Dear Fireflies, The Festival Committee (FestComm), the volunteer committee that is responsible for the operation, administration, infrastructure, and services (etc.) provided by Firefly Arts Collective around the main Firefly event, and representatives of the FAC board, have met to discuss…
Dear Fireflies, We regret to share that all planning for the Firefly 2026 event is currently on hold. On February 27th, the Barre landowner notified us they were no longer able to host Firefly 2026. While we are attempting to…
Over the years, the Firefly Arts Collective (FAC) has been proud to provide grant support to Firefly artists to enable them to express and fulfill their varied creative visions. These grants are intended to support and promote radically-expressive, community-based, interactive…
The Temple Grant is accepting submissions starting today: Temple Grant: up to $3,000 The Temple Grant supports the creation of the Temple at Firefly Arts Festival each year. The Temple aims to satisfy both civic and spiritual needs by creating…
I know it’s a dicey time in Firefly history, but we need to keep moving forward, and what makes Firefly move forward is volunteers. Tl;dr: just fill out this form if you’re at all interested, and I’ll take care of…
First off, thanks to all the folks who have been providing us with rather thoughtful suggestions and questions over the past few months regarding Firefly’s future! And a double thanks to those who have volunteered to help out in various…
Firefly Post-Event Survey Results The Firefly 2025 Post-Event Survey has been posted! More than 600 Fireflies provided feedback on their experiences in the woods this year, as well as information on what parts of camping terrain and facilities are seen…
A brief reminder that members of the Board will be available for, well, anything you want to talk about this coming Thursday, 8pm-9pm, virtually. We hope to see some of y’all there! If you aren’t able to make this one,…
A brief reminder that members of the Board will be available for, well, anything you want to talk about this coming Tuesday, 6pm-7pm, at Remnant Brewing in Somerville. We hope to see some of y’all there! If you aren’t able…
tl;dr: follow this link for info on what board does and we’re doing monthly board office hours open to the community Howdy again, y’all! Earlier this year, the Board had four new members join in part to increase our capacity…
Howdy y’all. First off, deep breath: No decisions have been made to move Firefly. In response to the post-event survey, we have received a number of questions regarding why Firefly would investigate another space at all. We recognize that talk…
MOMM’s virtual gallery of Lost & Found items is live! View the gallery. If an item is yours, please fill out the Lost & Found Form. Unclaimed items will be donated or given away after July 23rd. Lastly, we ended…
Would you like to share your photo memories from this year's event with the community, but don't want to be beholden to Facebook? Please consider sharing them on Firefly's web gallery! First, please review the Firefly Event Recording Guidelines. Don't…
The time is nigh! If we're going to have print copies of the What/Where/When events guide in the woods, we're going to need to send them to the printer this weekend, which means that I'll need to format them tomorrow…
If you're currently sitting on a ticket you probably won't use, please refund it as soon as possible! We have almost 150 people on the waitlist who really do want to go, and if you wait until the last day…
Maps and Placement are excited to announce this year's maps. You can snag them on the website's Map page, including new trails and new art! One notable change we've made is moving to a double-sided map for folx who print…
URGENT VOLUNTEER CALL! DPW (Department of Public Works) needs YOU for LATE CREW! No special skills or experience needed! 95% of what we do is pick things up/put them down, so if you're able-bodied, you're qualified! Don't wanna sacrifice burn…
Thanks for bringing your art to Firefly! The link to register your Fire Art is now live! The bug burns in 11 days! Register Fire Art Please register your fire art before you get on site. FLAME will be on-site…
Hello Fireflies and happy Friday, this is Stage Core speaking! This year, as all years, we are having an Open Stage, which means anyone, whoever you may be, can sign up to perform any wacky, wonderful, whimsical, or wonky performance…
Hi Fireflies! Some of you may have already noticed this, but event submission for this year is in fact open! We received a lot of positive feedback on the dust app last year, so this year we’re using the dust…