Category: Volunteering

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.

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Until next year,

-Burning Flipside Comms

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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!

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.

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.

(SEE UPDATE BELOW) Good midnight, Flipizens.  Please read our awesome new Survival Guide to catch up on all the nitty-gritty details on what to expect, what to bring (or not), how to help, and where the heck you’re supposed to go.  Three significant changes to note this year:

1. Parking will be back on the event side of County Road 428, inside what we called the Badlands.  While we set aside more space for open camping, that eastern section between that road and our outermost gravel road will have vehicles parked.  
2. Pick-Up-Points (PUPs) were a success last year and helped a lot of people get around.  The Mobility Team adjusted things for 2025 and the fixed PUPs spots were replaced with two dedicated carts roaming between 8am-11pm (Thu-Sun) and 8am-2pm (Mon). Wave one down for a special bandana to help be seen. See the Mobility HQ at the crossroads for more info.  
3. Ice is now $5 a bag.

The first-ever Burning Flipside in April is NEXT WEEK.  You officially have permission to panic.  Stay tuned here and on Facebook, Bluesky, and X for last-minute info.

-Burning Flipside Comms

UPDATE 4/22/2025

Survival Guide correction: emergency call boxes are placed in BLUE boxes on metal t-stakes. Not red boxes on yellow posts. Also, check the event and art listings! https://www.burningflipside.com/event/map
See you out there, folks. 👽

PARKING Changes! For the last few years, we’ve been lucky to have the space across from Apache Passtures for parking.  Unfortunately, that isn’t happening this year – we are still working on details. In the meantime, Badland campers should be prepared for new circumstances and everyone should bring an extra dollop of parking patience.

Is your art flaming hot? Read this.
As of this exact moment, there is NO burn ban in effect for the Burning Flipside land. If the ban is still in place during the event, (1) NO campfires or burn barrels will be allowed and (2) fire performances will be limited to predetermined areas.
If you are planning ANY fire activities at Flipside, contact the Safety Area Facilitator at safety-af@burningflipside.org ASAP. Fire activities include campfires, burn barrels, fire spinners and other fire performers, flame art, etc.

VOLUNTEERING! (And other ways to pARTicipate!) You know by now that Burning Flipside is what WE ALL make it together. Volunteering is participation and it’s one of the best gifts you can bring; without volunteers there is NO Flipside. This event is 100% participant volunteer run! There are many ways for YOU to participate, and build and support the canvas we all create together.

SITE OPS Pre/Post Needs You! Come help build the City of Pyropolis! Shifts are open now for Load In and Setup! Here’s the link to the Guided Volunteer Signup (FVS) where you can choose your own adventure! You have to sign in first.

Load In on Saturday April 19 consists of loading trucks at the warehouse, and unloading them at the land. We need people in both places. You can do one or the other or both! Join the crew sending all the goods and effigy out to the land!

Setup starts on Tuesday April 22 and finishes up Wednesday afternoon. Help set up shade structures, make the greeter lanes, set up the guardian tower, stuff like that. It’s great to do a lot of work up front and get your volunteering done! 

Fencing, Signage, and Lighting Pre-Ops needs volunteers specifically to help set up the boundaries of the site and light up all the dangerous areas. These jobs happen during early entry on Tuesday and Wednesday, so if you have the flexibility to come and help these teams, sign up in the FVS!

Currently, pre/post shifts assume that you’ll also be around on Monday, April 28, to help tear down the things you set up, If you can only help with set up OR breakdown, or for questions, just drop me a line at siteops-af@burningflipside.org.

Make Shaven Apes Critical! Come and help your fellow Flipizens set up their camps and art by volunteering for Shaven Apes! All that is required is an attitude of assistance and sunny day stamina. Shift start Wednesday and go through the event. There are also a few stay-late shifts. Go to the Guided Volunteer Signup and look for Shaven Apes!

Adopt-a-potty! Bored of those blue boxes? Choose a potty or a bank of potties & create an art piece in the potty, around the potty, or what have you. It’s all for shits & giggles anyways. For more “dirt” (details, considerations, and limitations), please visit https://www.burningflipside.com/adopt-a-potty

Saturday May 3, after Flipside, come back and help us load back in to the warehouse!  Many hands make light work and you don’t want to miss that super line up of moving shade poles. IYKYK.

SAFETY

Guardians (perimeter)needs extra help this year! Get away from the hustle and bustle of the burn, and make sure the party remains for the parti-cipants. Bring a friend to keep you company–or meet new folks. Questions? Email  guardians@burningflipside.org. Sign up at FVS!

Join the Guardians Facebook group to get up-to-date training information. 

Rangers: Rangers make sure participants find the resources they need. Rangers have the most up-to-date information. Is it going to rain? When does the effigy burn? What camp is serving tacos? Rangers have you covered! Shifts are mobility-friendly. Training options include: Sat., April 12, at 9:30 am at Lloyd the Warehouse and Friday during Flipside at 11 am at Safety HQ. Have questions? Email rangers@burningflipside.org.

Sign up for shifts here. (This is NOT the FVS system)

Connect with Pyropolis Rangers on Facebook.

Sanctuary: Lend us your ears! Sanctuary needs Listener volunteers to provide peer support. Prior mental health experience is not necessary, but training is required. The next training is on Sunday, April 6, from noon to 3 pm. Questions? Email sanctuary@burningflipside.org

Click here to Register to access training and signups. (Not the FVS System)

Join the Sanctuary Facebook group

Medical/ PETs needs help!

Station Medics have the training and knowledge provided by First Aid/CPR certifications (current or expired).    

Medic On-Call volunteers have higher levels of certification or experience (e.g., former combat medics, paramedics, ER nurses, Wilderness First Responders, etc). 

Learn more and sign up here (Not the FVS system)

ART

Wanta help get the big art up? More builders make lighter work. Reach out to DaFT at daft@burningflipside.org to lend a hand and erect an effigy!

Department of Mutant Vehicles: Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Register it! Soon! At secure.burningflipside.com/register

Got an event at the event? Reg closes 11:59 CST April 11th. Got a wicked ride to get around in? Put a registration on it! Immediately! At secure.burningflipside.com/register

Wanna make some art (go) but don’t have your own project? Check out all this already-existing art and lend a hand! Find Art Projects Seeking Support here and learn how you can help!

Musicians! 2nd line at Flipside- would love to have you if you’d like to be a part of it. Meeting Wednesdays for practice at the warehouse, if you aren’t local we can tell you what to practice, email art-af@burningflipside.org to get in touch with the people organizing.

Keep up with Burning Flipside on email, Facebook, Bluesky, and X. Watch this space for more news soon!