Theme Camps and Towns

Register your Theme Camp for advance site placement.
Submit your Camp
to our Theme Camp coordinator with this handy questionnaire..

If you plan to bring sound, READ ABOUT SOUND TOWN. We warned you!

If it involves engorged erectile tissues, READ ABOUT SIN CITY.
We do have certain standards, you know!

      Join the Theme Camp Disscussion.

by Kate
   A big piece of Burn events are Theme Camps. Encompassing an (almost) anything goes attitude, the creation of Theme Camps are for the most part attendee driven. Many theme camps offer activities, services, art, workshops and /or performances, with no limit on creativity and originality.
   From elaborate creations of space and art, to a simple place to relax, from a large group of people who create an alternate world to a few friends who just want to camp together, Theme Camps are the heart and soul of a burn event. Participating in the creation of a Theme Camp can be a lot of work, from building it to breaking it all down, but it is also an experiment in sharing and community, one that is worth experiencing.
   If you are planning a Theme Camp and would like reserved placement of your camp, please contact our Theme Camp coordinator, Emily Fair. It's the smart thing to do. Trust Us on this.
   And yes, Theme Camps can receive Art Grants.

by OP
   Four Quarters is big and spread out. So we have towns too. Towns with themes for their Camps. Three so far. Sound Town, Sin City and Center Circle.

   * Sound Town is our all night, all day aural environment. If you want to run loud sound, blow your bass box and your youthful hearing, you will be in Sound Town. Sound Town is in one of the prettiest sections of Four Quarters, has it's own swimming hole, with amazing natural acoustics that limit sound propagation. But there are limits. Read the Sound Town section for full particulars and to register your system. If you don't read it, and do bring your sound system, you will be mightily gerflectered.

   * Sin City... well what can we say. Whips and tongs, vinyl slacks, frottages and stings? That would be Sin City. Close by the best swimming hole at Four Quarters to help rinse away... ummm. Whatever that substance is. If it's physically sexual, it's in Sin City.

   * Center Circle. In the heart of Four Quarters, on the hill, is The Circle of Standing Stones. Art, installation, participatory performance. On a Megalithic scale. Relative quiet, inner space. The values of The Land and living in balance. You will find it in Center Circle.


Registered Theme Camps
Read about the Registered Theme Camps

The Melodic Temple (Sound Town)
Sacred sanctuary of sights & sounds. Come experience the most soul gripping music ever. Watch and participate in hoops, poi, staff, and all things fiery & spinny! Provided by Ian

The Party Liberation Front Intergalactic Speakeasy (Sound Town)
Come join the Party Liberation Front as we bump the night (and day) away. Feel free to dance, spin fire, chill, or drink some tasty beverages at the Intergalactic Speakeasy. Provided by Conway & the PLF

The Foam Home
A Place For Foamy Happenings. Largely Chill, But With Some Raucousness Thrown In For Good Measure! I play ambient and downtempo dnb stylings. All music and sounds are of my own creation, except those that are gleaned from nature and the sounds of the city. I do a live mix with beatboxes and an electribe and a couple of samplers plus a cdj to mix in studio work that I've been part of.
Styles range from the non beat ambient to downtempo/midtempo: dnb, with industrial and noise mixed with 4/4 beats for a tribal noise feel. 'Industribalcyberambidrumnbass' Provided by Wendell


Porn & Eggs (Sin City)
Noun. A type of party involving pornography and eggs.
2. Noun. A growing sub-culture of self-defined "cultural anthropologists and closet pornstars"; people who host or attend PORN & EGGS parties. I HEART PORN & EGGS! Provided by Doug & Swedish Egg Chefs

PervCrafts (Sin City)
Stop in while you are in Sin City to create simple, sinful "toys" to play with while you are there! Provided by Grandpawyld.

Queerporium
A waystation, oasis and respite of homohospitality. Especially, but not only, useful for those on the way to or returning from Sin City. Located just up the road at Faery Camp.
Join us for two special rounds of storytelling Queerporium Bardic Break I and II - Facilitated Storytelling Session (one hour). See the schedule for times and topics. Bring your best stories that match the topics, see you there! Provided by the Radical Faeries


Ring of Fire
Bring your drums, music makers, poems, stories to share, songs... share your tribal dance! Experience dancing, drumming, song, and stories the way its done at Four Quarters! Provided by Danny & Tammy

Brighid's Fire
Come fan the flames of creativity within you! Workshops in pewter casting & candle making, create rainsticks and shakers for the Fire Circle. Provided by the Unorthodox Dirt Children

Mardi Gras!
The Crescent City proudly presents a little slice of life from way down south ­ Silly Hat Saturday, Mardi Gras mask making, New Orleans Jazz to sizzle your nights away, lots of scrumptious food and drink, HooDoo time, Veves, even Delta Blues from a Washburn guitar.

Pastafarian Camp honoring the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Come and honor & praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster and consider our theory of Intelligent Design. Activities include: Daily Meatball Toss, Convert the Kansas School Board, Pirate Relay, and a daily Conversion meet and greet hour. Provided by Sprye

Fairy's Dream
A place to find fairies! Listen to them as you wander their shiny, glittery, springy, fun-loving and joyful Land. Provided by Gem

Coffee Dragon's Lair
Come relax a spell! This is the place to meet up with friends over a nice hot cup of coffee, tea, hot chocci! Coffee Dragon's Lair is an institution at Four Quarters. Open 24 hours, always hot, always fresh, always free!

