2022
Empyrean Temple
Burned on the Sunday night, as every Temple is.
Burning Man · Black Rock City
The Temple of Direction · Black Rock City, 2019
We are Black Rock FX
The crew that ignites the Man on Saturday and sets the Temple ablaze on Sunday — and Brain Freeze, the camp that gets us all there, with the best margarita on the playa.
352 days to gates · August 29, 2027
Who we are
Fire, safely, at scale
We are the passionate crew that ignites the Man and the Temple, and dazzles all week with pyrotechnics and fire artistry. Our work has lit the Flaming Lotus Girls, Crude Awakening, the Raygun Gothic Rocketship and Megatropolis. Several of us are on Burning Man's staff and the Fire Art Safety Team, guiding other artists in bringing their fire to life.
Brain Freeze is the camp behind the crew — a home for the people who build, burn and look after each other for a week in the desert.
The bar
Frozen margaritas all week, which is our gift to Black Rock City. Every camper works at least one shift.
Power that holds
Reliable 24×7 power across camp, from 10 to 50 amp service, run by people who do this for a living.
Room to camp
Never overcrowded, with enough space for everybody's shelter.
Projects
What we have burned
Fifteen years of fire art, from the Trojan Horse to the Temple.
2019
The Temple of Direction
A quarter-mile of corridor, lit and burned at the end of the week.
2012
Anubis
Fire and fireworks for the Flaming Lotus Girls.
2011
Trojan Horse
Fireworks from inside the horse. Photography by Michael Holden.
2007
Crude Awakening
The oil derrick, and one of the largest fireballs ever lit at Burning Man.
Joining us
How you get in
We camp on referral: somebody already in camp, or a trusted friend of it, has to vouch for you. If that is you, say hello — and if you are already with us, registration is the next thing.