Friday Events 2025

Please stop by for some fresh french press coffee and contemplative dialogue in the mornings.

Pancakes + Bingo = a perfect morning! We will show you one signed word at a time, and you look for the matching word on your bingo sheet. All ages welcome, no sign language experience needed! Get five in a row and win a prize!

Have you ever seen a GHOST? If not it is because you are DOING IT WRONG!! Tips and Tricks from FAMOUS Ghost Hunter Paul Jobson!! Guaranteed RESULTS!!

Introverted, shy, or socially awkward? You’re not alone—and you’re invited. This low-pressure meetup is made for folks who want connection without the usual overwhelm. No icebreakers, no being put on the spot. Participate as much or as little as you like. We’ll even share tools for navigating social situations.

Want a tattoo without the commitment? Try Jagua ink & dye your skin in fun, geometric, or tasteless designs for a temporary 2-week-long dark blue tattoo (yes really!)
We will provide all you need including designs to transfer and trace!
All hands welcome – don’t want to be inked yourself, draw or trace on someone else!
Give, receive, or both!

Come do some daytime flow with us! And if you want to learn some double staff or poi, I’d be happy to teach a few things. Unless you know more than I do – in which case, you can teach me! All levels welcome.

Lets come together as fellow bird watchers, bird admirers, or bird curious folks to paint & decorate bird houses, swap bird stories, learn bird facts, listen to bird calls, & decorate a home for a lil birdie & find a new appreciation of the wonder of birds. Take a sample of bird seeds to begin your journey of summoning birds to your own backyard.

It’s time to go pick up your ice!
Ice is available for $3 per 7lb bag. If you pre-purchased online, now is also the time to go pick up your ice. Ice sales are only available Friday, Saturday & Sunday; between 11am – Noon and 5 – 6pm. Payment through credit/debit card only; NO CASH
You can buy online here: peacock.firepony.org

Come indulge in donut holes and our signature cocktail, The HOLE-y Spritzer. Non-alcoholic, gluten-free, and vegan options available so everyone can get a taste. Sweet, refreshing and 99% hole-some.

Green Your Burn wants your recyclables! Drop off aluminum cans (uncrushed), food scraps for composting, empty propane canisters, vapes/e-cigs, and new this year dead batteries, cigarette butts, and glass/plastic beverage containers with a NY $0.05 deposit (non-redeemables will be returned to donor). Proceeds will be donated to 2026 PDF art grants.

Join us at Camp TIKI for our popular late-morning gathering over delicious fresh-cut fruit to snack on while enjoying great company, chat, & music to get your day going. Friday’s Fruity Brunch will feature a surely baffling musical journey through the decades with TIKI’s own DJ KRM. Saturday will be easy-going to the tune of chill beats & vibes.

e.a.rowe is the stage name of Eric, a.k.a. Ranger Ahni, who has been writing and recording his own music since 1986, and in recent years has even written a few things he feels good about enough to share. Please join us for his debut playa performance!

Write, exchange, and share original poetry or poems you love! First half will be free writing, and guided prompts for those interested. Second half will be open for sharing work with the group.

Join us on the cutting room floor to create a one-of-a-kind button/pin. Peruse our mags, scraps, and stickers for an interesting image, layer a few prints, draw something from scratch, or come with your own fodder for the button press. Dirty mags available to make smuttons! (Kids, please come with parents/guardians-because scissors and smut mags)

Have you ever wanted to try seltzer flavors that might be outside the bounds your local store? Tired of fruits and sweets in your everyday effervescent swig? Swing by camp radish and give these carbonated concoctions a try! Bring your own H20 and cup to see if you can attain a maximum level of spice, umami, or just plain strange!

Come by Camp Tasty for some game time fun with friends. Bringing games like Mile Bourne, Quiddler, Family Feud (originally release in box game format in 1977), and more!

You will be given an 8×10 canvas to paint on. Limited supply. Everything will be provided. When I say go, you will start to paint your own canvas, after 30 seconds, you’ll stop and you will pass your canvas to the person to your right and so on and so forth until you get your own canvas back. When finished, take your painting back to your camp.

Enjoy breakfast pastries, coffee, and booze to add to your coffee! Food will be served until supplies last.

Let your nose be your guide to a nice bowl of our mild vegan coconut milk curry.

Authentic Relating (AR) is the practice of freely expressing your true experience to create connections based on who you really are. Authentic Relating games create a safe, intentional space – rooted in play and supported by clear boundaries – to create meaningful and enjoyable connections to self and other.

