
2023 Burning Man Newbie Orientation
- ZOOM: Recording of the 2023 AZBurner’s Newbie Orientation
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- Date/Time:
Saturday, July 15th, 2023 – 4pm to 7pmconcluded - Location: Central Phoenix
- Date/Time:
- TUCSON
- Date/Time:
Sunday, July 16th, 2023 – 3pm to 6pmconcluded
- Date/Time:
- Location: Tucson – near the Park Place Mall
All the link from the AZ Burners Newbie Orientation will be posted here by COB 07/18/2023
Resources
- Driving Directions from Tucson and Phoenix to Black Rock City
- Speed limits – particularly in small towns and on playa
- Additional useful info about Law Enforcement
- Reno to BRC – Try the Burner Express (Bus or Air), Green Tortoise, or RideShare options
- Packing Lists and more…
- Costumes and Health on Playa
- Sex and Burning Man
- Bureau of Erotic Discourse (BED) is a team of volunteers who provide info/education about the “11th principle” of Burning Man: Consent. You can easily get in BED by becoming a Consent Ambassador or your camps BEDucator. Here’s how: beducator.teachable.com
- Burning Man Resources
- Survival Guide
- First Timer’s Guide
- Preparation Resources
- Mobility Camp – Radical Inclusion by Radical Accessibility
- Burning Man Hive (the Burner social network)
- You must have a Burner Profile to access https://profiles.burningman.org/
- Burning Man Hive home: https://hive.burningman.org
- Touching Down – A BRC Orientation https://hive.burningman.org/courses/6718632/content
- Black Rock City 2022 https://hive.burningman.org/topics/6440253
- Ask a Burner https://hive.burningman.org/topics/7313281
- Volunteering at BM https://burningman.org/event/participate/volunteering/teams/
- Supplementary Air Medivac Insurance through AirMedCare
- How to contact someone in an emergency on Playa https://burningman.org/event/preparation/health-safety/emergency-contact/
Veteran Burner?
Do you have wisdom to share about how to have a great burn? We’d love for you to be a presenter! Want to help set up and/or clean up? We’d love your help! Send an email to arizona@burningman.org.
Can’t make it?
Check the AZ Burners website Resources Page and scroll to the Newbie Orientation section.
Will there be an event in Northern AZ?
If you’re interested in hosting, send an email to arizona@burningman.org and we’ll work with you to make it happen!
2022 (Last year’s) Event Recording
NOTE: Click this link to view on YouTube and view the NOTES for an agenda, and jump to topics that are of interest to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inMUzv8eYJo
Agenda
There will be plenty of topics within each of the sections below, all presented to you by various local veteran Burners.
- Welcome!
- The Burning Man Experience – Setting Your Expectations
- Life At Burning Man (the biggest section)
- Getting to Burning Man
- Leaving Black Rock City and Returning to Default World
- Decompression
- Wrap Up and More Resources For You