Kiwiburn

Dunedin Afterburn
2016-04-22 19:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
Potluck & Emojis, a Dunedin Afterburn, will be held on Fantasy Island. A potluck to meet with fellow Dunedin burners and decompress with your kind of people, where you’re invited to bring a plate. They’ll be spa’ing, burning, pot luck’ing and talking about their favourite emojis. All welcome.
For more information, email Nathan DSP Champion. The venue is notoriously difficult to find, so contact Nathan when you get lost on 027 450 3888.
nb They are also be hosting a sleepover for those wanting to attend the Feastock festival across the road on Saturday 23 April 2016.

April fire night
2016-04-22 17:00 - 22:30 | Claudelands Park, Hamilton , 3214, New Zealand
Welcome ladies, gentlemen, and everyone else to our fourth fire night of the year. As with last month we will host workshops for those interested in learning staff, poi, hoop, and all other things. Ask if we have it or come along and see what’s on offer.
All are welcome, even just to watch. Bring some acoustic tunes if you have some instruments our anything else you want to do or play
Please follow all rules stipulated on the night or I’ll have to ask you to leave. If you damage things that aren’t yours, you are liable and expected to cover costs.
Fuel is provided for experienced performers free of charge.
Donations from spectators are expected and, as always appreciated, as it keeps the fuel coming. ($5 a reasonable amount, but it’s a koha so whatever you can afford.)
Event date is subject to change due to weather and if it’s crappy, we’ll move to Saturday 23rd. If both days are bad, we’ll have to cancel. Information on postponement or cancellation will be put up before 3pm each day.
See you there!

Giant Weta Crowd Funding Campaign Launch!
2016-04-20 19:30 - 23:00 | Auckland Burners’ Space, 113 Valley Rd, Auckland, 1024, New Zealand
Join us as we launch our crowd funding campaign to take our uniquely New Zealand art project, The Giant Weta, to Burning Man 2016, Kiwiburn: New Zealand’s Regional Burning Man Event and beyond!
We’re also celebrating the launch of Auckland Burners‘ new build space, where we will be crafting The Giant Weta and many other projects in the future. This will be your first chance to see the space!
Drinks and nibbles will be provided. BYO Cup!
And we’re using Thunder Clap to help spread the word about our campaign. You can support us with your social reach here: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/39746-a-flame-shooting-giant-weta
We’ll be taking the campaign live at 9pm!

Auckland Burners' Meet Up
2016-04-06 19:30 - 22:30 | Dogs Bollix, 2 Newton Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Our regular meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
Sorry for the very late event page!
We’re back at the Dog’s Bollix this week for what could be our last event there for a little while. Next time we will be having the meet up at our new space!
Come decompress from what was an EPIC decompression party and keep this ball rolling…

Auckland Burners Decompression!
2016-04-02 20:00 - 2016-04-03 10:00
You’re not going to want to miss this! The 2016 Auckland Burners Decompression – where we can recreate the magic of the Paddock. Auckland Burners have found a fantastic venue in Ponsonby (TBC), allowing more art and Theme Camp participation than ever before to really rekindle the flame.
If you have a Theme Camp, art installation or performance that you would like to present in some form, whether it’s a flaming tea cup, fire spinning acrobatics, a fun fur cuddle puddle area or a studded leather flogging chair, we want to hear about it! We’re also looking at having grants to help fund your amazing ideas. Kiwiburn is a DO-ocracy and we also need help with decor, door, setup, strike and leave no trace. Everything really.
Get in touch if you’re keen to help make this the most amazing Decom experience yet – email us now. auckland.burners@gmail.com.
And with Daylight Saving finishing on 3 April we’re going to warp time and enjoy an extra hour of fun!
Kiwiburn is a year round community so let’s bring the spirit of the Paddock to the city!

