Festival Guide · Checklist
Festival Camping Checklist: What to Pack and What to Leave
Everything a first-time festival camper needs in one table, and why the event's own prohibited-items page decides what actually goes in the car.
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5 explainers and guides.
Festival Guide · Explainer
What Is a Krewe? Mardi Gras Krewes Explained Simply
From Mobile's Cowbellions to Comus, Rex and Bacchus, how private Carnival clubs came to run the parades and balls of the Gulf Coast.
Festival Guide · Guide
Burning Man First Timer Guide: Principles, Survival and Art
A temporary desert city runs on gifting, self-reliance and art, and it expects every newcomer to arrive ready to look after themselves.
Festival Guide · How-to
How to Sell Art at Festivals: Applications, Fees and Booths
Juried applications, show fees, a sales tax permit and a weatherproof booth are what stand between a maker and a first good weekend of sales.
Festival Guide · Explainer
What Is an Art Car? Houston Parades and Mutant Vehicles
From a fruit-covered car in Houston to licensed mutant vehicles in the Nevada desert, the rolling sculpture is a very American folk art.
From the archive
Related pages of the old festival site.
Festival archive
The Sculptural Burn
The large sculptural burn on Saturday evening, modeled on the effigy burn tradition of Burning Man.
Festival archive
The Festival Krewes
How the festival invited guests to join volunteer krewes for the stage, kitchen, spa and movie theater.
Festival archive
Camping and Accommodation
How the festival handled camping, showers and the woodland "spa", as described on its accommodation page.