Think you’ve got buns of glory? Prove it in the most cheeky showdown on the playa! Join us for the Butt Fight Bonanza, a no-holds-barred (but plenty-of-holds-barred) tournament where brave warriors face off using only the power of their posterior. It’s part sumo, part dance-off, and 100% ridiculous. Costumes and personas welcome.

A dozen used hoops and a quarter-kilometer of hoop tape are on hand to celebrate my 15th Fuegoversary and revisit the first event I ever ran at my first PDF. Come prettify a big circle of poly tubing then leave with your hoopy prize!

Get ready to boogie with a bun in hand! It’s a carefree, community Hot Dog Party where juicy beef franks meet funky house beats! DJs spinning, drinks flowing (margaritas + mojitos!), and summer vibes popping off! Camp Field Trippin’ will be turning into a dancey, saucy, joyful, wiener wonderland! Come for the hot dogs, stay for the grooves!

Come peruse our fine selection of clothes, burnwares, books, charging accs, knickknacks & more that are a sure value to all burners alike! PDF Burn Bucks are available to volunteers from shift leads, in the WWW & in portos. Get your butt over here and pet Noodle, the Bodega Cat (not for sale) & Re-Commodify Your Burn Today! Hours: Fri-Sun 1-3pm

This is an acting audition. Don’t let the song lyrics fool you. There will be no singing. You will be given sides to perform as a monologue. I want to see your dramatic talent. Search for James McNicholas for examples.

A new event for TIKI this year brings the art of readings to TIKI with the camp’s very own Ken (KRM). Tarot readings (other modes & astonishments for those curious or uncomfortable with Tarot) & open discussion will be available in the Mel E. Love Lounge. We lovingly welcome others who wish to read & chat to join, share, & connect this afternoon!

Get ready to blow your taste buds’ minds!
Take your tongue on the wildest field trip of its life. Sour turns sweet and bitter gets bizarre. Sample a wild spread of foods while your tongue questions everything it’s ever known. We bring the flavor chaos—you bring a plate and a sense of adventure.

Come and knock on our door, we’ve been waiting for you! Slip into something flowy to channel your inner Mrs. Roper and join us for a flurry of caftans to cue the joy of an afternoon parade! Starting at Daisy Camp, we will wind our way around the burn with big wigs and big laughs. Let’s get ready to romp like its 1979 and Stanley’s out of town!

Unleash your creativity and hammer out a one-of-a-kind piece of wearable art! In this hands-on metal stamping workshop, you’ll get tools, materials, and instruction to create bold (or weird) designs. Make a charm, pendant, or keychain with a name, date, or snarky sentiment. All materials provided.

Lets Dance, Contact Improvisation style. This rolling, amorphous, interactive movement practice explores sharing of weight, relationship with gravity and awareness of physical & energetic connection with others. We’ll start with some warm up exercises and relax into an open jam! Different teachers each day!

Play your choice of any of our board games or maybe just hangout and chat. Magic tricks are also an option!

Band ‘ten HUT! 76 Trombones led the big parade… but they got eaten by bees and now all I have is some kazoos. Come join the BoF Musical Moving Mayhem Machine and PI Services LImited! Band practice is Fri/Sat day at 1pm, with a performance/Parade from BoF to the Burn before conclave. Other parade acts are HEAVILY encouraged.

Have you seen the over-commercialization and exorbitant cost of Dan Power Spay lately?!? And these tariffs certainly aren’t helping! ALL HAIL POWER SPAYER OF THE DANS. If you love Dan Power Spay as much as Mr. No/Know (or want to know what the hell he’s babbling on about), then stop on down to learn how to make your own for penis on the dollhair!

It’s time to play the feud! We asked 100 burners a bunch of questions and 2 teams will compete to figure out the most popular answers. Come down and play, or sit in the audience and laugh every time someone says, “naked grandma”! Win and you play fast money to win fabulous prizes! Lose and you play slow money to win… not as fabulous prizes!

Radish is back, and so is karaoke! Take advantage of our extensive song list and request your favorite song, or just hang out and cheer on your friends and neighbors. Don’t be shy – we’re all rooting for you!

Not an artist? Perfect. Welcome to MAKE BAD ART, where perfectionism goes to die. Get a prompt and scribble for one glorious, unbroken minute—no lifting that pencil! Is it good? Is it bad? Who cares? You made art! Sketch pads and pencils provided. Ego not required. Let’s create some magnificent disasters.

Attention sweet sluts, fruity fairies, and avaricious allies! Sashay your way to feast on our fabulous fruits. A bountiful and beauteous buffet awaits, so come sample our smorgasbord of succulent seasonal sweetness. Ready your mouth to fill up with a jammy juicy jackpot to sustain and succor your burn. Every day at 2 pm.

