict cut-offs for fiscal eligibility, although some have reported having relatively solid income but unusual expenses or other financial hardships and receiving tickets. Your contribution to the effect is besides taken into business relationship. So if you experience y'all can't attend due to ticket cost and therefore don't intend to use for tickets, and feel your contribution to the event would be significant, you may be a good candidate for the low income ticket plan.

In past years, people have mostly received word on their low income ticket awarding roughly iv weeks later on applying. Note some strategy here - if yous utilise immediately, the starting time solar day y'all tin can, for a depression income ticket, you will probable get a response before registration for the main auction opens.

Read more about the Depression Income Ticket Program, including tips on creating the best application possible.

Main Sale Technical Issues in 2019 and 2020

In 2019, Burning Man took the ticket booking technology in-house, having a third-party develop a ticketing system for them. The Main Sale went poorly, with multiple technical bug (run across screen shots below). While many people were able to buy tickets without an consequence, many experienced a serial of issues, including missing "buy buttons", requests for nonexistent access codes, and other mistake letters (come across below). Many of these bug could but be fixed by opening the ticket link in a new incognito window, opening the link on a cell phone not connected to wifi, using a VPN connectedness or other similar strategies. Some found a screen to purchase tickets, but no final "buy button" (but if they clicked where they thought the button should be…. it worked).

Well-nigh of the fault messages are captured in the images below.

Culling Tickets Strategies

Your first method to become a ticket to Burning Human being is to purchase one straight through the Org in one of the ticket sales described above.

Anybody is going to tell you, "Don't Panic", tickets will free up, yous'll get one.   Don't pay above confront value!

Getting tickets via the Burning Homo community is still how most of the people we know who struck out in the main sale get their tickets. Spending time in the community, attending regional burns, army camp fund-raisers, and engaging in other activities that contribute to the Burning Man community will significantly increment your chance of finding tickets. If you don't have a strong social network in the Burning Human being community, below are strategies to consider.

Here are other strategies to obtain a ticket to Called-for Man:

  1. Buy the $i,400 tickets. If you are willing to fork over a premium cost, you are likely to get tickets directly through the arrangement. These are expected to sell out chop-chop in 2019, as the number of tickets bachelor at this price were dramatically cut (as many went to scalpers, it is believed).

  2. Submit a Low Income Ticket Application. If you are a depression income individual, this is a good artery to get tickets, and surprisingly often ignored.

  3. Join a camp with a ticket allocation. There are camps that are looking for members and have ticket allocations. Kickoff reaching out to any camp that resonates with yous and be upfront about your demand for a ticket. The Called-for Man board has set up a new course toward emphasizing formal camps as a way to have more influence over Burning Human being culture, then watch for more than and more tickets being allocated toward camps in the coming years.

    Notation: International camps often are both in need of feet on the street in the US and take more tickets than for which they have demand. Accomplish out to as many equally you can, either with interest of joining (ideally!), or at a minimum with an offering to help out with logistics in the US. Camping with a camp of non-U.s.a. people would probable be an interesting experience, and helping them move gear, do background before they arrive, etc., is a service that is needed. Accomplish out to enough of these camps, and you will get face value tickets, and assist support a military camp that has logistical issues and is contributing to the diverse experience that is Burning Human.

  4. Scout eBay similar a hawk for face value tickets. They are sold almost every twenty-four hour period close to the burn down. They will pop upwardly as a "Buy It Now", and will be purchased near immediately. And so yous volition need a bot or a motivated refresh finger to get one of these gilded tickets. See #6 below to help avoid fraud.

  5. Watch Craigslist for face up value tickets. If you are in the SF Bay Area, they pop upwards now and so. Outside of San Francisco it'due south far less likely, but in Portland and Seattle a few pop up every year. Insist on getting full ID and contact data from the seller to help ensure that the tickets are genuine, haven't been alleged lost or otherwise been canceled. Any honest seller will happily provide this (they may not be willing to provide it until you lot are set to hand over greenbacks, to avoid you reporting their tickets to BM for cancellation). Pay via Paypal specifying yous are buying goods or services, so you have extra protection if y'all need to get after a fraudulent seller. Carefully examine the ticket to ensure the holographic images are valid. Install a QR reader on your phone, and browse the QR code and brand sure the number matches the ticket number. And compare the ticket against the list of voided tickets. Annotation that even if you lot do all these, one scam is to sell a valid ticket, then reported it stolen to the org, have it cancelled and reissued. One way to mitigate this is to take the tickets transferred via a Volition Telephone call ticket transfer.

