Category: Announcements

Archive of messages sent to the Austin-Announce mailing list. High-priority messages for the Burning Flipside community.

December Announce: Tickets, a party, STickets, and safety training

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Howdy Flipsidians! We’ve got a lot of opportunities to participate, to create, and to enjoy each other’s own special brand of weirdness. Here’s a taste, below!

Tickets! More info coming soon, but here’s what we know: The ticket request window is January 5th – 26th, 2026, for registration and payment by money order. For more details on the whole process, visit https://www.burningflipside.com/event/tickets. Ticket prices are staying the same: $175 for teens and adults, age 14 and up, $40 for ages 7 – 13, children 0-6 are free (but DO REQUIRE a ticket). The maximum tickets per request are 2 adults and 2 minors (ages 0-17). More info to come! Watch this channel!

Join your friends at the Great Burnmas Bash, the all-inclusive central Texas burner community winter holiday party time this Friday, December 5, 7pm-1am at Lloyd. Last Call for Ticket RSVPs, Help, and Contributions! Details here! Interested in attending? Go NOW to reserve a ticket ($0-$30) to help us know what to order, food-wise. Want to help? Step in to assist with set-up, teardown, and door help! Bring warm clothes, a chair, a gift of something cool you don’t need anymore but someone may love, but mostly, bring yourself! Contact genesis-af@burningflipside.org to volunteer!

STicket Contest Ending December 7! We have very few entries to determine the artwork for this year’s ticker and sticker. C’mon y’all, “ONE OF US” is a culty crafty creepy creative theme bursting with potential. And ONE OF US (well, two of us) will win the only free tickets to Flipside; This time they’ll know ahead of the ticket window! How neat is that? Go here to learn more and send in your entries. Judging the winner will be done at Church Night in person or online on December 10!

SAVE THE DATE for Safetyside, an intensive weekend-long training conference for Burning Flipside’s Safety volunteers, held March 27-29. Get ready for volunteer shifts with trainings that are good for one year across most Texas burns—including Echelon (radios!), Fire, Guardians (trespass prevention), Medical (aka “PETs”), Rangers (peacekeepers), Sanctuary (mental health first aid), Meteorology, and Sound Marshals. Stay tuned for more info, including how to register. Questions? Just reach out to safetyside@burningflipside.org.

Got any community news you’d like to see? Let us know!

Until next year,

-Burning Flipside Comms

Keep up with Burning Flipside on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and X.

November Announce: Arts and Events Awareness

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Good evening, Flipizonians and Flipizoids.  You are all One of Us and we have a lot to share, so let’s get to it.

TOMORROW November 5, 8pm-10pm: Tie Dye Workshop at Lloyd the Warehouse!  Be a better hippy by learning the art of dyeing clothes. Bring a small bucket without leaks and a cotton garment. Powder dye will be used, so protective masks or respirators are encouraged but not required. (FB event details).  

Austin Studio Tour – Help NeededArt is integral to Flipside. Our community has so many brilliant artists, and we’re excited to showcase their work! Check it all out at Lloyd the Wherehouse and all the details here and more on the Austin Studio Tour here. We need volunteers to help folks outside the Flipside community understand what we’re about. Shifts are November 8-9 and 15-16 and go from noon to 3pm and 3pm to 6pm both days. Contact BossySpice2025@gmail.com to sign up.

Hypothermia, November 14-16: The weekend camp out to train for volunteer shifts at FreezerBurn! Be prepared to help at the Central Texas burn that takes place each MLK Weekend in January. (Pro tip: The training is also good for Burning Flipside volunteer shifts!) Hypothermia registration, Facebook event, and more about FreezerBurn here.

November 19, 8pm-10pm: Bob Ross Paint-Along at Lloyd the Warehaus! Only you can create happy trees, clouds, rivers, and mountains.  There will be some materials to share, but please bring supplies if you can. (FB event details).

DaFT Effigy Deadline November 29: DaFT needs you! Submit your effigy ideas by November 29th, whether it be a concept, sketch, or fully fleshed plan. Need help? Check out effigy proposal guidelines, or email daft-proposal@lists.burningflipside.com. Please include a banana for scale.

STicket Contest is Open, and History is on Display: Speaking of art, we need it for the 2026 ticket and sticker! The contest was moved way up so the winners know they’ll have a free pair of tickets before the window opens in January. December 7 is the deadline to submit and December 10 we vote on the winners at Church Night! To help juice your ideas, we also posted an (incomplete) archive of past winners. Come help us fill in the gaps!

Great Burnmas Bash Planning, December 7, 7pm-1am: Burnmas is looking for decorations, performances, DJs, helpers for set up and break down. Reach out to genesis-af@burningflipside.org to participate. Get your tickets here, we need to know how many are attending to plan for the most fun. (FB event details).

