Burning Lion is a participative event made by burners for burners. Its success hinges on your involvement!

How you can participate

Volunteering is a key dimension of every burn. Use your existing skills or try out a radically new task while making new friends at the same time. Check out our available roles and sign up below:

Build and Strike

Build means arriving at the site on wednesday to prepare all the structures necessary for the burn. The opposite of build, strike means taking down the installations and cleaning up the area after the burn. This also includes S.L.A.P. (sound, light and power) who ever is good in electricity is always welcome.

Key traits:
hands-on mentality, experienced with tools, good physical strength (not necessary but certainly a plus)

Shower and Sauna

You are the keeper of the flame! Shower heroes take care of the fire that warms the shower water, and keep the flame burning. Same thing belongs to the hottest place on site; the Sauna.

Key traits:
creative, art-loving, hands-on mentality, knowing how to start and run a fire

Gate and Greeter

Giving all new arrivals a warm welcome, making sure everyone knows where they just landed, and checking their tickets and covid status according to regulations.

Key traits:
Communicative, stress-resistant, accurate, friendly

Shit Ninjas

Your role is essential – take part in the shield maiden team of compost and disease control. The on site compost toilets need to get set up. Make sure they are nice and clean, add toilet paper to the stalls, refill sanitizer, cleaning, etc.

Key traits:
hands on mentality, not afraid of dirt

Medics

Medics treat possible minor injuries and take care of every emergency on site. Apply first aid and call the ambulance if necessary.

Key traits:
Helpful, sociable, empathic, nurturing, intuitive, reliable, possible medical background, superhero capabilities

Welfare Angels

Welfare angels provide psychological first aid and emotional support in case of challenging experiences eg. psychedelic experiences, violated consent, or strain from the burn experience in general.

Key traits:
Helpful, calm, sociable, empathic, nurturing, intuitive, reliable

Fluffer

Fluffers support volunteers during build and tear down with magic witchcraft, good mood, fun and treats. They generally guard hard working builders from the anger of labouring and take care of people to help keep everyone’s spirits up.

Key traits:
helpful, sociable, nurturing, intuitive, magic

Kitchen Helper

Kitchen helpers feed the masses and help cleaning the cooking dishes after the feast.

Key traits:
hands-on mentality, food-loving, cleanliness, experience with meal preparation, NO Gremlins allowed!

Leave No Trace

MOOP hunters collect any matter out oplace to help keep the area nice and clean; and dont just clean the environment, they remind people to take responsibility for their trash.

Key traits:
hands-on mentality, not afraid of dirt

Rangers and
S+ Guardians

Rangers help ensure the safety and well-being of the community. They serve as community mediators and provide reliable information.
S+ are there to make sure people are having a good and safe time in matters of S+.

Key traits:
reliable, patient, solution-oriented empathic, aware, consent knowledgable, social skills, friendly but firm, 

Effigy Support
& Fire Safety

Effigy support involves setting up our effigy — the Lion — that will go up in flames on Saturday night. As fire safety you need to keep the moths from flying into the flames, hold water hoses and hope for the best positions during the burn.

Key traits:
hands-on mentality, experienced with tools, willingness to work outside, sobriety necessary

Bar

Bar tenders pour in random liquids into burner cups, they talk to beautiful critters and listen to peoples break up strories while polishing glasses.

Key traits:
hands-on mentality, experienced with liquors, good physical strength (for shaking coctails), good listener

Participate
What would you like to volunteer for?