  6. A note on eBay/Craigslist/StubHub. I believe that there is far less chance of fraud on eBay or StubHub than on Craigslist, and better recourse in both circumstances for fraud. StubHub offers an outright guarantee against fraud. eBay offers certain guarantees too, merely information technology's a bit less robust in its protection.

    StubHub. StubHub tickets are generally more expensive than eBay once y'all figure in the service accuse. StubHub offers a full guaranty against fraudulent tickets: you lot will either (a) get replacement tickets or (b) go your money back. StubHub purchases tickets each year to Burning Man and has in the by replaced fraudulent tickets at the gate, for at least i buyer I talked with at the event. Even so, StubHub is not costless from risk. A common issue is that a seller sells tickets to you, you wait for delivery, and they fail to deliver. StubHub will requite y'all a refund, and charge the seller a fee. The problem is that if you purchased your tickets in July, and and so needed to replace them in mid-August, you lot may find that the tickets increased significantly in price. StubHub will non give any credit or refund in this situation.

    EBay. EBay offers a guarantee against fraud. Notwithstanding, at that place are reports of ticket scammers sending an empty envelope to buyers, and eBay refusing to have whatsoever action against the seller. Then if you practice buy on eBay, make a video of you lot opening the envelope when information technology arrives, and advisedly filming the tickets inside, including the numbers. If the tickets have been voided or are fraudulent, eBay volition likely provide a recourse.

    Other ideas to stay safe with aftermarket tickets:

    1. Pay with tickets using PayPal, which since 2015 has provided some coverage against fraud for intangible goods. You must specify when making the purchase that information technology'south a commercial transaction. Never agree to specify the PayPal transaction is a "gift", which eliminates buyer protection. If someone asks yous to practice this, avert the transaction entirely. When the envelope arrives, have a video of you opening it and displaying the contents. On the off run a risk you have been sent an empty envelope or the tickets appear to be fraudulent, y'all accept clear testify of what has happened.

    2. Read the Burning Man FAQ on ownership tickets.

    3. Buy your tickets before the OMG sale…. prices leap immediately later on the auction.

    A note on buying tickets on secondary markets. There is a strong civilization against buying or selling tickets for above face up value. We have never done and so, and will never do information technology.

2018 Ticket Prices on eBay and StubHub

Burning Man 2018 Ticket Prices eBay Stubhub

Random Bits

Wonder why your tickets come with a Fireball candy? And only one regardless of the number of tickets? And why yous don't get ane if yous are not in the United States? The Fireball is added to the package to change the mailing envelope from Starting time Class Post, to a First Course Parcel. First Form Mail has a maximum width of three/4". The Fireball makes the envelope closer to an inch, which historically would include both tracking and signature at no actress price. This results in the price of shipping being less than the cost of sending a First Form Postal service (over thirteen ounces), with a tracking and signature pick enabled. So if yous aren't in the U.s.a., don't expect a Fireball. And why one? According to Burning Man having multiple Fireballs increases the odds the package will pry open up during shipping. Oh, and don't wait to have to sign for your tickets this year…The USPS no longer includes signature confirmation automatically for Commencement Class Packages (and even those with expedited shipping accept not been required to sign for the tickets).

My ticket didn't arrive or my envelope arrived open or without a ticket. No worries… The Org tin cancel whatsoever tickets that have been lost, stolen or compromised then leave a new ticket a Volition Call. Note, Burning Man now requires lost tickets to exist picked upwardly physically to gainsay a fraud tactic where scammers were having the aforementioned (official) tickets issued multiple times, past reporting them lost or stolen and having new tickets issued.

Called-for Man isn't responding to my emails for ticket back up. Ok, hither's the super hush-hush directly phone number to ticket back up…. 1-844-272-6505 Historically they choice upwards pretty much immediately. Oh, and the number'south not a secret at all, only for some reason every yr people freak out because emails aren't getting returned.

