Welcome to Blazing Swan 2026, Takes a Village

The Blazing Swan annual event is dedicated to RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION and RADICAL SELF-RELIANCE for seven days of community over the Easter Long Weekend, from Wednesday 1st April 2026 (noon) to Tuesday 7th April 2026 (noon)

Blazing Swan is an official Burning Man Regional Event. We practice DECOMMODIFICATION, placing ourselves and our relationships at the centre of our own lives, GIVING and receiving openly, being IMMEDIATELY present, and acknowledging that everything we have ever accomplished, everything we will ever accomplish, only happens through COMMUNAL EFFORT. We will be RADICALLY EXPRESSIVE and RADICALLY INCLUSIVE and ask only of ourselves and others that we respect and value each other and practice kindness and caring. Blazing Swan is not a spectator event. Every participant is a performer, every act is a performance. Find your best self, your creative self, and play it out on the stage that is Blazing Swan.

Blazing Swan gives absolute priority to CONSENT, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY and LEAVING NO TRACE. When you purchase a ticket you sign-up to say you understand what all these things mean, and you will follow our rules which are there to keep everyone safe. People do ask, “Why do you have so many rules? More than any other event I’ve ever been to!” It’s because we care. And a week in the Australian outback is not a naturally safe space. Be prepared. Read the Ticket FAQ and the Event FAQ on the Website, read the Survival Guide, read about the Principles and our Statement of Inclusion. Get your head around our Blazing Swan Tickets and Event Attendance Terms and Conditions. PARTICIPATION and CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY starts here.

Special thanks to Timmy Howe for this year’s beautiful artwork.

Need to know more about Blazing Swan 2026, Takes A Village ?

One of our 11 Principles is ‘Radical Self Reliance’.  This means that if you want to know more about Takes A Village, if you want to prepare for Takes A Village, and if you want to have your best possibe time at Takes A Village – make an effort!  Just getting out to the event site and literally surviving will require you to make an effort.  Blazing Swan Takes A Village is not meant to be easy.  It is intentionally challenging.  Come join us and survive and thrive – and be your best, kindest and most authentic self!

If you want to know more about Blazing Swan Takes A Village go and talk with someone who has been to a Blazing Swan Event, connect up with our social media, and then:

• read our Acknowledgement of Country page
• read about our 11 Principles page
• read our Short History of Blazing Swan page
• read our Event FAQ page
• read our Ticket FAQ page
• read our Event Survival Guides

• if you are interested in Theme Camps read our Theme Camps Information page
• if you are interested in Arts at Takes A Village read our Arts page
• if you are interested in Volunteering, read our Volunteering page
  

What about  tickets for Takes A Village ?

You will need to purchase a ticket.   Volunteers, Theme Camp crew, Artist and Mutant Vehicle crew and Association Members will all be contacted separately about tickets.

When you enter the Event site with a ticket you must accept the conditions that go along with that ticket, including our right to refuse you entry or to require you to leave the Event site if you do not comply with those conditions.  We do this to keep everyone safe and we take this responsibility very seriously.

What Dates should I watch out for ?

• Applications for funding and registration of artworks at Takes A Village are closed.
• Applications to volunteer with Blazing Swan in year-round roles are always open
• The second (and final) round of Applications to bring a Theme Camp to Takes A Village have closed.
• Applications to bring a Mutant Vehicle to Takes A Village have closed, but you can still register an accessibility vehicle
• Tickets for Theme Camps, Artists and Mutant Vehicle operators will be allocated once they have applied for registration AND been accepted.
• Tickets for Event specific Volunteers will be allocated AFTER the volunteer has applied AND been accepted.  These tickets may be cancelled by us if the volunteer does not meet specific requirements such as attending (in person or online) training sessions prior to the Event

What else should I know ?

You’ll find the answers to almost everything if you follow the leads we’ve given to you on this page.  IF you have looked down all those rabbit holes and STILL can’t find the answer you’re looking for, feel free to contact us.   We’ll wrap up this page with three special reminders:

One.  Our Blazing Swan Event is subject to all State Laws and regulations.  This is consistent with our Principle of Civic Responsibility.  Police can and will patrol the Event site.   Blazing Swan will not encourage any activity that breaches the law and we will comply, and require our attendees to comply, with all relevant Health and Safety regulations.

Two.  Blazing Swan takes Consent very seriously.  It is one of our Principles, and it is an absolute requirement of all our Event attendees.

Three.  Blazing Swan is not just an Event that happens out in the ‘bush’.  We see the Kulin, Njaki Njaki and Wheatbelt communities as our special friends and allies.  We have been invited into these communites and we hope that all of our Event participants will see not just the magic in our Event, but also the magic in these modern and ancient communities.