Dancing in the Park
2016-03-26 16:00 - 23:30 | Albert Park, Princes St, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
We’re back for another great night in Albert Park. To see what fun we get up to, check out the awesome video from the last event which is also pinned in the discussion below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yc4oMPuMCI
From 4pm there will be music, and our ArtSpace will be up and running. From 5pm workshops will be running: Poi, Staff, Sword, SoundPlay, TheatrePlay, AcroYoga. There will be scheduled 30minute Zumba, DanceSpace and Laughter Yoga sessions from 4pm, with a schedule announced closer to the time.
As the sun sets our fire show will commence with our local legend fire performers. There’ll be an opportunity for those who dare to come try fire dancing for the first time.
Sock Poi will be available for purchase for $20, and we’ll have limited sets of LED poi available for $60 (cash only).
A $5 koha is appreciated to cover the running costs of this event.
This is an alcohol-free, family friendly event run by Emote Community Trust. Bring your picnic blankets, refreshements and friends.

Burnsong (a South Island Decompression event)
2016-03-26 12:00 - 2016-03-27 12:00
Experience the magic of Burning Man on Easter Weekend;
Radical Self-Expression, Gifting and Great Company,
Plus Amazing Music and Fire Performances all night long.
Featuring: The Green Fairy (pop up absinthe bar), the Circosphere (circus workshop space), Costumation Stations (facepaint and dress-ups galore), a Mini-Man and Temple Burn and a tasty Potluck dinner (supplied by you), this will be a night to be remembered. . . .
Burnsong follows the 10 principles of Burning Man which create an instantaneous, temporary and radical sense of community
Set in native New Zealand Bush, Burnsong will be held at the secluded Birdsong Retreat on the Akaroa Peninsula. Space is limited to 40 participants, so get in quick to reserve your tickets.
We are asking for a $10 donation per person to cover power and petrol costs for the site- please register your details here: http://goo.gl/forms/d7z5yyZlwr and follow the instructions for payment.
Due to the nature of the road up to the retreat, and limited parking onsite, we will be taxiing participants up to the event from the Wainui Community Centre. If you have a vehicle you need to bring to site to sleep in, please include this information when you register for a ticket.
The Taxi Service will run from 12-5pm Saturday, and 11am-3pm on Sunday. EVERYONE must be onsite before dark, so please don’t arrive late or you’ll be partying alone down at the beach.
Please bring a dish for the potluck plus your own plate, cup and cutlery, a torch, sturdy footwear and your friendliest smile.

Autumn Arena 2016
2016-03-25 13:00 - 2016-03-28 17:00 | The Arena, 191 Windsor Rd, Oamaru, 9491, New Zealand
Please come and celebrate, relax, dance, learn, explore and have fantastical fun with inspiring people
Fri: Unplugged!!! Delicious Potluck* Dinner and mystical drumming circle
Sat: Dance party shenanigans with live music and sweet DJs.
Sun: Hangi and Open Stage / Live stage
Mon: Closing Ceremony (about 3pm)
There will be…
• Knowledge sharing workshops everyday
• Creative Bamboo Structure Workshops for Kids & Adults
• Screen printing and stencil orkshop (bring cotton t-shirts and other cotton items to print onto.)
3 workshops… 10 till 12
• Yoga and healing guidance
• Fire and circus arts – performance and workshops
• Permaculture garden tour
• Movie zone
• Fun for kids
• Organic café filled with yummies and wood fired pizzas.
And everything in between!!!
*A “Potluck” dinner is a kiwi tradition of sharing food, so for Friday night please bring a pot or plate of food (main or dessert) to share.
Check out Autumn Arena on Facebook or phone Pete 03 432 6162 or 027 5950056.
Tickets $70 for the whole festival
$25 for a day pass. Kids free ☺
Gates sales ONLY. NO EFTPOS available.

Auckland Burner drinks
2016-03-23 19:30 - 22:30
Our regular meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
We’re changing venues this week as the Dog’s Bollix is hosting a large gig this coming Wednesday. We’ll be moving to the Ginger Minx in Valley Rd, at the city end of Dominion Rd.
As a bunch of you know we are incorporating Auckland Burners as a society and we’d like to do that this Wednesday. As such we’re going to need to have 15 people to sign up as members at this meet up. So we need you to drag your Auckland based Kiwiburn friends along so that 15 awesome people can be the founding members of an organisation that is going to do some great things in the coming years!
We also have a unofficial announcement to make that is REALLY exciting and which I can’t wait to become a reality, I’m sure you will be just as excited as me when you hear.
So come along, and drag your friends along too!

