Every year, over 70,000 people get tickets to Burning Man through a variety of different ticket sales and processes. So many tickets are reserved for special sales that only a small number of tickets are available to the general public in the main sale.
This year, the main sale will offer 15,000 tickets, which amounts to a significant increase over the pool in 2022, which was only 10,000 tickets. The allocation seems to have come from a reduction in tickets available for the Stewards Sale, which is down from 35,000 to 30,000 tickets.
The Stewards Sale reflects tickets made available to theme camps, art projects and mutant vehicles.
This might make it feel like it’s “easier” to get tickets in the Main Sale — 50% easier! To be honest, though, 15,000 is still not a lot of tickets compared to the demand; they will sell out instantly; and, for all intents and purposes, the main sale is a lottery.
And it also might make it feel like it’s “harder” as a returning theme camp, to get tickets in the Stewards Sale, although actually, last year, there was larger than usual demand for Stewards Sale tickets because camps that were promised tickets for the cancelled 2020 event were allowed to use those tickets in 2022. So overall the ticket situation this year is likely to be pretty much more of the same.
In the meantime, though, the official source of information on buying tickets for 2023 is now live, and the process begins in a couple of weeks, so make sure you’re paying close attention to every date and deadline!
