Midburn 2025: “Let There Be Light” Ticketing Plan || The Way Home
Ladies and Gentlemen, here she is: the ticketing plan for Midburn 2025: “Let There Be Light.”
When planning a complex event like Midburn, the ticketing plan is a tool for realizing the Ten Principles and shaping culture in our community. This year, the spotlightis on Participation and Inclusion.
Midburn is a city built on participation, those who enter its gates are the ones who create it, both in spirit and in matter. The goal of the ticketing plan is to find a formula that promotes maximum initiative and action.
This year, we will work with an allocations-only method to ensure that the people who build Midburn and make it what it is will be able to attend and together ignite the light. Participation is the gateway to our city.
The ticketing plan presented here reflects part of a broader cultural move and the direction we want to take- one that balances the community’s needs alongside budgets, licensing requirements, logistical protocols, and other factors impacting us financially.
Ready?
Let’s go!
So first things first- what’s the schedule?
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We launched on July 3rd- that was a thrill! Participation, art, and camp registration forms opened. (The camp introduction form is already closed. You won’t believe how many camps signed up. Have a guess?:)
In the coming days, department leads will test the ticketing system to ensure it's bug-free. Immediately after, registered content leads (art and camps) will receive 1–2 additional allocations for leads.
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Lead ticket sale will open on July 28, 2025 at 20:00 and close on July 31, 2025 at 20:00. After that, the lead allocations will vanish into the playa dust (don’t worry, they’re not deducted from the content allocations your project will receive).
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At the same time, ticket sales for international participants will begin and remain open for approximately two months (or until the designated international ticket batch sells out). This ongoing sale is meant to give our friends abroad time to get organized, submit an international allocation form (will be available on the Linktree in a few days), and make their purchase. The ticketing team will process these on a FIFO basis.
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The Art Foundation will announce decisions on August 9, 2025 the earliest possible date to provide clarity to applicants.
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The Kickoff event will take place on August 15- a community afternoon meet-up. Bring fresh gifting, games, possibly some beats, or maybe both! At the event, we’ll get to know the production departments and how to participate in them.
Lev (CEO) will talk about the site (what? Is it real!), and rumors say there might even be a VR Playa experience. More details to come.
The rest of the timeline is clearly displayed on the map- all further information will be shared as we approach Participation Sales A & B
So what’s the actual ticketing plan? How will tickets be distributed this year?
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Participation first: The general sale that existed in previous years has been canceled. All 1,200 tickets from that sale will now be allocated to departments, theme camps, and especially artists and their teams.
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City population will be reduced to 7,000 participants. Midburn hasn’t run at full scale in 3 years, so we’re choosing to scale down and refine the event to strengthen the culture.
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Low-income and victims of the Oct. 7th events- We’re targeting around 350 tickets for these groups (100 more than in 2023). Note: this is not a separate sale! it still requires participation allocation (e.g., through a department). The discount will be applied during the purchase or refunded later if the request is approved post-purchase. Link to the financial assistance form
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Theme Camp Allocations:
Theme camps are the beating heart of the city’s content. We want to empower them to arrive strong and deliver meaningful and radiant participation.We’re encouraged to discuss within your camp: What does it mean to be a participating camp? Where do our self-expression and passion shine within the city and culture? -
If your camp lacks allocations- now’s the time to join one of the production departments.
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International tickets These are challenging times for international participants to attend. It's hard to predict how many of our friends from abroad will make it, but we’ve set aside sufficient allocations and will keep this sale open for an extended period starting with the first sale round. Share the [English form will be updated in the Linktree in a few days] with your international friends.
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OMG Sale will be held for participants who wish to join the burn based on their own interpretation. There is no predetermined number of OMG tickets- after all other designated group sales end, the ticketing team will forward the remaining tickets to the OMG sale
The ticket pie (allocation breakdown):
More fun details:
Ticket Price
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Ticket prices have been heavily influenced by the economic situation. Service prices in Israel have increased by about 25% since Midburn 2023 (which was canceled). We all feel it.
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Additionally, security requirements have nearly doubled following the war and recent events. This significantly impacts the cost of cultural events – especially something like Midburn.
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Despite rising costs, we’ve worked hard to limit the ticket price increase to “only” 20% – yeah, it’s still a lot.
We considered shortening the event by a day, but fixed costs (for both the organization and participants) wouldn’t be reduced enough to justify the savings. So the event will remain 6 days long: Monday to Saturday, November 24–29, 2025.
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The number of Appreciation Tickets (discounted tickets for core contributors) will nearly double – these go to MAPATZ (infrastructure builders) and Resto teams (post-event cleanup). This represents our community’s gratitude for weeks of hard, hot labor in the field and also allows more low-income participants to join the Burn.
🎟️ So, the price for an adult participation ticket to Midburn 2025 is: 1,370 NIS
A little transparency – what makes up the ticket price?
FAQ (or: Let’s talk about that awkward thing called money)
Q: What are “Technical and Infrastructure” expenses?
A: That’s all the gear and services production rents: fencing, containers, transportation, vehicles, electricity, shading, heavy equipment – and much more.
Q: Why do volunteers cost money if they’re volunteering?
A: Because we need to shade them, house them, and especially feed the 200 MAPATZ and Resto volunteers who spend a full month building the city from sunrise to sunset for all of us. And at night they like to party – those spoiled brats want pink champagne, steak, and caviar.
(Seriously though, sign up for MAPATZ – it’s a life-changing experience.)
Q: What’s the department budget?
A: Mainly training for department volunteers. Maybe a popsicle here and there, or a little gift pendant.
Not signed up to volunteer yet? Click here.
Q: What about salaries? I thought everyone was a volunteer.
A: Most people are. But there are a few critical roles that require full-time work leading up to and during the event, some even spend a full month on-site. These roles are given symbolic compensation.
This is the time to ask:
How do I want to participate in Midburn?
Dream. Dare. Create.
Let there be light.