Blazing Swan 2016
2016-03-23 12:00 - 2016-03-29 12:00 | Jilikan Rock City, Kulin, Western Australia, Australia
Blazing Swan is an official Australian Burning Man event
Blazing Swan is an experiment in temporary community. Relationships are created, neighbors meet one another, and our collective survival is challenged. This is not a spectator event. It is difficult for you to take a role in the community if you are in Jilikin Rock City for less than 24 hours. In order to experience the true essence of Blazing Swan, you will want to become part of the community. Therefore, there are no day passes sold, and no discounts given based on your length of stay. Of course, it is not necessary that you come for the entire week. You are welcome to arrive early in the week and stay for just a portion of the event.

Fuego Astral
2016-03-23 - 2016-03-27
Argentina’s first Regional Burning Man event

In a context of co-creation and community FUEGO AUSTRAL called christened the theme of this year as “INFINISIS”. A nonexistent word in the dictionary itself but in its parts, as the temporary city of Fuego Austral, which exists only on participation and union members. INFINISIS: In state or condition of infinity. One way of forms around the creative wealth and participatory experience.
Like a state of eternal creation, as a connection to what exceeds us with that which builds and rebuilds the universe in their forms created and creating, a fragment of time between what is and what can be, among a personal and a collective imagination. That represents INFINISIS.
INFINISIS adapts and transforms your participation and experience. We invite you to come and deployments in this great canvas pampeano your desires and dreams that make this city an infinite temporal experience.

Auckland Kiwiburners Meetup – Time for a big announcement and celebration!
2016-03-09 19:30 - 22:30 | Dogs Bollix, 2 Newton Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Our regular meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
Firstly, sorry for the late set up of this event, there’s been some big things brewing in the back ground and I let it slip.
BUT we have a big announcement to make and some celebrating to do. We can’t let you know quite yet what we’re celebrating but trust me, it’s time to celebrate, so come on down!
The Dog’s Bollix has become our regular spot. They accept Bitcoin as a form of payment so if you’ve ever been interested in crypto-currency then you can have a look here: https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started

Carabosse – Fire Garden
2016-03-04 20:30 - 2016-03-06 23:00 | Auckland Domain, Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
Using flaming flower-pots and cool cast iron contraptions, the French fire alchemists Carabosse transform the Auckland Domain into an otherworldly fire-garden.
Roam through blazing landscapes and be warmed by fiery scrap metal sculptures as musicians, dreamers, story-tellers and old-soul firebrands create a fairground of fire where one’s deepest imaginings can be set free.

New Zealand Juggling and Circus Festival 2016
2016-03-04 08:00 - 2016-03-07 12:00 | Parakai Springs, 150 Parkhurst Rd, Parakai, 0830, New Zealand
The 2016 New Zealand Juggling and Circus Festival weekend will go as follows:
Thursday 03/03/2016 will be a pack in day. Nothing festival related will be happening except moving in. You are welcome to join us if you like.
Friday 04/03/2016 – Sunday 06/03/2016 will be packed with festival goodness.
Monday 07/03/2016 is pack out day.

Auckland Kiwiburners Meetup – Let's keep this rolling...
2016-02-24 19:30 - 23:00 | Dogs Bollix, 2 Newton Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Our regular meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
What an amazing turn out we just had, let’s see if we can keep this ball rolling! Let’s all talk about ideas for the Auckland Burners Decompression! What do you want to bring?
The Dog’s Bollix has become our regular spot. They accept Bitcoin as a form of payment so if you’ve ever been interested in crypto-currency then you can have a look here: https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started

