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IGNiGHT Willcox 2025
Date: September 27, 2025
Time: 4pm-10pm
Location: Northwest corner of Stewart St. and Haskell Ave. in Willcox, AZ (next to La Unica Mexican Restaurant)
Tickets: This event is free and open to the public
This is a fully community and volunteer supported event. 100% of any donations from ticket purchases go towards making IGNiGHT happen. Donations are appreciated, but are not required.

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Sign up here to be involved in the planning and production process for next year. Administrative and organizational skills, artistic skills, logistic skills, outreach skills, documentarian skills, generally kind and helpful folks, and so much more goes into bringing this event each year. Help us shape the event for another round of successful collaboration next year! 

And checked out photos from past IGNiGHT events

Are you Burning Man or Saguaro Man curious? Experience Burner culture … without the long drive and all that dust. Join us in the Spring to celebrate AZ Burner art, culture, and community in Willcox, AZ!

This year we are pleased to display art from AZ Burners and art from Southeast Arizona artists side-by-side!

This will truly be a unique and culturally rich event that you won’t want to miss out on. Be a part of it all by signing up to volunteer with the event.

All ages are welcome!

IGNiGHT is an interactive art experience and celebration of the 11 Principles of AZ Burners. Learn about this unique culture by:

  • Interacting with unique art pieces
  • Participating in fun activities
  • Experiencing Mutant Vehicles and Art Cars
  • Expressing yourself in your most radical outfit
  • And much, much, more!

If you’ve ever wondered what Burning Man and Saguaro Man are all about, join us in September and get a little closer to the flame.

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  • Tickets -> This event is free and open to the public.
  • Arts, Activities, and Performance Submissions -> Enter your art, activity, performance, or workshop here!
    • Bring out your art and interactive activities, large and small, old and new, to share with folks who may have never experienced anything like it before!
    • Deadline for submissions is Friday 09/19/25 so that we have time to plan for everyone.
    • Want to display your art but can’t make it to the event? No worries! We have a solution.
    • Simply note in the sign up form that you wish to display your artwork, and our production team will help you find transportation and volunteers to display it for you.
  • Volunteers -> Sign up here to volunteer for roles before, during, or after the event.
    • It takes a lot of work and many, many, different kinds of help to make this event happen. Can’t make it to the event, but still want to help? That’s great! We can use your help in pre and post event preparations. Sign up today!
      • This is an official AZ Burners event and as such, all hours contributed will accumulate towards your future event discounts. Learn more about the AZBurners volunteer policy and how you can earn free tickets to future events, including Saguaro Man and Decomp
      • Want to help build next year’s IGNiGHT event? Step on up! Send an email to ignight@azburners.org to get connected to the production team.
      • Carpool -> Sign up here to be connected with other folks who would like to offer or request carpool opportunities.
  • Help spread the word! Invite your burner-curious friends ->

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All humans are invited to attend and participate! Please recognize the 11 Principles of AZ Burners. Explore the 11 Principles!

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IGNiGHT Through the Years

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IGNiGHT and the Art of Burning Man.

“IGNiGHT is unlike anything else,” says founder Kristin Wesley. “In 2019, we created a gallery opening spectacle. Since then, we’ve taken pARTicipants on an immersive safari of interactive art experiences, both virtually and physically, celebrating the 11 Principles of AZ Burners and showcasing the amazing work of Arizona’s burner artists!”

Burning Man, the annual gathering of 70,000 “burners” in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada, has gained increasing acceptance in the broader arts community and mainstream culture. 

Arizona alone is home to more than 4,500 “Burners” who gather throughout the year to coordinate activities, volunteer opportunities, community outreach events and Arizona’s own version of the Burning Man event called Saguaro Man.

In 2018, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC., punctuated the trend with its No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man exhibition. 

“Burning Man has been an incubator for new experiential art forms that inspire viewer engagement and interaction,” said Scottsdale’s Katherine Thatcher, an independent art appraiser and consultant formerly of the Smithsonian and Sotheby’s London. 

“The movement has escaped the Burning Man gathering into broader society. Today, you see more interactive art such as climbable sculptures, large-scale light exhibitions from Bruce Munro, an