Share your surplus flower, veggie, and herb seeds @ Pandora’s Flowers. Enjoy some fruity drinks, fresh fruit and other tasty snacks, while sharing your tips on all garden things. We have a nice variety of seeds to share, so you’re not required to have any to attend! In case you don’t make to the party, the seed swap ongoing till Sunday afternoon.

Non-alcoholic “poison” drinks available! We have poison theme drinks accompanied by poison facts. We also have some questions for you! Come to our camp to ponder our questions with us and have a delicious cold mixed drink! (These drinks are safe and not actually poisonous)

Do you like good craft beers? Are you the type that enjoys sharing with others? Bring a couple of your favorites beers to 4GoldFingers, try whatever others brought and hang out, talk beer, or whatever else is on your mind. Please No “big chain” branded beers. Remember to bring your own cup and some water to rinse between tastes.

Come visit Shambhala on the Playa. We’ll be sharing yummy hand made veggie momos (Nepali style dumplings). Enjoy some hot or cold chai and sweet delights from South Asia while the momos take a steam bath to get ready for you to eat them. Friday and Sunday.

Come get deviled! We will provide a variety of prefabbed, lightweight, foam clay horns on headbands which are ready to paint & add fun adornments to, so you can create your perfectly horned headdress! While you create your unique piece, stop by our deviled egg bar & have a deviled egg while you sip on a spicy mango margarita!

Curious about kink? Or an experienced kinkster who wants to share tales? Join like minded folks for conversation and kinky coloring pages!

Join us for Acro Yoga! We’ll go over some acro activities and then open the space to a jam!

A chill hangout for polyamorous and poly-interested burners! Enjoy drinks (including fun specialty cocktails) while meeting new like-minded friends.

Nothing fancy. Just an iPad, a mic and an amp. Choose any song and it probably exists in Karaoke format.

Unleash your inner Triceratops and conquer your primeval pangs with hot n’ crispy triceratots that will tame even the most ferocious of appetites! Make your mark on Terry the Triceratops and learn some cool Triceratops facts. Bring the herd.

Let’s flip, fly, and flow! We’ll cover the basics of acro yoga — from safe spotting to sweet moves — and wrap with an open jam session. Beginners welcome, no partner needed.

Green Your Burn wants your recyclables! Drop off aluminum cans (uncrushed), food scraps for composting, empty propane canisters, vapes/e-cigs, and new this year dead batteries, cigarette butts, and glass/plastic beverage containers with a NY $0.05 deposit (non-redeemables will be returned to donor). Proceeds will be donated to 2026 PDF art grants.

If you have a Ride Shuttle shift and missed any of the online training or want a refresher and have questions, come join us at Center Camp Friday 4pm – 5pm

Think you know your colors, numbers, animals, movies, or fairy tales? Join us for a round of fun trivia… designed for kids, but perfect for the young at heart! Trivia questions will be written, so reading ability is required. Come solo or as a team… just bring your eyes and your brain. All ages welcome!

Come gather and share your favorite stories about your feline companions! Come early or stick around after to draw a picture of your cat and hang it on our cat wall.

If you’re out roaming The Promenade between 4 & 6 on Friday stop by for an Iced and/or Spiked Raktajino, Mochtajino, or a thirsty chalice of Blood Wine! Wear your Trek attire or come as you are for Spiced and Iced Klingon Coffee, Sangria Bloodwine, some games, and party with us like it’s Stardate 4999.99. Qapla’! (Not responsible for lost Tribbles)

Is there such a thing as the perfect grilled cheese sandwich? You’ll have to drop by Flaketown to find out! We’ll have vegan cheese and gluten free bread available in addition to our usual options.

Come prepare for your evenings with Happy Hour at Camp TIKI, and hang out with us at the Matt GerBar for drinks (including our popular TIKI Jungle Juice), silly bar games, music, and merriment. Perfect warmup for your night of booty shaking ahead as the sun says its farewell for the day!

Want to learn how to play the world’s gayest instrument? We have loaners and can teach you all the basics to play your first song. Come learn how to strum some chords and stay for the following play-along/jam! If you’ve always thought you wanted to learn to play an instrument but felt like you didn’t have what it takes, let us prove you wrong.

It’s time to go pick up your ice!
Ice is available for $3 per 7lb bag. If you pre-purchased online, now is also the time to go pick up your ice. Ice sales are only available Friday, Saturday & Sunday; between 11am – Noon and 5 – 6pm. Payment through credit/debit card only; NO CASH
You can buy online here: peacock.firepony.org

Chartreuse, the nebulous space between green and yellow, is not just a color: it’s the electromagnetic chaos where human eyes are most awake. Wear your wildest chartreuse garb and gather with us to honor nature’s loudest, weirdest miracle!!! Delight in a splendor of green/yellow snacks, activities, and surprises!

