Myschievia 2026 - Nat 20
You rolled a Natural 20! Prepare to dominate this burn!
Gamify the 20th Myschievia with taverns, hobbit holes, fairy gardens, goblin swamps, elf ears, and wizard robes!

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What's New:

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

REGISTRATIONS ARE LIVE!

Need more info for registration? Wanna know more about volunteering options? Check out this here blog post.
And don't forget to enter the t-shirt design contest for the exclusive early volunteer swag!

​WORK WEEKENDS START NEXT MONTH!

Find more details about land prep on the Work Weekends page!

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What is Myschievia?

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CAMARADERIE THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

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Myschievia is a temporary community that exists as a forum for participant-driven creativity and artistic self-expression. There are no spectators, no commerce is permitted, and the event is organized entirely by volunteers. Tickets are only sold in advance and this is a "Leave No Trace" event.  Myschievia provides participants the opportunity to create and contribute, experience and evolve, share and accept, work and play.

Myschievia takes place on or around Indigenous People's Day weekend in early October (October 8-12 in 2026). Gate usually opens at noon on Thursday and we're off site by 2pm on Monday.

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Myschievia's Guiding Principles

Myschievia follows the Burning Man Ten Principles below, as adapted below:
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Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Myschievia. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.

Gifting
Myschievia is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.

Radical Self-reliance
Myschievia encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on their inner resources.
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Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.

Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.

Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.

Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.

Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.

Immediacy
​Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.

We have also adopted two more principles that are core to our community:
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Consent

Personal boundaries vary by individual and it is our shared responsibility to gain enthusiastic prior agreement through active communication in order to ensure that everyone is either willfully involved or able to distance themselves from inclusion in any particular experience.
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Playful Mischief

Growth is impossible without pushing against pre-existing limits, and the magic of inner growth and achieving the impossible happens outside of our comfort zones. Lean into your discomfort. Safety third.

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Past Themes

2025: "Mycelial Dreams"
​2024: "All In Play"
2023: "Rapscallion Rodeo"
​2022: "Coming Home"
​2021: *canceled due to COVID-19*
​2020: *canceled due to COVID-19*
2019: "We Are Star Stuff" 
2018: "Meowschievia"
2017: "Awaken and Rise"
2016: "The Wild Hunt"

2015: "For Science!"
​2014: "All Out War"
​2013: "Choose Your Own Mysadventure"
​2012: "Here be Dragons"
​2011: "Tree of Life"
2010: "Ark of Dreams"
2009: "Pyrosynthesis"
2008: "Burning Bridges"
2007: "Unrulyman" 
2006: "Burn the Coliseum" 
2005: "Trial by Fire"