I bought a ticket from a stranger, and it'due south non existence honored at the gate. And information technology's an accurate ticket! Unfortunately, a ticket scam that has been perpetrated of late is for a scam artist to purchase tickets using a false identification. They then sell the tickets and later report the tickets stolen. Burning Man issuesnew Volition Call tickets and sell those as well. It's possible for someone to spend $800 on tickets and gross $3,000 to $6,000 using this about impossible to detect scam.

Can I employ someone else credit card to purchase my tickets? The name on the ticket order must match the proper name on the Burner Profile existence used to buy it. But one tin can utilize a third-party credit menu to make the purchase. Just make certain the same credit card is not being used to otherwise purchase Burning Man tickets. Come across the official Reddit AMA reply here.

My Tickets are Stuck in Customs! If the ticket has been shipped to you from Burning Homo, they volition abolish it and replace it with a new ticket. If you are receiving a ticket from a friend, have that friend take a video of them putting the tickets in the envelope and dropping them with the post carrier, showing the transit number. Make certain the video shows the number on the ticket, the number of the fedex/ups/usps tracking number, and the depositing of them with the carrier, all in one unbroken sequences. If the ticket is stuck in community, you accept very clear evidence that you mailed the ticket and you will receive notification from customs that will show the ticket is being held up. Then contact Burning Human. The will likely re-upshot your ticket and permit you to option it upwards at Will Phone call. Even without this procedure, the org is very likely to cancel the ticket and re-issue a new one besides. (Notation, the org needs to guard against fraud, and there is a ticket scam that uses "stuck in community" to defraud third-party ticket buyers, and therefore are thoughtful about when to cancel a ticket in these circumstances).

Is Burning Man Oversold? May I be refused entry even if I have a ticket and have done nothing wrong? Called-for Man sells more tickets than capacity will allow. Once the gate count reaches maximum capacity, people are held back from entering until someone exists. This doesn't unremarkably occur, but did in 2018, when more people than average used their tickets. The current BLM let (2019 onward) gives Burning Human a little more than flexibility to temporarily exceed the 80k max, and the organization has also sold fewer tickets in 2019, and then we don't expect the capacity issue to be a trouble this yr.

Website Technical Problems. Beginning, we have e'er used the direct link from the Burner Profile screen, and not the link from the email. The electronic mail link seems to adequately consistently take more issues than the straight link, merely YMMV.

The Burning Man website has had technical issues in the past. If during the ticket sales phase yous receive a white screen (aka the White Screen of Death), black screen, are told that you lot have already purchased tickets, or are violating some other policy, or other fault message, consider the following work-arounds. Note, none of these are certain to piece of work, and they may make things worse. They are just the things we exercise when confronting technical failures on ticketing websites:

Get-go, endeavor to refresh the browser if information technology doesn't automatically refresh; often repeated refreshes will fix the white screen of death, or issues with elements of a page not loading. Open a "Private Window" in Safari or "Incognito Window" in Chrome (or similar window in your browser) and cutting and paste your ticket link address to that. Often the individual windows volition overcome issues. Notation, nosotros never use a Tor Browser when buying tickets, as many sites block Tor traffic. As a 2d arroyo, attempt to open up your ticket link via your cell phone (while keeping your initial web browser open up). If that fails, plow off the WiFi on your telephone and try over again. This last approach is the nigh risky equally you will at present take a new IP accost, and yous may then become an error that y'all are trying to cutting in line, or that the link has already been used. That said, if you are getting a white screen, or error bulletin that is telling you lot your link isn't valid or similar bulletin, it'due south possible this terminal play a trick on will work. Note, we take no special insight to how the dorsum end of the Burning Homo.org ticketing system works. The Chief Sale will be the first time it is used, and the suggestions above are based on generic solutions to mutual problems. We try to follow whatever the instructions are on the ticketing website, and would only try the suggestions above when encountering an obvious technical problem.

Does anyone really just buy a single ticket? 85% of the people buying tickets in the main sale, buy two tickets. xv% but buy a unmarried ticket.