Splore – A Summer Odyssey
2016-02-19 - 2016-02-21 | Tapapakanga Regional Park, Orere Point, Auckland, 2585, New Zealand
Pull up your waka to Tapapakanga Park and make this summer’s Splore Festival a milestone in your journey. Share with us another amazing moment in time.
Splore Festival brims with creative content and entertainment including music, performance, visual art, workshops and forums. Located 70km south east of Auckland and an easy one-hour journey to Tapapapakanga Park, Splore presents itself as an epic adventure tucked away in its own piece of paradise. The Splore experience is so positive, with its chilled and friendly vibe, that people have described it as a life-changing experience emerging from their festival escapade full of renewed optimism and enthusiasm for life.
Splore is a truly diverse music and art festival that caters to families during the day yet sparkles brightly at night as the party amps up with an eclectic music line-up. The food options are delicious and affordable with just about every cuisine imaginable.
Heralded as ‘one of the best festival locations in the world’ by visiting international music acts, the site introduces its’ visitors to a good dose of Kiwiana complete with a powhiri by local Iwi. With its beautiful safe swimming beach surrounded by 100 year old pohutukawas and a freshwater lagoon to plunge in – Splore never fails to impress the first time visitor.
Splore has a target of 85% diversion of waste to landfill and asks the audience to actively participate in this goal. Many initiatives have been introduced over the years to minimise the festival’s environmental footprint including encouraging car-pooling and subsidising public transport, reusable drinking vessels and a recycling system that is manned with volunteers to ensure it works. One of Splore’s greatest points of differences is the lack of rubbish and clean site. It sets the tone and a narrative for people to ‘love and respect’ the Splore place.

Auckland Kiwiburners Meet Up – did we really just do that!
2016-02-10 19:30 - 22:30 | Dogs Bollix, 2 Newton Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Our regular meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
How amazing was that? Our biggest burn yet and you all did an amazing job at keeping the flame burning. Let’s meet up and tell stories and find out what we missed out on!

Casual burners meet up – Friday drinks in Auckland!
2016-02-05 18:00 - 22:00 | Brothers Brewery Juke Joint, 5 Akiraho Street, Auckland, 1024, New Zealand
A few of us will be catching up. No beer specials but they do have a lovely garden bar and really nice beer!

Kiwiburn 2016 – Pot Luck and Emotion
2016-01-27 10:00 - 2016-02-01 10:00 | The Paddock, 136 Cooks Rd, Hunterville, 4783, New Zealand
‘Build something. Fly something. Float something. Burn something. Bring it to Kiwiburn.’
This will be the 13th Kiwiburn. Come for the whole time, or as many days as you can.
Many volunteers will be needed for the event, so think about how you can contribute. Built on the guiding principles of Burning Man, Kiwiburn is a collective experience. Everybody contributes, everybody pays. As there are no paid performers at the event, there are no spectators and what is shared are the passions and dreams of those who gift them. You do not “attend” Kiwiburn, you are a part of it. There is no money exchanged for anything at the event. You bring everything you need to survive.
There will be art installations and people in costume, fire spinners, drummers… but that’s just us, and what we are doing… bring your passion and share with us your dreams.
More info on our website and on the facebook event page.

Auckland Burners meet up
2016-01-20 19:30 - 22:30 | Dogs Bollix, 2 Newton Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Our regular fortnightly meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
First event for the year and last event before Kiwiburn!
Everyone is prepping their art installations, organising their theme camps and generally getting stuff done. Come along and talk about what you are up to.
The Dog’s Bollix has become our regular spot. They accept Bitcoin as a form of payment so if you’ve ever been interested in crypto-currency then you can have a look here: https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started

New release of tickets on sale
2016-01-16 | The Paddock, 136 Cooks Rd, Hunterville, 4783, New Zealand
Kiwiburn 2016 is now sold out! Did you miss out and are still keen to go? After discussing the space and volunteer situation, the ExCom has agreed to release 100 more tickets, available online from 9am on 16 January. Please remember that there are no free tickets for volunteers – everyone buys a ticket.