Get on stage & pitch your wild idea, absurd invention, questionable startup concept, or unnecessary innovation to our panel of SNARKS! Bring sketches, prototypes, or interpretive dance to earn FUNding (could be snacks, stickers, or sass). No idea too weird No investment guaranteed No dignity preserved. Enter the snark-infested waters if you dare!

Join us if you filled out our questionnaire as posted on various social media groups for matchmaking at PDF! Come share about your experience, and potentially meet your match for the first time!! Laura and team have worked hard to match everyone, this is a chance to celebrate! All are welcome to join, even if you didn’t submit a questionnaire!

It’s burnaversary mocktail party time! Come on out to the Pyramid People for an impressive imbibible array of non-alcoholic choices. We’ll be serving up an alchemist’s cornucopia of shrubs and mixers in celebration of our fearless emperor. Remember: Friday night is hotties night at the Faux Bar! Bring your hot self, and talk to hot pyramid people.

Drop by and make par, get a hole in one, get through the maze, solving the puzzle, or just shoot and make that shot on the ‘W’holy Circle course. A course full of circles (of course.) U could be walking away with some really cool stuff or maybe possibly some bragging rights as the most wHOLY Playa ‘circling the planet. No matter how U roll it.

THE EARTH IS FLAT! Or at least our shots are! Come join Spacebar at their annual Flat Earth Happy Hour where all shots are served on plates! Bring a plate! We’re serving up 5 different shots for you to enjoy this year. Talk space and nebulous ideas with us! BRING A PLATE! Cups are boring.

On the “‘W’holy Circle” course you won’t be needing a bible but it may take some prayer to get the ball up to the top and into the right circle/hole. Sounds easy right? Yet there’s just so so many circles to choose from and you must find the right one. Try if you must and you must for that is how you become the putt champ for the night.

Do you have what it takes to be crowned Weiner Master? Fear not, everyone is a Weiner at Camp Familia! Bring your buns to show off your skills. Costumes are encouraged. Vegan options available.

Serving up pulled pork sandwiched and sliders until their gone. Slow cooked for 11 hours with Stubb’s BBQ sauce (random flavors)

Are you anxious and concerned about our present political times? Do you wonder what you can do to decrease your apprehension?

This is a talk about simple things you can do to relieve anxiety and build a peaceful mind.

Stop by Camp GQ3 for some croonin’ and tunin’ to some of our favorite songs, like “Hollaback Girl”, “Day-O”, “Apples and Bananas”, “Vicinity of Obscenity” and whatever non-banana related songs your heart desires.

Forget your average “live, laugh, love” rock decor—this is revolutionary stonework at its finest. Grab a rock, grab some paint pens, and let’s turn these ancient earth chunks into tiny protest signs, radical reminders, and guerrilla art bombs waiting to be unleashed into the world.

Follow the sun to the entrance of the night. Dance at dusk among the flowers with our resident cassette tape DJ while imbibing from our fermentation bar…The vibes will be high, the bpms will be low, and the good ferments will flow.

Do you have urgent philosophical questions that require immediate attention from professional philosophers? The dedicated staff at the Philosophy Booth are here to help! No concept too abstract, no paradox too puzzling, no modus too ponens.

Step into the ring with deaf players in a game of charades! No speaking or signing are allowed, just pure gestures and acting. All ages welcome. Come play, come laugh, and maybe learn a thing or two about visual communication while you are at it!

Our long standing tradition returns, and we’re ready to bring out the darkness & dive into the eyeliner, leather, cloves, chains, spikes, and our best stompin’ boots for an evening of dark and dreary favorites spun for your pain/pleasure by TIKI’s own DJ, KRM! Fire Circle to be active soon as the sun’s shuffled off for the night!

The kitchen’s closed at Chochin Obake, but what’s that? The lamps are still glowing?! That’s right, your favorite haunted eatery is now a bar! Come see what spirits the spirits have in store. You can choose from our menu of handcrafted sake-based cocktails. It’s always the right time for a rice wine!

Join Bikini Bottoms-Up for an evening of F.U.N. with a campfire sing along! We’ll be singing all the classic spongebob songs from your favorite episodes! We’ll have some instruments provided or bring your own! SO….GATHER ROUND THE CAMPFIRE AND SING OUR CAMPFIRE SONG, OUR C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G SONG

Dance the night away to your favorite terrible high school dance songs and take awkward prom pictures. (You do not need to be poly to attend Poly Prom)

Sip tea, spill secrets, and see what the cards have to say. We’ll have hot water, tea, and tarot on deck — you bring your questions and your cup.
Time: Friday, 8PM ‘til the stars say stop.

