Time To Burn 20262026.2 - App Store

This is the (unofficial) Electronic Reference to the annual Burning Man festival. Rated "Must Have" by the Black Rock Gazette, and "Amazing" by the 20,000 burners who use it every year.

*Browse the comprehensive snapshot of the official Playa Calendar, with thousands of things to do while you are there. Favorite the events and camps that tickle your fancy.

*A week before the event, the Rockstar Librarian's festival music guide to DJ's and performances on the Playa will go live!

*The Black Rock City map is GPS aware, and can be used to locate yourself in the city, and get guidance to various locations.

If you have suggestions about how to make the app better, I would love to hear them. The majority of the enhancements and upgrades in this version were suggested by the burningman community.

I hope you find the app useful, it's my gift to BRC.

While the Burning Man organization provides me access to the festival data, and has supported this app since 2010, the app is a private effort and is not produced nor endorsed by the Burning Man festival.

Version History *Rockstar Librarian Music guide has been added. Find your favorite DJs or get a new groove.
*Audio Art Guide has been added. Hear the makers and artists discuss selected artworks.
*Many mapping enhancements have been made.
*More bugfixes than you can shake a stick at.
*An intermittent bug that caused issues on older devices has been fixed. 2026.2 Aug 26 * Rockstar Librarian's Music Guide will be available to help you find your beats.
* The detailed camp map will be available once the gate opens.
* Mutant Vehicle data is now included in the app, helping you identify and connect with those amazing mobile art pieces.
* Improved search capabilities for events and camps
* Many bugfixes (dark mode, map searches, UI fixes, etc) 2026.1 Aug 22 Map updates!
*Incorporated the official placer's map - You should be able to find camps much easier.
*Cleaned up the map interface.
*Cleaned up the map search screen and added a few features:
1. The ability to specify if the map search should include camps and/or artwork.
2. A search shortcut for LGBT+ camps. 2024.4 08/29/2024 Two bug fixes: The Rockstar Librarian Music Guide search for her favorites now works as expected. The BRC map more accurately displays locations now, at various zoom levels 2024.3 08/27/2024 This is mostly an update to the internal database to bring the app current for 2024 - Events, Camps, Art, DJs.
Bugfixes for map/location services.
Improved search capabilities for camps, art, and DJs. 2024.1 08/26/2024 Minor Bug fixes
*If going from the map to a favorite camp, then navigating to the camp's events, the times weren't displaying correctly.
*The events displayed for a camp were omitting the day of the week from the event start times
*Yoga/Fitness events were not displaying correctly. You could find them in the Daily and Name sort, but not by type. 2023.5 08/25/2023 Rockstar Librarian has provided her curated list of favorite musical happenings on the playa. From the Music Guide display, select the Find icon at the top right of the screen, then select "Rockstar Librarian's Faves".

Bug fixes and Maintenance:
*Fixed a bug with the times of Music events.
*Fixed some alert dialog misspellings.
*Removed some warning alerts that were redundant or no longer used. 2023.4 08/24/2023 *Fixes an issue with the Rockstar Librarian Music Guide: it did not include correct end-times for DJ sets. 2023.3 08/23/2023 *Fixed an error in the Rockstar Librarian Music Guide that was showing set times incorrectly.
*Fixed the Map so that artworks with an audio tour display with the correct map pin.
*Added "Find All Artwork" to the map search. 2023.2 08/22/2023 *All the 2023 data for Events, Camps, and Artwork included with NO internet required!
*Improved UI layout to make events, camps, and artwork easier to browse.
*Rockstar Librarian's Music Guide makes it's return to the app!
*The Art Audio Tour makes it's return to the app! 2023.1 08/20/2023 *Updated with the 2022 data for over 4000 events, over 1000 camps, and over 300 art installations! 2022.1 08/21/2022 Since the Burning Man Festival is not taking place in the Black Rock Desert this year, this year's app provides information on the events set up for the Virtual Burning Man gathering. Under the "Particpate" screen, you will find shareable links to all of the official event hosts. 2020.2 08/25/2020 The first release for 2020. None of the 2020 data is available yet, but we are working on new capabilities and bug fixes. This version fixes an issue that could cause the 2019 app to crash, while the system that tracks Likes is down for maintenance. 2020.1 02/03/2020 The Rockstar Librarian music guide was supposed to be included in the last release, but was not. This version has all the music events and DJs included. Guaranteed!
Also fixed some minor bugs with the "Now" searches. 2019.3 08/22/2019 *The Rockstar Librarian Music guide has arrived! Thousands of performances by DJs and bands, to keep you moving and grooving throughout the week.
*The Playa Calendar snapshot was refreshed, with more fun things to do
*The camp location data from BurnerMaps.com has been included, so that you can see where many camps are, until the official location data unlocks when the gate opens.