Auckland Kiwiburners Meet Up - The last for the year
2015-12-16 19:30 - 22:30 | Dogs Bollix, 2 Newton Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Our regular fortnightly meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
Last event for the year and second to last event before Kiwiburn! We will have one more meet up in the 20 January, just one week before the event starts.
The Man burns is just 6 weeks! Everyone is prepping their art installations, organising their theme camps and generally getting stuff done. Come along and talk about what you are up to.
The Dog’s Bollix has become our regular spot. They accept Bitcoin as a form of payment so if you’ve ever been interested in crypto-currency then you can have a look here: https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started

Auckland Kiwiburners Christmas Party!
2015-12-13 15:00 - 21:00 | Narrow Neck Beach, Old Lake Rd, Devonport, New Zealand
Come one come all to the Auckland Kiwiburners’ Christmas Party.
This will be great chance for any newbies to connect with our community and talk about Kiwiburn which is just around the corner.
We will be having a BBQ (in keeping with the KB16 theme!) so feel free to bring some food to cook up, and a BBQ too if you have one you can easily transport. You will be able to BYO and have a drink as there is only a night-time liquor ban at Narrow Neck.
Please carpool where you can. The ferry timetable is here: http://www.fullers.co.nz/tickets-fares/timetables/devonport.php

Moscow Decompression 2015
2015-11-28 08:00 - 2015-11-29 13:00 | Moscow burners, Moscow, Russian Federation
Decompression (разгерметизация) – ежегодное традиционное событие, которое помогает сохранить и воссоздать дух фестиваля, и объединить всех, кто уже был, будет и только мечтает оказаться на Burning Man.
For the third year in a row, on November 28, an official Decompression event of the legendary Burning Man Festival will take place in Moscow. Every year, at a bottom of a dried up salt lake bed in Black Rock City, Nevada, the Burning Man Festival gathers the most peculiar representatives of the creative underground community of the planet.Decompression is a traditional yearly event that helps to recreate and keep alive the vibes of the Burning Man Festival. At Decompression, we unite those who’ve already been to the Playa, those who intend to go and those who dream about attending a Burn. Neither the Festival, nor the Burning Man Decompression events have commercial sponsors and everything is created exclusively by volunteers and participants. At the heart of the festival are 10 basic principles: “Radical Inclusion”, “Gifting”, “Decommodification”, “Radical Self Reliance”, “Radical Self Expression”, “Communal Effort” ,“Civic Responsibility”, ”Leave No Trace”, “Particpation”, “Immediacy”. As we’ve mentioned, all the participants of Decompression are actively involved in the process by bringing something from themselves, starting with creating a unique image. We want to make the most creative versions of YOU come alive. The crew of the Costume Camp Russia of the Nowhere festival (European version of Burning Man) is preparing for you with Playa Fashion style costumes, which will help each and every one of you to get creative with your costumes in true Burning Man style! Moscow Burning Man Decompression is created by YOU!

Sydney Decompression
2015-11-27 - 2015-11-29 | Sydney, Australia
Come one and come all, as we welcome you to the 2015 SYDNEY DECOMPRESSION WEEKEND!
The last fire of Burning Seed might be out but the warmth and heat that was created flows through each and every one of us! Join, take part, create, help, nurture and be one of the many hearts of our growing community. The Sydney decompression is for all the past, present and future burners and seeders. At a Decompression Burners/Seeders gather to celebrate the recent Burning Seed and to fan the flames of inspiration, creativity and community in our lives back home.
For the last few years in SYDNEY as the NSW Burner crew and community with support by various camps from other states, we have been putting on glorious gatherings that are 100% seed, gifted and decommodified… More than just a party, a Decom encompasses the ten principles and re-creates a mini Burn environment. Once again we are here to blow your mind away NOW WITH 3 days of shenanigans!
27th
Gallery Exhibition @ TORTUGA STUDIOS
Photos and Videos from Seed 2015
6pm to 9.30pm
Post drinks and shenanigans at a local dive!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1094375887254247/
28th
WAREHOUSE (ticketed) soon to be announced
29th
Beach Picnic Party @ Bronte Beach
11am to 9pm
Various interactive art and theme camp corners.
https://www.facebook.com/events/758128320986134/

