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The Black Rock City experience is vast, varied, and near impossible to summarize easily. Over the course of many years, the WhatWhereWhen guide and mobile apps created by the Burning Man community have gathered participant events as a means to helping Black Rock citizens navigate their experience. These tools have helped start many adventures, converging thousands of people in parades, grilled cheese sandwich dance-offs, sunrise meditations, and many indescribable happenings.

Playa Events will open for event submissions at 12pm PT on Thursday, June 18.

The events submitted before 5pm PT on Thursday, June 25 will be exported to be considered for the WhatWhereWhen guide. After that, events submitted will be included in the Playa Events Calendar and the API for third-party apps, but will not make the print WhatWhereWhen deadline.

The Playa Events submission form will close at 12pm PT on August 22, 2026.

All events approved by moderators will be listed here on the Playa Events website and in the apps created by the Burning Man community.
Greeters hand out copies of the WhatWhereWhen guide to participants as they enter the Black Rock City event.

Be creative! Be descriptive! We want you to find your people and make Black Rock City what it is. Only a small number of submissions are rejected.
Please review the guidelines below for submission content that will be flagged during review:
* Names of business entities, including nonprofits. Examples: yoga studios, meditation centers, performance collectives, or dojos.
* Names of living professional performers, artists, DJs, authors, coaches, or wellness practitioners. We verify using public sources. If we can quickly find booking information, a business Instagram account, or a Bandcamp page, your listing will be edited or rejected.
* Direct promotional listings. For example, “Ellie May plays her newly-released album” will not be accepted. However, themed events like “Frank Sinatra Sing-Along” or “David Bowie Listening Party” are great!
* Offers of goods or services for sale or in exchange for value. Example: e-bike rentals.
* Offensive language or content meant to harm or target individuals or groups.
* Consumer brand names. Example: naming specific brands of beer or whiskey in an event listing.

Note: Events intended for mature audiences are welcome — we have a dedicated category for those.

Title is limited to 40 characters long (including spaces).
Description is limited to 80 characters long (including spaces).
You can submit as many events as you wish, one at a time.
You can select between one-time and recurring events.
Event duration is limited to 12 hours at camps, and 3 hours at art installations.
Please read the content guidelines.
* The event submission form is preloaded with the most recent list of all placed camps and art installations. The exact locations of placed camps are not public until the gate opens. Please do not add your location in the event description; it will be added to the book automatically, or will be visible in the smartphone apps at the event.
* Select the name of your placed camp or art installation from the drop-down menu. If you are using a different location, such as The Man, The Temple, Center Camp Canopy, or “trash fence,” use the "Other" location option and write it in.
* You will be offered a selection of categories. Select the best fit, but don’t stress about it — an event at Black Rock City is never just one thing!
* Submit your events in order of priority, with your top choice listed first for inclusion in the book. It helps us feature what’s most important to you!
* Check your email for notifications in case your listing was rejected.
* Please do not use emojis, special characters (&@%, #, etc.), ALL CAPS, or excessive punctuation (!!!).

All events can be edited and deleted from the website. Please log in and navigate to the "Logged in as...." menu on the Playa Events front page. In the drop down menu find My Events. Proceed to edit or delete any of the submitted events. Edited events need to be reviewed by moderators again.

Please note that after June 25, events are exported from the website to be printed in the WhatWhereWhen guide. Events included in the WhatWhereWhen cannot be edited or taken out of the book.

All events are reviewed and approved by moderators. There is a small chance your listing may be rejected, in which case you will receive an email. You will then be able to edit and resubmit a listing. You will not lose your chance of being in the WhatWhereWhen guide if you submit all final edits before 5pm PT on Thursday, June 25.
Moderators edit the events at their own discretion, as this is more efficient than rejecting and resubmitting them. However, most events are published as-is. You will receive an email when your event is published. You'll be able to click on a link in the email to read the description.