***** NEW Feature: BurnerMap data can now be directly imported into the app, to help you find your friends' camps on the playa! See the "Burner Map Import" screen for instructions. 2019.2 08/20/2019 Updated with data for the 2019 event:
*Over 4000 fun events happening throughout the week
*Almost 2000 camps for you to explore
*Over 350 art installations to dazzle and inspire
*New city map

Many minor tweaks and bug fixes to make the app better and more stable! 2019.1 08/13/2019 *The Artwork list is now more of a gallery, allowing people to preview all the incredible installations that will be on the playa this year.
*The BRC Map now includes a "Radar" function, showing you nearby art & camps as you wander the festival.
*Radical Inclusion also means people with any mobility restrictions, and we are happy to say that we are now indicating which camps and events are trying to be more inclusive. Many thanks to Rat Lady at Mobility Camp for helping us with this, and to Rockstar Librarian for collecting the information.
*The Map interface has been streamlined and enhanced. You can search for camps and art directly from the map.
*You people really like to "Like"! You blew our little system out of the water with all your activity, so we've re-written the system to be more responsive and robust while. 2018.3 08/22/2018 *The Rockstar Librarian Music Guide data is live and available for your pleasure! Over 1300 performers, playing 2200 sets!
*The checklist has been showered with love and redesigned. It is especially useful when run on an iPad, but even the iPhone version is better now.
*Although Rockstar Librarian won't be a t the burn this year, check out her list of favorite music performances, found on the Music events' search page.
*GUI has been extensively re-worked to be cleaner and more obvious regarding your liked/favorite things. Liked/Favorite events still show up on "My Schedule" but everything else gets their own "Favorite" display. For instance, if you are looking at the list of Camps, you can go to YOUR favorite camps right there.
*The app now tallies and displays the number of likes for events, camps, artwork, and DJs by all the users around the world! The number is displayed below the Thumbs Up button.
*Many bug fixes! A free playa hug to the first person who can crash the app! 2018.2 08/15/2018 *The app includes the 2018 data for events, camps, and artwork. All built in, so that the information is available even when off-line or in airplane mode.
*The app has been re-written to support newer devices like the iPhone X and has been optimized to run on iPads.
*The app now uses Fabric and Crashlytics to help the developers identify and fix issues faster.
*The GUI has been modified to be clearer and easier to use.
*Many changes have been made "under the hood" to make the app faster and more stable. 2018.1 08/07/2018 *Added the ability to register walk-in camps while on the playa.
*Added the ability to update your home camp location while on the playa using GPS.
If you have connectivity, these updates will be distributed to other iPhone users who do also.

*Numerous bug fixes and tweaks
*Favorite camps and artwork show as expected (No longer crashes)
*Improved the map zoom & placement 2017.3 08/24/2017 The 2017 data is here: 3,000 events! 500 music performances! 1300 camps! 300 art installations!

There will be one more release before the event begins -- if you notice anything odd, please visit our facebook page to report it. 2017.2 08/18/2017 The 2016 burn is over and it's time to start thinking about 2017!

The screens have been re-ordered to reflect that people and camps are now planning their 2017 playa adventure. Prominence has been given to the "Background & Reference" pages and a new "Ticket Info" page has been added.

If you know someone who is thinking of attending the burn, have them download the app for easy access to the essential information a first-timer needs! 2017.1 02/13/2017 *The official location data for camps and artwork is included in the app. It will automatically unlock when folks hit the playa - this is a requirement imposed on us by the festival.

*The map has been enhanced to show art work, once location data is available.

*The process of adding favorites has been streamlined: when you favorite an event, the camp is automatically favorited and when you favorite a camp, any events they host are favorited.

*The map has been tweaked to be more user friendly. When you touch a pin representing an art installation or camp, you are taken to the details page for them.

*The art audio tours automatically start playing quicker, so it's less confusing for the user. 2016.3 08/23/2016 What's that? You want MORE things to do at Burning Man? Well, how about hundreds of DJs spinning cool grooves? Yes, this update includes Rockstar Librarian's Music Guide to Burning Man 2016!

Speaking of things to listen to, the Art Guide audio tour files are now embedded in the app, so if you see a "sound wave" icon next to an art listing, it means the fine folks at ARTery have recorded information about the installation for you to listen to. No WiFi needed!

I totally revamped the BRC Map, making it easier to find camps and artwork and much more stable.

Several minor bug fixes, found by our legions of fans. Thanks guys! You helped make this version better! 2016.2 08/20/2016 The most complete electronic guide to the Burning Man festival is back and better than ever!

*Get the most up-to-date information from official BM twitter accounts
*Browse the Jack Rabbit Speaks newsletters, and the 2016 Survival Guide
*Need help getting there? Check out the Rideshare and Directions pages.
*Find events and camps that interest you and favorite them
*Use the map to wander the playa using GPS to guide you back to your camp, or other points of interest.
*Exclusive access to Rockstar Librarian's amazing music guide, telling you who will be spinning, where and when!

We are dedicating the 2016 app to Ranger Halston, who was injured at the 2014 burn. Please join us in wishing her well, and thanking her for her service!

Improvements for 2016:
*The user interface has been entirely redesigned to make the app easier to use
*The app has been updated to use new data provided by the Burning Man organization including artwork pictures, and a narrated art tour
*The events database for 2016 has been scrubbed clean and fresh, to make it easier for you to find the events YOU want without clutter.
*Bugfixes galore, from tiny gnats to huge pterodactyls!

"This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Burning Man Project or Black Rock City LLC." 2016.1 08/16/2016