Please take care to review the details on this page thoroughly. If you're interested in joining us, you'll find an application at the bottom of this page to reach out and schedule an interview.
In 2023, we expect to welcome approximately 75 beautiful, dusty souls to comprise our playa family and help create amazing experiences together under the Couchburners banner. Yes - we are recruiting new members!
Our ideal campers are a global mix of open-minded travelers and hosts who love to connect, provide hospitality, and shape amazing experiences together. Every year, together, we bring this spirit to celebrate in Black Rock City.
CouchBurners camp is a DO-OCRACY. We empower our campers to bring unique gifts & participation to BRC, to create a thriving and involved environment from our group of core campers. We are interested in finding campers that take advantage of our amenities and resources but are also willing to contribute to the camp and interact within the camp. We expect you to make your mark, and we look forward to hearing how you plan to do so when considering your application.
This is not a Plug-and-Play camp. There is no staff that caters to our campers. WE (as in, YOU) build, improve, and run CouchBurners each and every year. No amount of money is a substitution for participation. No one is getting paid to help run or create the camp. Everything we do is created by us, voluntarily and without financial motivation.
We will collectively fund and enable functions that serve the camp's gifts and interactivity to BRC, while encouraging our campers to be radically self-reliant on a personal level. We are radically inclusive, in regard to both our campers and the guests we host on playa. Everyone is to be equally welcomed and celebrated, no matter their gender, race, nationality, age, sexuality, or ability. Everyone has permission to be fully authentic and radically self-expressive, so long as it does not harm others.
In 2023, we expect to welcome approximately 75 beautiful, dusty souls to comprise our playa family and help create amazing experiences together under the Couchburners banner. Yes - we are recruiting new members!
Our ideal campers are a global mix of open-minded travelers and hosts who love to connect, provide hospitality, and shape amazing experiences together. Every year, together, we bring this spirit to celebrate in Black Rock City.
CouchBurners camp is a DO-OCRACY. We empower our campers to bring unique gifts & participation to BRC, to create a thriving and involved environment from our group of core campers. We are interested in finding campers that take advantage of our amenities and resources but are also willing to contribute to the camp and interact within the camp. We expect you to make your mark, and we look forward to hearing how you plan to do so when considering your application.
This is not a Plug-and-Play camp. There is no staff that caters to our campers. WE (as in, YOU) build, improve, and run CouchBurners each and every year. No amount of money is a substitution for participation. No one is getting paid to help run or create the camp. Everything we do is created by us, voluntarily and without financial motivation.
We will collectively fund and enable functions that serve the camp's gifts and interactivity to BRC, while encouraging our campers to be radically self-reliant on a personal level. We are radically inclusive, in regard to both our campers and the guests we host on playa. Everyone is to be equally welcomed and celebrated, no matter their gender, race, nationality, age, sexuality, or ability. Everyone has permission to be fully authentic and radically self-expressive, so long as it does not harm others.
Camper responsibilities
All campers are expected to abide by, respect, and embody the 10 Principles of Burning Man.
In the months leading up to the Burn, we expect our campers will communicate and participate in our Discord server to collaborate, ideate, and meet your fellow campers. Your ideas, questions, and assistance with planning and coordination are all welcomed. You'll be invited to our regular recurring Zoom planning meetings, one or two of which may be considered mandatory in the final weeks leading up to the burn.
All campers will be assigned to a 'pod'. Each pod will be responsible for running all camp logistics for one full 24 hour period during burn week. During this period, you'll be expected to remain on-site and contribute in many of the following ways:
Physical camp build and teardown
Welcoming visitors, 'staffing' camp events
Running the bar, manning the turntables
Cooking family dinner for 70-80 in the kitchen
MOOP Patrol / Maintaining a 'leave no trace' environment
Maintaining our fire pit throughout the night
Errands: ice runs, recycling, flagging down grey water trucks, etc.
Much, much, MUCH more...
(Don't worry... many of our campers often cite their pod day as one of the most fun and rewarding of their week)
All campers are expected to abide by, respect, and embody the 10 Principles of Burning Man.
In the months leading up to the Burn, we expect our campers will communicate and participate in our Discord server to collaborate, ideate, and meet your fellow campers. Your ideas, questions, and assistance with planning and coordination are all welcomed. You'll be invited to our regular recurring Zoom planning meetings, one or two of which may be considered mandatory in the final weeks leading up to the burn.
All campers will be assigned to a 'pod'. Each pod will be responsible for running all camp logistics for one full 24 hour period during burn week. During this period, you'll be expected to remain on-site and contribute in many of the following ways:
Physical camp build and teardown
Welcoming visitors, 'staffing' camp events
Running the bar, manning the turntables
Cooking family dinner for 70-80 in the kitchen
MOOP Patrol / Maintaining a 'leave no trace' environment
Maintaining our fire pit throughout the night
Errands: ice runs, recycling, flagging down grey water trucks, etc.
Much, much, MUCH more...
(Don't worry... many of our campers often cite their pod day as one of the most fun and rewarding of their week)
Camp Dues & Budget
We're currently crunching the numbers in an effort to determine the optimal price tag for camp dues this year, with an aim to provide a comfortable, well-appointed camp experience with solid infrastructure, fun amenities, a stocked bar, and hot meals every evening. Having said that, we are not a glamping environment nor an extravagantly luxurious atmosphere! We aim to keep costs as low as possible, to encourage those from all walks of life to attend.
We currently estimate that camp dues will fall somewhere between $350 and $450 per person.
We will update this page when finalized budget is confirmed for 2023.
In exchange for your dues, CouchBurners offers:
Drinking water
A hot vegetarian dinner each night
Communal tent shade structure
A stocked open bar
3+ planned events per day, throughout burn week
A DJ booth and dance floor
Games and interactivity
An active community of burners around the planet
Our Budget is fully transparent, along with our camp meetings/minutes. All campers pay dues on the same scale, and have equal privilege of knowing exactly where their money is being spent. Any surplus money remaining in the camp's budget will be redirected back into expenses required to maintain the camp throughout the year (such as container storage) and investments into infrastructure for the next year.
We're currently crunching the numbers in an effort to determine the optimal price tag for camp dues this year, with an aim to provide a comfortable, well-appointed camp experience with solid infrastructure, fun amenities, a stocked bar, and hot meals every evening. Having said that, we are not a glamping environment nor an extravagantly luxurious atmosphere! We aim to keep costs as low as possible, to encourage those from all walks of life to attend.
We currently estimate that camp dues will fall somewhere between $350 and $450 per person.
We will update this page when finalized budget is confirmed for 2023.
In exchange for your dues, CouchBurners offers:
Drinking water
A hot vegetarian dinner each night
Communal tent shade structure
A stocked open bar
3+ planned events per day, throughout burn week
A DJ booth and dance floor
Games and interactivity
An active community of burners around the planet
Our Budget is fully transparent, along with our camp meetings/minutes. All campers pay dues on the same scale, and have equal privilege of knowing exactly where their money is being spent. Any surplus money remaining in the camp's budget will be redirected back into expenses required to maintain the camp throughout the year (such as container storage) and investments into infrastructure for the next year.
Camper Application
If you're interested in joining us in the dust, please fill out an application via the button below. Our team will review it, and will be in touch if we're interested in scheduling an interview with you. We look forward to learning who you are and how you'll help us create another magical experience together this summer.
