YOUtopia is San Diego’s official Burning Man regional event celebrating the culture and principles of Burning Man. YOUtopia celebrates the creativeness of its collective attendees, based on the Ten Principles, empowering Burner ethos to thrive far and wide. YOUtopia is part of a long tradition of bringing the magic of the playa to the rest of the world while also celebrating the vibrant creative and communal elements of San Diego and the surrounding areas. The YOUtopia 2026 theme is Luminous Playground, where your inner child can create and flow with the desert night; the playground is an invitation for self-discovery through creative intuition. Generate your own bioluminescence tapping into your shadow self in moment-by-moment discoveries. Leave the third dimension behind and travel further into resonance, incandescence, and movement as a tribe of energy explorers. Together our output is magnified!

SeaCompression is Seattle's official decompression event for the Burning Man community, offering a place to dust off your art or show off new ideas, grab a drink with friends, and dance the night away. For 2026 SeaCompression is "Getting Messy", join us for Burner favorites like The Playa Simulator, lubricated wrestling, stage take overs from our favorite camps, and more art and entertainment to keep you warm all winter!

The 2026 San Francisco Bay Area Decompression returns to The Loom at Livingston St. and 22nd Ave., in Oakland on Saturday, October 17th, from 2pm – 12am (continuing until 3am indoors). The event will feature diverse, family-friendly daytime programming, nighttime celebrations, and hands-on art projects, maker and technology demos, speakers, workshops, a mini film-festival, food and beverage, and much more.