Application Process: Taking Art to Nevada!
2015-11-21 08:00 - 2015-11-30 23:55 | Black Rock City, Black Rock Desert, NV, United States
Each year, Burning Man offer an Honorarium art grant. Auckland Burners are submitting an application for 2016 and the following is our process for the idea that will be developed into the project that we will take to Burning Man in Nevada for 2016.
We will have until 30 November to develop this into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to submit to the Burning Man grant process. We will be having many meetings and working collaboratively online to get the winning idea developed into a proposal in this short space of time. We are endeavouring to make this process as collaborative as possible. The LOI requirements can be found here: http://burningman.org/culture/burning-man-arts/grants/brc-honoraria/submit_grant/
Then we wait until we hear back from Burning Man as to whether our application has been accepted and we can move ahead and submit a full proposal where we work out every little aspect of the project, ending up with an amazing piece of art on the playa for all to enjoy.

London Decompression 2015
2015-11-13 21:00 - 2015-11-14 06:00 | London, 28 New Kent Road, SE1 6TJ, London, United Kingdom
Friday, November 13
at 9:00pm – 6:00am in UTC

Nov 13 at 9:00pm to Nov 14 at 6:00am in UC

http://londondecom.org/

Circulation Festival 2015
2015-11-12 12:00 - 2015-11-15 12:00 | The Arena, 191 Windsor Rd, Oamaru, 9491, New Zealand
CIRCULATION is one of Aotearoa’s best-kept secrets: a music and performance based festival being hosted in an amazing earthen perma-culture arena. This year come join us for a journey to Circulation, just 20 minutes’ drive south of Oamaru, for a festival that you will never forget!
The festival is primarily workshop focused, with workshops happening almost constantly over three days. This includes circus, aerial, fire performance, dance, theatre, comedy, yoga, music and many more. Workshops cater towards primarily beginners however advanced workshops are held throughout the festival to accommodate demand. There will be scheduled pre-organised workshops, as well as open timeslots for people to spontaneously take their futures and that of others into their own hands!
We are happy to announce we have food tickets available once again, providing ticket holders with a delicious and nutritious vegan-friendly (no animal products) breakfast, lunch, and dinner, from Friday to Sunday. Thursday night will be potluck night and Sunday is the free Hangi available to everyone! Please note that food tickets DO NOT include snacks (BYO) or cafe food (B$$).
Event details here.
Camping space is free and plentiful, including certain areas designated as tranquil/family camping. Driving instructions here.

MelBurn Decompression 2015
2015-11-06 22:00 - 2015-11-07 10:00 | Colonial Hotel, Corner of King and Lonsdale Sts, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
What’s the one must attend event on the calendar for all Melbourne burners? The 2015 MelBurn Decompression. It’s where we can recreate the magic of Burning Man and Burning SEED in the heart of Melbourne for one night only. Details on Facebook.
As always this is a DO-ocracy and we need help with art, decor, theme camps, door, setup, strike, music, DJs, performers and leave no trace. Get in contact if you’re keen to help make this the most amazing Decom experience yet.
Your early ticket purchase ensures we can support more grants for this year’s Burning SEED and can fund art and theme camps to come to the Decom. Buy tickets here.

Auckland Burner meet up
2015-11-04 19:30 | Dogs Bollix, 2 Newton Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Our regular fortnightly meetup to gather, chat and build our local burner community. Come along!
Taking art to Nevada, who’s interested?
The theme for Burning Man has been announced as “Da Vinci’s Workshop” and the call for regional participation has been made. See here for details: http://blog.burningman.com/2015/10/brc-art/burning-man-2016-da-vincis-workshop/
At this meetup we will be announcing the process on how we will decide on what we will be making. Have you got an idea for an art installation? We’ll be talking about this around 9pm.
The Dog’s Bollix has become our regular spot. They accept Bitcoin as a form of payment so if you’ve ever been interested in crypto-currency then you can have a look here: https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started
