The Universe
The Universe Cafe serves up coffee, tea, and sometimes other tasty drinks most days from 8am to 4pm. Come by with your cup, and stay to chat with a friend or stranger!
Firefly 2025 Art Truck Form Is Live
Hi Fireflies! If you want your project to travel on the art truck, please fill out the 2025 Art Truck Survey June 25th. Reminders: You don’t have to have received an art grant to use the art truck. We’ll leave…
Firefly 2025 Work Weekends: Dates and Sign-Up
Greetings Fireflies, It’s almost time to get back to the land and begin preparing it for our yearly retreat and respite from the default world! Work weekends are an excellent way to meet some awesome folks, and to get into…
Sign Up for Volunteer Shifts
Firefly is a volunteer-run event, so it all happens with the help of participants like you! Now that the lottery has run and folks can begin purchasing tickets, the Volunteer sign-up portal is also open. Follow the link to sign…
The Ticket Lottery is OVER. Please find ticket offers in your email, or join the waitlist!
The 2025 Ticket Lottery sent out initial ticket offers on May 28. Check your email to see if you got an offer or see your spot in the waitlist. Got an offer? Congrats! Make sure to accept it and pay…
Last Day for the Ticket Lottery!
Welcome Back Fireflies! This is a friendly reminder that today (Monday, May 26) is the final day to register for the Ticket Lottery! Anyone who registers today will get the first-round chance at a ticket in the Lottery, with initial…
Don’t Burn Out (DFU)
A chill camp of snarky humans in various phases of "Doing Too Much" recovery. Come play in our hammock tower, feel like a kid again, and find a cozy space to relax or socialize. Recharge your emotional batteries and stop…
A message on behalf of the Firefly Arts Collective Conduct Committee
On behalf of the Firefly Arts Collective Conduct Committee: The Conduct Committee is a dedicated group of all-volunteer Fireflies that focus on reports of behaviors that violate the participant code of conduct. Our policies and procedures are still the same…
Euchre Lounge
Euchre Lounge is a place to enjoy some cards, dice, or board games. Come relax and play a couple rounds of your favorite game with us while you enjoy your morning beverage and our chill atmosphere. Use one of our…
Interaction Café (East)
Memorable interactions with quality people. That's what we serve! You choose the kind of interaction you want off of our menu. Our quality burners will deliver it. It's so simple, it's MAGICAL. Choose from a wide range of menu item…
Firefliers Shibari Camp
An adult-only (18+) project Take a jaunt off the main drag and come see who's hanging around—literally. We're rope bondage artists and enthusiasts. Our rope work is inspired by Japanese shibari, and in application is a fusion of styles. Sometimes…
Firefly 2025 Ticket Lottery Registration Opens Today!
Welcome Back Fireflies! The official start of the Firefly 2025 season has arrived! You can now register for a ticket at https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org! Registration for the Ticket Lottery will be open until May 26th, and Lottery results sent out on the…
2025 Ticketing Note from the Treasurer
TL;DR: Our recommended ticket price for 2025 is $185. This increase from $170 in 2024 reflects vendor cost increases, recouping past major investments (e.g. Ring Road), larger art grants, a buffer against uncertainty including economic conditions, and a need to…
Firefly 2025 Ticket Registration and Important Policy Changes
Dear Fireflies, The official start of the Firefly 2025 season has arrived! Starting on Monday, May 19th you will be able to register for a ticket at https://tickets.fireflyartscollective.org! Registration for the Ticket Lottery will be open until May 26th and…
New members of the Firefly Board of Directors for 2025
Dear Fireflies, Thank you for your comments and feedback over the past several months! We're pleased to announce the addition of three new members to the Firefly Board of Directors: Max Alexander Omar Hamilton Jack Reid Max, Omar, and Jack…
2025 Art/Theme Camp Placement Application is LIVE
Calling all artists and theme camp leads: the Placement Application is here! The Application is due by Sunday, June 8th in advance of Placement Day on Sunday, June 15th at 11am. All theme camps/art (whether new or returning) will be…
The Col for Smol: Grant Submissions Are Now Open for Smol Grants!
Over the years, the Firefly Arts Collective 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 and/or…
Community Feedback on Candidates for the Firefly Board of Directors
(tl;dr: Please provide your feedback, particularly on candidates, via https://forms.gle/Cv6gDo5RyfRDYSwq9 by Sunday, May 11th!) Dear Fireflies, Earlier this winter we sent out our periodic open call for interest in joining the Board of Directors of Firefly Arts Collective. We received…