Burning Man is a volunteer-driven event focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance held annually in the western United States.

The event is guided by ten core principles: https://burningman.org/about/10-principles/

The Burning Man Regional Network plays a key role in the year-round extension of the Burning Man experience, supporting it as a global cultural movement.

Nest is an officially recognised regional event associated with Burning Man, held annually at a countryside site in Devon, England. In 2023 there will be approximately 1,000 participants.

Ok, so here's the thing…

You shouldn't really expect anything at all.

Your ticket gets you through the gate, and that's about it.

Nest, like Burning Man, is a volunteer-created event.

There are no spectators - everyone who attends is a participant.

It is for you, and every other attendee, to design and deliver the event.

Ok, it is true to say that some volunteers have very kindly developed an organisation and a structure over the years.

Thanks to their efforts, you can be sure that there will be some infrastructure such as toilets, a medical team, fire safety, welfare etc.

There will also be a volunteer Arts team who will put their efforts into encouraging and supporting artists to provide some visual gifts to the event.

Like every other Burning event, you will encounter a number of Theme Camps (see below) and get to enjoy the many weird and wonderful things that their members have decided to gift you (you lucky devil)!

But that really is it... the rest is down to you. If there is something that you would really like to see at Nest, now is the time to think about how you can make it happen!

Theme Camps are a key component of any Burning event.

Whilst general-camping is also available for those who wish to go it alone, the majority of attendees will pool their resources and camp together in small communities during the event.

There are practical advantages to joining a Theme Camp (for example, a lot of TCs will share facilities and prepare and eat meals together), however, the really exciting bit is that by harnessing the joined-up efforts of their members, Theme Camps are able to gift on a grander scale to the wider Nest community.

Examples of ways in which Theme Camps do this include: providing public event spaces for others to use, hosting workshops in-line with their own theme(s), curating performances, planning and hosting parties, setting up bars, setting up a costume exchange, serving food, serving coffee, supporting an art installation, setting up games etc. etc. etc.