Forty years ago, on the summer solstice, an effigy was set aflame on Baker Beach.
A simple act became a ritual.
The ritual became a culture, where we explored how we gather, revel, and grieve.
We learned to love something enough to let it burn.
Now, we ask ourselves a question:
With so much burning in the world today, what do we tend?
Burning Man taught us that ritual extends into governance, resilience, and generosity. Community became a verb.
Now, we practice stewardship.
At Fly Ranch the practice is rooted. A culture that learned to build and burn has the capacity to build and sustain.
What began as fire becomes soil.
What was once temporary is asking to enter a longer arc of care. The invitation is no longer only to ignite, but to nourish.
This gathering invites us to steward seeds and systems that may not bear fruit until long after we are gone. An act of deliberate patience.
If the first forty years taught us how to let go, perhaps the next forty ask us how to stay.
Will you join us?
Event Details:
- Gates open at Noon on Thursday, June 18th
- Gates close at 3p on Sunday, June 21st
Fly Ranch is off-grid. Plan for radical self-reliance: including food, water, shelter and shade. We will toilets, group gathering spaces, a communcal cookign space and have limited solar charging for essentials.
*Limited shelter options are available for those who need them. You can learn more during registration.
Fly Ranch is a fossil-fuel-free event site. Generators are not permitted.
Ticketing & Accessibility:
We work hard to keep Summit ticket prices as accessible as possible while sustaining the land, infrastructure, and shared experience.
A limited number of scholarship tickets are available for those who would not otherwise be able to attend.
*Supporter-level tickets are an important part of making this gathering possible. Contributions at this level help close the budget gap, sponsor fellow participants, and ensure the summit can unfold at the scale and quality we’re aiming for.
🚘 Fly Ranch is ~2.5 hours from Reno. A vehicle is a must- whether you rent or carpool.
The BWB Summit unites Burners, collaborators, and change-makers to ignite ideas, build connections, and shape regenerative futures.