Marty, something has to be done about your kids! You have to come with me–to Camp Friends Of Ours, to watch part 2! As always, verbal commentary is welcome, ’cause it’s just that kind of participation (just don’t throw shit at my screen). All sports almanacs are welcome.

We’re turning up the jams & cranking the funk! Come boogie the night away with our DJs spinning non-stop bangers that’ll have you feelin’ like you’re strutting into Studio 54! Rock your glitziest getup & own that dancefloor. The bar will be flowing with libations, & the vibes? Only the grooviest. You bring the sparkle, we’ll bring the funk!

It’s exactly how it sounds, come out and shake your staff in all your wizardly regalia! All are welcome, casters and non-casters alike.

Slide into your sequins and join us for Disco Friday at Daisy Camp! Dammit Janet will be spinning classic disco hits all night long while the bar is open for Picklebacks and Beetbacks to keep those good vibes flowing. Get lost in the groove, boogie under the stars, and let your inner dancing queen shine!

Have you been itching to light up your props? Whether they’re fire or LED, come spin with us!
If you’re looking to spin fire, please find one of our on-duty fire deputies in order to be added to our cipher and guided through our protocol. Thursday is likely to be LED-only unless we get active interest, but come find us, and we can discuss.

Energize your body and clear your mind with a dynamic breathwork session inspired by the Wim Hof Method. We will use rhythmic breathing, focused intention, and short breath-holds to boost oxygen levels, release tension, and elevate your energy to new heights. No prior experience needed.

HEAR YE BEAT FREAKS! Our “drum circle” is RADICAL PERCUSSION CHAOS WITH STICKS! Bring bongos, buckets, or mutant sound contraptions to our ephemeral rhythm collective! We’ll manifest vibrational medicine with fellow dusty souls… or just confuse nearby squirrels. Pants optional, bizarre enthusiasm MANDATORY! Practice for the BURN

The TIKI Fire Circle is in action again for 2025! Come celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the space with the zeal & talent you’ve always showered it with! We will have a fuel dump setup & safeties on hand if you need us while you fling those beautiful flames to the blasting beats you know us so very well for!

I BLESS THE RAINS

175 years after he shuffled off this mortal coil, we figure it’s about time someone celebrated the genius that is Edgar Allen Poe. Partake in the vices that led to his demise with our delicious cocktails. Dark, disturbing beats and poor company will drive you to madness. Lament your tortured soul with our magnetic poetry boards of sorrow.

The 1960s liquid light show is a live show… created while you watch! Projected psychedelic imagery, similar to the visuals used by ‘60s psychedelic bands, will include imagery produced using liquid dyes and colored oils, augmented by slides, videos, and laser patterns. Tune in and turn on to the psychedelic imagery and music of the ‘60s!

Come stomp around to jungle, drum and bass, or whatever else we decide to play. All of the tracks selected by our DJs have passed a series of rigorous tests to answer one simple question, is it a banger? Be sure to treat yo self to some snake juice and take a turn on our aerial rigs!

Get in loser, we’re summoning aliens

We are gonna make it happen this time, I swear.

Do you like free dumplings? Do you like masterfully crafted music and lighting performances from KASPR & Lava? Let me say, this place fucks. Camp Zoo has spent their life savings on billions of dumplings & sound & lights (not perimeter lights, Karen, real blinders and strobes). Ready to feed your ass some yum yums and feed your ears some wub wubs.

Slow down and step back in times with classic black-and-white silent films featuring legends like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Watch how storytelling comes alive through gestures and movement alone. A cozy, visual experience perfect for all ages. Bring a blanket, bring a friend, and enjoy the magic of movies before sound.

New this year! It’s just like normal Radish karaoke… but IN THE DARK! Take advantage of our extensive song list and request your favorite song, or just hang out and cheer on your friends and neighbors. Don’t be shy – we’re all rooting for you!

A series of x-rated images will be presented shortly after Professor Willie’s Retro 1960s Liquid Light Show. Willie has taken some of his photographs of nude models and run them through a generative AI system. The results are anatomically bizarre, unsettling, erotic, and thought provoking. Over 150 images chosen for their aesthetic (?) qualities!

It’s the only way to watch! Space Camp presents Twilight under the stars. We’ll laugh, we’ll laugh some more. Bring a chair and some snacks. If technology fails us, we’ll tell spooky vampire stories around the fire.