The Bees Lees (Center Circle)
Come sample the fruits of 4 Quarters' own cottage industry! Fruit wines & mead made by our mead mistress, PittyPat! There will also be fire scrying to make offerings to the fire spirits. Provided by PittyPat

Bread and Circus!
Come fill your belly with all things bread as you travel the Land. Mustn't party so hard with an empty tummy! Provided by Bunny & Gator Van Meter

Broken Oak Brewery Pub
A creative pub for art and homemade beer. Come sample homemade beer as you help create a special collectively drawn collage over the course of the weekend. Provided by Jeff Fox

Camp Contact (formerly Deep Movement)
Join us in our 30' dome and learn or practice Contact Improvisation, Yoga, and possibly Butoh, Martial Arts, NIA. Provided by D

Earth Beat Camp
Come lay on the Land and feel the heartbeat of the Mother. Offering taketina rhythm journeywork sessions and earthwork rituals/processes throughout the weekend. Provided by Lunachic

Amethyst Camp (formerly Al-Free Sober Camp)
A place to be in community of like minded friends and family who are choosing to walk a clean and sober path. Provided by Mischa

The Reckless Saturn
A roving bar offering beverages throughout and around the event. Provided by Bridget

Rhiovanion
Renaissance & Medieval Reenactment. Activities include medieval games, chain mail, food & feasting, juggling & costume creation. Provided by Valerie

Blue Dragon Noodle Bar
The Blue Dragon Noodlebar is the White Dragon's not-so-little cousin, bringing an updated ramen recipe east to the Wickerman community. We are coming to share our noodles, talk about petroleum, and dance. Provided by Tall Dean & the Noodlebarbarians

The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Come join the fun, try on some hats, and have a cup of tea, just remember to keep your head.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! / How I wonder what you're at! / Up above the world you fly, / Like a teatray in the sky. / Twinkle, twinkle
There will be on-going, impromptu, Lewis Carroll readings and possible napping, doormouse style. Come have tea and a nap... Provided by Miss Marcia

The Sensorium
As the earth reawakens, what better way to rouse the senses than a Sensorium event! The Sensorium is a fun, gentle immersion into a world of touch, smell, taste, and sound, resulting in a different kind of "in the body" experience. Be prepared for fun, mystery, and adventure... events held daily, schedule TBA.   Provided by Ember

Body Magic
Come join the fun, turn your body into a magical messy beauty. Get henna, get painted, get captured.
There will be times to come and get painted then roll on a sheet to see how you can make Body Magic! There will be those who can help paint you, or you can try it out yourself. Lots of colorful, messy, beautiful fun!   Provided with blessings, by the Henna Queen

Children of the Sun
A camp dedicated to those who utilize pathworking for meditation and magical purposes. The main activity would to build the Golden Disc that is represented in so many religions. It would be made from wood and tissue paper, burnable at the end as a sacrifice. before the burn it would be hung with lights surrounding it for meditative purposes with low background music playing. people would be encouraged to help build the disc as part of their sacrifices in reverence to the Sun our life giving force. Smaller discs may be made to take home as gifts from the temple.   Provided by Dawn

La Tarpeta
Unleash your inner graffiti artist- green and experienced alike, come and paint on our wall! Learn the art of graffiti, or doodle with paint markers. Write your name! Write your mom's name!
La Tarpeta will be a space for creativity and all things poi. We set up tarps to shade and create a space to play, whether rain or shine. Our centerpiece will be a graffiti wall upon which anyone may paint or tag with markers. We will provide spray paint, specialty caps, paint markers, and a large canvas wall. The wall will have accent lights at night for any midnight art inspiration. Whatever happens, there will be graf!
Our camp members also are experienced fire spinners, so we will be playing with both fire and non-fire poi.   Provided by Brenna St. Ours

Wine in the Pines
Fresh fruit wines in a variety of flavors to tempt your taste buds. The Wine Man, Amira, fruit and honey have joined together again offering "The Flavors of Nature". So grab your goblet, stop by and taste what nature has to offer.

Furry Camp
Ears, paws, and tails, oh my! Come, hang out, and let it all hang out. Furries of all types welcome. Homebrew, (mead and beer) will be available for enjoyment (not abuse - save that for someone you love down at Sin City) as will giveaways and glowies. Off the beaten path for those of you who may be a little shy and just want to come down and be social. Provided by Eric & the 4QFurries

Tree of Life Camp and Shaman's Hut
Thursday night of Wicker Man this year is also Lag Ba-Omer, a Jewish festival celebrating Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who's traditionally believed to have written the Zohar, the main work of the Kabbalah. Come party like it's 1999 BC, with wine-drinking, bonfires & torches, archery (with Nerf bows and arrows), Kabbalah study, and blowing of the shofar. We plan to continue the celebration throughout Wicker Man, and Jason and Abby will also be available for shamanic guidance for anyone in need. Please bring anything wooden that you'd like to burn, and add it to our bonfire.
Provided by Jason & Abby, sponsored by the Pillar of Smoke

The Temple of Venus
This Temple provides a safe and Sacred Erotic Sanctuary where Shiva and Shakti can meet in Sacred Union within, and between Sacred Lovers on the path of honoring erotic energy as a sacrament of worship, meditation, and as rocket fuel for enlightenment.
We share sessions of yoga, tantra, breathwork, and special meditations and rituals where the sacred and erotic meet in inner union to deepen the experience of embodied divinity.
Shakti is back - and she is lighting the fire of manifestation for the New Earth. Join us for sacred erotic worship, meditation, healing, and enlightened energetic play. Please note: This sanctuary will be located within the Stone Circle. Provided by Shiva Mai

Em's Enchanted Dressing Room
Come play dress up! Lots of clothes and accessories to choose from. Take something to borrow - take something to keep!!
This is a clothing exchange.. Bring something - Take something! Everyone welcome to come and find something fun to wear. If you dont have something to exchange, no problem, but if you do - bring it! Selection changing continuously with what others bring to trade with!