Until next month…

-Burning Flipside Comms

Keep up with Burning Flipside on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and X.

Dispatches from Town Hall (and beyond)

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Every fall we get together to launch our new Flipside year with Fall Town Hall. Our annual inaugural event came and went on the hot afternoon of September 27th. Announcements were made, fun was had, and a theme was decided! The whole afternoon was absolutely bananas! We just keep rolling that rock up the hill every year and this year will be no exception. We will gather between April 23–27, 2026, each and every One of Us!*

*The theme for Burning Flipside 2026 is “One of Us!” Incidentally, if you say it really fast, it sounds just like “Wanna Fuss!”

Upcoming Opportunities for Participation

Now through November 29th: Submit your awesome Effigy proposal! The DSC (DaFT Selection Committee) is now accepting effigy proposals for this year’s event! Whether it’s symbolic, sculptural, surreal, or downright strange, we want to see your creative ideas for what will be Flipside’s glorious centerpiece. The DSC is available to help guide you through the process, provide feedback, and help transform your napkin sketch into a flammable wooden reality. Submit a concept, sketch, or detailed plan! Deadline: 11/29 (Saturday after Thanksgiving)

More details are available at https://www.burningflipside.com/event/effigy/proposal. This is your chance to shape the spirit of Flipside. Let it burn.

October 8, 7:30 pm: How To Build An Effigy Proposal

Got a fiery vision, but never submitted an effigy proposal before? Submitted but want to do it more betterer? Come out for our “How To Build An Effigy Proposal Class” at Church Night.

October 12 – December 7, December 10: Sticket contest: What’s a sticket? It’s a portmanteau! What’s a portmanteau? It’s when you squish two words together, like Sticker, and Ticket! It’s also the only way to get a free ticket to Burning Flipside! Want to create the art that welcomes everyone to Burning Flipside! Want your creative genius memorialized on water bottles and in scrapbooks? Then you may want to submit a design to our Sticket contest! It’s never too early to start. In-person voting on the designs will be on December 10 at Church Night with some kind of an online method to participate. Design and submission guidelines can be found here: here.

November 9-10 and 15-16: Burning Flipside is hosting a spot at the Austin Studio Tour! While the time to sign up as an artist has passed, the opportunity to volunteer has not! We need lots of help! Contact 360-af@burningflipside.org to sign up as a host volunteer. And contact arthype@burningflipside.org for everything else!

December 5, 6:30 p.m.: The Great Burnmas party!

For updates, visit  https://www.facebook.com/events/1222118879968170

We invite you to join us for a unique celebration of all winter holidays as we break bread, dance, play, and create new memories with the extended family we’ve chosen. This is an event for the community, by the community! In true burner tradition, it will be what you make it! Come enjoy the offerings of Chef Wally and KFlip! Add your awesomesauce to the mix. Organizers are seeking art, borrowed holiday décor, performers, game masters, vegan and vegetarian dishes, volunteers for set up, tear down, and help leading party logistics; whatever you want to bring to make it awesome!

Ticket Window Opens January 5-26: The Burning Flipside Ticket window will open in January! Start saving now! Watch the website and newsletter for upcoming information on ticket costs and processes!

Ignition Philter Donations Always Accepted: You like art at Flipside, and the folks who make it like help making it. Help them by donating to Ignition Philter here.

Some Time in March, weekend TBD: Come train at Safetyside, a free, annual weekend campout and conference devoted to training for safety volunteers shifts at Burning Flipside. It’s generally held in March; Look for dates to be announced later in the year.  Trainings that are good for one year across most Texas burns—including Burn Perimeter, Echelon (radios!), Fire, Guardians (trespass prevention), Medical (aka “PETs”), Meteorology, Rangers (peacekeepers), Sanctuary (mental health first aid), and Sound Marshals. 

Socials for Following and Spreading the News

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August Announce: Town Hall, Event Dates and more

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Summer ends soon, and we all know what’s next! Planning for Flipside! And that planning starts with Town Hall! Once you’ve made it home, washed off the dust, or just washed off the summer sweat wherever you are, and rested up, you may be wondering what’s next. Well, Burning Flipside would like to make it to your dance card, and here is where that starts. 

SAVE THE DATE! BURNING FLIPSIDE: April 23 – 27, 2026!

Fall Town Hall on September 27! Launch the Flipside year by coming out to Lloyd the Warehouse to catch up on the latest news, catch up with friends, bubble with enthusiasm, and vote on the theme for Burning Flipside 2026! Tailgating and set-up start at noon. Come in costume, bring things to share! Remember, Lloyd is a leave-no-trace space. Pack out what you bring. There are no trashcans.

