BURNERS

EVERYWHERE

Burner Family, Friends, Artists and Businesses.

INDEX
DC / MD / VA
STATUS
501 (C) (3) - Since 2025
SEASON
2026 / Burning
© DC BURNERS - 2026

Community

Find your People

The DC Burners community is built around its people. Theme Camps are groups you burn with, camp with, and build a chosen family inside of. Artists and art collectives create the magic that makes every burn unforgettable. Burner Businesses are owned and operated by people in this community, built to support the people in it. Find your people in the directory below, or add your own group through your burner profile.

Theme Camps

Matriarchal Goddesses Training Camp

The Matriarchal Goddesses Training Camp aka The Matriarchy is made up of a group of Bad Ass Bitches, all the queers and good bois who serve. We are an inclusive group of Goddae who channel Divine Feminine Energy. The Matriarchy is a more equitable way of living for all humans. We flip the script on the patriarchy by intentionally decentering patriarchal norms to make space for feminine magic to rise! We make our presence known at regional burning man events where we co-create a space rooted in consent, creativity, and community care. Our gifts to the community are workshops, meditations, menstruation stations throughout our small city, a lounge complete with a cuddle puddle and delectable treats served on a silver platter. Call: All Hail the Matriarchy! Response: All Hail!
Accepting New Members
Art, Camp Dues, Venue

Local Burner BUSINESSES

BURNER TIDBIT
The Placement team decides where theme camps live on the playa each year. You apply, describe what your camp does, how many people you bring, and what you need, and they fit you into the city like a puzzle piece. It's one of the most logistically complex volunteer jobs at the burn.

Communal Effort

DC Burners isn't an organization. It's you, and everyone who shows up, builds something, and carries the ten principles home. The nonprofit exists to support that: producing regional events, funding participant-led art, and keeping the culture alive between playas. No paid staff, fully public books, and an elected volunteer board. We exist because this community keeps showing up for itself.