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Volunteer! New Opportunities

Precipitation Northwest is calling for Burners like you to get involved! We are excited to announce two new opportunities to volunteer. Help bring the magic home after playa and build community year round.

BurnOn? Burnout? Whatever we call it, it’s our opportunity to come together, decompress, and bring the principles home. Are you an organized, motivated individual with a vision? Each year, we have a new opportunity to make this event what we want. What will we do next? That could be up to you.

Apply to Produce Decompression Here!

Precipitation Northwest is also looking for a media lead. Help connect our community to events and opportunities. Help empower people to get involved. It all starts with spreading the word. Word wizards encouraged to apply.

Apply for PNW Media Leadership Here!

Precipitation Northwest 2/9/26 Precipitation Northwest 2/9/26

SOAK*2026: Not To Scale

Find all of the essential and non-essential information about SOAK*2026 at the SOAK website or sign up for the mailing list to get regular updates.

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Burning Man Town Hall 2026

Portland’s annual Burning Man Town Hall presentation:

Burning Man Regional Contacts
Bureau of Erotic Discourse
Precipitation NW
SOAK*2026
SOAK-Sonian Musuem
Cats In Space Fundraiser

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SOAK*2026 Producer Application is open!

We welcome community leaders to apply as a volunteer for the position of SOAK Producer - one of the hardest working and most fulfilling volunteer roles PNW has to offer. Please submit your application by Sunday Sept 30th, we look forward to hearing from you!

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BurnOn - Portland’s Decompression

Be part of the energy that brings us together to celebrate the essence of the 10 Principles of Burning Man - join us on Saturday October 18th for Portland’s Official Decompression Event.

https://www.burnonpdx.com/

Photo Credit: Starfish, Burnout 2022

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Livestream of SOAK Temple Burn 6/7/25 @ 9pm

SOAK Temple photo credit to Kim Arbios from SOAK*2025

We were unable to safely burn both the MBS and Temple at SOAK this year due to unfavorable wind conditions. The Temple of Renewal and all offerings have been carefully transported to the hills of Gaston, OR and we plan to burn it there to complete the cycle of release. This is a small private property which can not accommodate a large group in attendance so we will be live-streaming the burn so that the community can join in the ceremony by remote. Please join us on this livestream which will be broadcast on www.soakpdx.com.

Photo credit to Kim Arbios from SOAK*2025

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Seeking Burnout 2025 Producers: Apply Now!

PNW is seeking dedicated and talented individuals to produce Burnout, Portland’s annual Burning Man Decompression event, in Fall of 2025.

Burnout happens right here in PDX, so it's our best chance to radically include non-Burners and folks to whom SOAK is not easily accessible. If you’d be a fabulous contribution to the Burnout production team, please apply here!

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Burning Man Portland rises from the ashes

The Burning Man Portland Website has been freshly rejuvenated! This site is maintained by the Portland Regional Contacts (RCs) and has useful information about what is going on in the Portland Burning Man community, as well as links to interesting resources including:

Information about the Burning Man Regional Network and our esteemed Regional Contacts
A local events calendar
Links to the Burning Man Hive educational resource center, and Portland Announce traditional email list.

Check it out! Bookmark it! Tell your friends!