Flipside needs a theme! Themes have been called the most important least important way to participate. Love it, hate it, or approach with a searing indifference, we still need one. And that’s where you come in. Promote your themes at Town Hall AND entertain the masses with  the fun, fancy, or familiar. SUBMIT YOUR THEME suggestions here – log in required. There’s probably some sort of deadline. 

Ignition Philter Fundraiser on September 20 Join Ignition Philter (the community-based art funding organization) for Inner Worlds: a night of immersive art, dancing to great dj’s, tasty bites and beverages, and so many more surprises! 

Austin Studio Tour on November 8-9 & 15-16 It’s been a few years since we’ve done this, and we’re excited to bring it back. The Flipside Warehouse will host a free to use space for our Community artists who wish to set up. Our non-profit, Catalyst Collective, will cover the listing cost for the warehouse to help our artists who would love to participate in the tour but haven’t found a space yet. If you want to set up at the warehouse for free as a participating artist, the deadline to apply with us is September 1, 2025.  Learn everything here! 

October Art Show – Degenerate Art on October 5th For no particular reason whatsoever, the theme for the 2025 Autumn Art Show @Lloyd will be Degenerate Art. Let’s lean into our Most Modern, weirdest, surrealist, and spectacularly strange. Make some art that leaves your mama wondering, “Who’s your DADA?” Out with the oldeau and in with the nouveau. Deco the halls and Bauhaus the Bassment. Make a lasting impression and express thyselves! It’s October 5th from 2-6pm at Lloyd the Warehouse, free and open for all ages. Learn more here and here.

New AFs for Art and Site-Ops We are excited to share that Rae Forster will be taking over the Art Area from Stephy Vyborny and Poolboy will be taking over the Site-Ops Area from Robin “Bossy Spice” McShaffry. The combined years of volunteer experience from our departing Area Facilitators is ridiculous, and we are looking forward to new things in these critical areas of Flipside. Contact the new AFs with any questions at art-af@burningflipside.org and siteops-af@burningflipside.org. 

Burning Man Learning Session Heads Up Coming back from Burning Man and want to decompress, share successes, and learn from any fails? Watch this space for an upcoming session at the warehouse!

Burning Flipside Instagram Goes Live in September We’re excited to announce that Flipside now has an official Instagram page! Follow along for community updates, event highlights, art, and stories that capture the spirit of our burn year-round. This will be a hub to share our culture, creativity, and connection with both seasoned burners and curious newcomers.

Join us at @burningflipsidetexas to see what we (and you) are up to. If you are interested in having your photography from the event featured on our page, please reach out to edjumication@burningflipside.org. We’ve also got BlueSky, Facebook, and Twixxer. 

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Mid-Summer Announce

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Texas Flood Relief

The 4th of July flooding was catastrophic and there are still many in need. If you need help or want to help, check out these resources:

Area Facilitator Volunteer Openings

We’re opening up applications for two of our Area Facilitator (AF) roles: Art and Site Ops! AFs help coordinate the efforts of several departments whose work is related in some way.

Our Art AF helps support DaFT and other community artists in a variety of ways, including connecting people with corresponding skills and complementary ideas, organizing on-site logistics, giving input on art placement at the event, as well as hosting art shows and crafting nights at the warehouse.

Our Site Ops AF oversees many of the on-site logistics of the event, managing departments like Fuel, Power, Sanitation, Cartelle, and Ice; helping keep things running more smoothly than should ever be possible for a party in a field.

These roles both require some year-round work, although the bulk of it does tend to happen in the few months directly preceding Flipside. Both roles require the ability to monitor and respond in a timely fashion to both email and Slack messages, to attend the occasional meeting, and to coordinate the work of multiple leads.

If you are interested in applying for either of these roles or have more questions about what they entail, please email board@burningflipside.org

October Art Show Coming Up

For no particular reason whatsoever, the theme for the 2025 Autumn Art Show @Lloyd will be Degenerate Art. Let’s lean into our Most Modern, weirdest, surrealist, and spectacularly strange. Make some art that leaves your mama wondering, “Who’s your DADA?” Out with the oldeau and in with the nouveau. Deco the halls and Bauhaus the Bassment. Make a lasting impression and express thyselves! It’s October 5th from 2-6pm at Lloyd the Warehouse, free and open for all ages. Learn more here or here (Facebook).

Ignition Philter Fundraiser

Our buddies at Ignition Philter have fundraising plans in September. Because they help fund awesome art at Flipside, you should stay on top of their news on their website, Facebook, and info@ignitionphilter.com.

Fall Town Hall Heads Up

We are still working on the specific date for the next Town Hall, but it is usually the last weekend in September, so consider ya’ll heads-upped.

