Heat the Street Decompression

This coming Sunday, October 9, participants of the Burning Man festival will be “decompressing” on the streets of San Francisco. It’s the 12th annual Decompression “Heat the Street Faire,” celebrating 25
years of Burning Man. The event features 12 hours of performances, fire, dance, live music, DJs, art, imagery from Burning Man 2011 and, of course, the people themselves. Six city blocks will be packed with
two stages and numerous dance areas, art cars and theme camps.

For me, it’s my last opportunity to hang out with my friends and co-workers of the DPW, Black Rock City’s Department of Public Works, before everyone scatters to their many corners of the world. It’s also a re-entry, of sorts, as about 100 of us are only just returning from the Nevada desert, having recently wrapped up Playa Restoration.

If none of this makes any sense to you, check out www.burningman.com to find out what it’s all about.

Sunday, October 9
Noon til Midnight
Public Entrance: Near 19th St. & Minnesota St., SF (through parking lot)
$10 donation in costumed-finery or with photo of yourself at Burning Man 2011
$20 in street clothes
All ages outdoors; 21+ inside Cocomo_(club closes 1:30am)
Outdoor stages/sound end 10pm, except Mariposa Stage which ends 11pm

2011 decompression

PERFORMERS INCLUDE:
Antioquia, Aurora Activity Pony, Action Jackson, Adhara Dance Company, Anodyne Industries, Bad Unkl Sista, Blair, Brendan Random Ramsden, Burning Band Marching Band, Curly Doodle, Crossroads, Dark Sparkle, Dioscuri, Diva Marisa, DJ ICON, DJ Laird, DJ Feral, DJ Haack, Dr. Notorious, Easystreet, Energy Alchemist, Fire Smoothie, Gring-Oh-Star, Heart Touch / Keno Mapp, Hydrah, HystErica, Jef Stott, Jason Wilson, Kimba, Liz Ryder band, Loyd Family Players, MIDILOVE, Meg Amor Fire, Mo Corleone, Nancy Asiya, Onamare, Poilesque, Prize, Pyronauts, Richard Hartnell – Contact Juggler, Samba Stilt Circus, Sanedrac Hunter, Satchi Om, Sex Pixels, Shake It For Grandma, Skipper’s Revenge, Soul in the Machine, Solar Flare, SpinOff Tribal Belly Dance, Teeth Crush Bones, Th’ Mole/ DJ 0.000001, The Audio Alchemizts, The BURNING OPERA, The MegaFlame Big Band, The Neurovoltaic Orchestra,The Zenotope Collective, Underwater Sunshine Krew, Vibrant EYEris, Vortechs, Wanderlust Circus, Writhe and MANY MANY MORE!

THEME CAMPS INCLUDE:
Adopt-A-Porta Pottie, Beignets for Art, Black Rock Prep, Black Rock Arts Foundation, BMIR, BRC Farmers Market, BRCPO, Bureau of Misinformation, Burners Without Borders, Burning Man Project, Camp Freefall, Camp Montage, Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet, Dancetronauts Strip Ship, District Everywhere, Dubscouts SF/Unknown Prophecies, Dustfish, The Dusty Rhino, EBOL/Klown Korps, First Church of the Last Laugh’s Taberknuckle of St. Stupid, Friends of Blackrock Highrock, Gate & Perimeter, Hexayurt Workshop, Hiney Hygiene Station, Hookahdome, The Hillbilly Spaceship, Kamp Apokiliptika, Kidsville, Media Mecca, Moroccan Tea Lounge Micro Theatre, Nautilus X, Pink Mammoth, Playa Info, Pyroglyphics/P3 Oasis, Rebel Bass Collective, Revolution Camp/ Department of Public Words, Saraswati Tea House, Scarbutts Cafe, Sham Rock City, Shipwreck Tiki Lounge, Silicon Village / Heart On Pod, Sk8 Kamp, Strategik’s Dodo Bus, The Lost Penguins Cafe, Twilight Spaghetti Theater Decom Puppet show, Undercity/Jerk Church, World Hoop Day, Wow/Playa V, Camp Questionmark AND MORE!

ART BY:
Alex Lejeune, Andrew Jones, Luke Brown, Amanda Sage, Michael Divine, Matt Elson, Aurora Camp, Christopher Schardt, Bruce Miles, Danny, Debi Cable, Demian Dorrance, Derek Heinemann, Garth Webb, Henry Rikena, Jeff Howe and Ruby Bettencourt, Jim & Claire Alexander, JJ Holoubek, John Hagar, Jon Sarrugarte and Krysten Mate, Jason Star, Julian Cash, Jimi Cummins, Kathy D’Onofrio, Kirsten Berg, Kristian Akseth, Andrew Boyd and Stacey Reineccus, Kurt Pires, Lady V and Hemi, Mad Dog, Owen Kelly, Rob Lord, Robert Bengtson, Robn Parsons, Ruth Kneass & Desert Pearl Family, Sovereign, Tex Allen, Todd Cox, Todd Willams, Tom Haan, Vibrata Chromodoris & David Shamanik, Z and the Baby Blue Crew + LOTS MORE!

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