NEW! Safety 3rd Wednesday Church Nights!

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Whether you’re missing your Safety family or even just Safety curious, come on down to the Flipside Warehouse on the third Wednesday of each month for a special Church Night. We’ll start around 7pm and end whenever the crowd goes home.

On May 21, join us for our kick-off event of the season! Come out just to socialize, or come ready to share your favorite experience from this Flipside, or a tall tale. (And if you’ve got ideas for future themes or focuses for future Safety Third Wednesdays, whether they’re artsy, games/scenarios, trainings, etc., come ready to share those too!)

Bring whatever you want to eat, drink, or share. Hope to see you there! Wear your department shirts/swag/colors if you want…or not!

Load-In Is Saturday!

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This Saturday we need help bringing infrastructure back from the land to the warehouse & to clean up the burn scar, MOOP, & camp placements. Meet at the land at 10am & be ready for any weather!

We also need help unloading at the warehouse, likely starting around 1pm. Stay tuned! Watch social media or this post for updates.

UPDATE 5/3 9:26am

The trucks are on the way to the land. Come out and help the community bring our stuff back!

UPDATE 11:18am Moar hands needed. It’s a lovely day and not that muddy. Burn scar cleanup, MOOP pickup, shade structure tear down, let’s go!

UPDATE 12:19pm The first truck is leaving the land, we will need folks at the warehouse in about an hour to help unload.

UPDATE 1:25pm Second truck is leaving for the wearhouse.

UPDATE 1:39pm Third truck is more than halfway finished, anyone willing to help should skip the land and go to the wherehaus.

Social Media Reminder

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2025 effigy burn photo by Charles Hueter

Our effigy got heartburned! Thanks to the 100s of volunteers who donated their time, sweat, & minds to create Burning Flipside 2025.

Get home & unpack safely. And PLEASE get consent from identifiable people in your pics & vids before posting! Respect participant privacy!

Load-Out Trucks Updates

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It’s Load-Out day and the trucks are ad eager to get this done as we are. Cone to the wherehaus now, no need to wait for 10am. We’ll update this page with fresh info as the day progresses.

10:55am – The trucks are more than half loaded! If you’re debating on coming to the warehouse or going to the land, go to the land.

12:50pm – The wearhouse work is done, come to the land. Many hands = fewer sad faces and backs. Sign a waiver at the crossroads and come to Safety HQ for further instructions.

2:30pm – The trucks are mostly unloaded. Now for shade structure drop-off, DaFTing in mysterious ways, and department pile sorting.

3:45pm – Light rain is happening but everything is tarped. Shade parts drop-off, DaFT, and city signs are happening. However, don’t worry about leaving now to help. Continue if you’re en route, but we’re past the worst of it.

Last-Minute Announce with Maps, Events, Volunteering, and More

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New Content Available
You want maps? Come check out the maps! You want a list of events? Come check those out, too!
 
Final Push for Volunteering
But we need more volunteers to make this arty magic happen. The Flipside Volunteer System (FVS) is where most of this get logged, so let’s review our shifts that need the most attention:
  • Pre/Post is only 20% filled (see below about Load-Out)
  • Burn Night Perimeter is 32%
  • Guardians is 34%
  • PETs is 38% (non-FVS signup here)
  • Cartelle is 48%
  • Zone Czars is 49%
  • Echelon is 58%
Volunteer Assistance Squad (helpers who help the helpers) is also running short, so let’s not overwork our teams who make all this happen. Learn about these operations here. Login and sign up here.
 
Load-Out is Today! 
Speaking of help, please come to the warehouse to help load trucks for Flipside today at 10AM. Please ensure that YOUR DEPARTMENT’S STUFF that you expect to get on the truck gets on the truck. Please pack your departments stuff into as small a space as possible, into boxes or crates that can easily be packed
 
The trucks will leave the warehouse for the land as soon as they are loaded. We will need people on the land starting about Noon Saturday to help unload the trucks. This event is rain or shine! If you’re worried about rain, prepare for it. Again, if you want to know where your departments stuff ends up, you should be there.
 
Make sure you sign a waiver at the warehouse if this is your first time to visit! It’s a QR code you complete on your phone. You will also do a different waiver at the land!
 
Weather Update
We have a Meteorology team watching the weather and it’s worth noting the current forecast for rain Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Conditions change quickly, so please come prepared. If muddy conditions persist, limited materials like round hay bales are available for $60, and participants should go to Safety HQ to begin the process. Camps will be responsible for spreading their own straw. Assistance may be available from Shaven Apes but do not depend on that.
 
We’re less than a week from figuring out what Deep in the Art of Texas means to you goofballs. See you out there soon!
 
-Burning Flipside Comms