AFRIKABURN 2025 tickets:​

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Number of tickets available: 6000

Cost: R2799 (EUR140 or USD 160)

Date of sale: 4 December 2024 12:00 pm SAST (12/4/2024, 10:00:00 AM Coordinated Universal Time)

Sales end when sold out.

This ticket is priced at the amount it costs to build Tankwa Town and have you participate in the AfrikaBurn event.

Tankwa Town Tickets are sold online on a first come first served basis, with a maximum of two tickets per purchaser.

Last year, General Sales (Tankwa Town) Tickets sold out within about 15 minutes. We also expect AfrikaBurn 2025 tickets to sell out very quickly. If you are determined to attend AfrikaBurn in 2025, please consider buying the Blue Sky or New Horizons Ticket option ahead of the Tankwa Town Ticket Sale.

AfrikaBurn ticket split

AFRIKABURN: The event

In 1986, someone named Larry Harvey and his mate Jerry James set fire to a wooden figure on a beach in San Francisco … and many years later, here we are in South Africa with AfrikaBurn, one of the largest regional Burning Man events outside of the USA.

AfrikaBurn takes place at Quaggafontein in the Tankwa Karoo, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The event is a blank canvas on which participants project any creative endeavour they desire to create, ranging from large-scale burning sculptures to small performances and any kind of service that participants see fit to give or ‘gift’ to the community. The spectacular result is the manifestation of a weeklong interdisciplinary cultural event that includes art, costume, performance, Theme Camps, music, Mutant Vehicles, and so much more.

AfrikaBurn is a chance to ‘invent the world anew’ and gift its participants a space for creative expression, play and to be radically inclusive and accessible. The touchstone of value in our culture will always be immediacy: experience before theory, moral relationships before politics, survival before services, roles before jobs, ritual before symbolism, work before vested interest, and participant support before sponsorship

The Guiding Principles of AFRIKABURN:

AfrikaBurn is a Burning Man regional event, and our guiding principles are based on the Ten Principles of Burning Man, to which we added an 11th in 2011 – Each One Teach One – that encourages knowledge sharing.

These principles aren’t commandments, and they’re not rules – they’re ideals that offer guidelines for how we as a community can reinvent the world and ourselves. We re-invented the principle of ‘Radical Inclusion’ to be more representative in South Africa.

Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey wrote the Ten Principles as guidelines for the newly-formed Regional Network in 2004. They were crafted not as a dictate of how people should be and act but as a reflection of the community’s ethos and culture as it had organically developed since the event’s inception.

The Man in the Hat – a tribute to Larry by the AfrikaBurn Art Committee

A warning about getting scammed

In previous years, ticket touts and scammers have taken advantage of people desparately looking for tickets. We discovered a number of scammers had been buying Vehicle Passes and selling them online as e-tickets via dodgy resale sites like Viagogo and GameDay etc. It was heartbreaking for us to tell people that their tickets were not valid for entry to the event.

After the tickets to AfrikaBurn have sold out, there are also A LOT of people who post online that they suddenly can’t attend AfrikaBurn and have tickets to sell. Most of these people turn out to be scammers because all our resales happen on Quicket, not Facebook.

Please think and look carefully before buying your tickets to AfrikaBurn. Please don’t buy or resell AfrikaBurn tickets on any platform other than the official Quicket one, where the transaction is secure, the original barcode is cancelled, and a new barcode is generated to ensure that no two people can check in with the same ticket. Some very professional scammers are out there trying to steal your hard-earned money.

NB: If someone selling a ticket on Facebook refuses to use the private resale function on Quicket, you can be 100% sure it’s a scam.

The private resale function on Quicket will be available once tickets go on sale. The public resale function on Quicket will only be available once the General Sale has closed or the event has sold out. For more information on how the resale function works – please click here.

Refunds:

Due to the hard work and year-round costs it takes to make AfrikaBurn happen, AfrikaBurn has always had a ‘no refund’ policy on tickets. This year, that policy remains the same, even in the event of a cancellation due to a Government imposed Monkeypox lockdown or any other reason.

INSURANCE:

We acknowledge that the ticket price constitutes only part of the total costs of attending AfrikaBurn. As such, please consider taking out personal insurance suited to your needs. Suitable insurance is particularly important for those travelling from overseas to attend AfrikaBurn.

It is your prerogative to obtain your own insurance coverage to protect yourself if you are unable to attend AfrikaBurn.

We do not recommend and therefore do not offer an opt-in insurance policy at the point of sale.

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Accessibility

We aim to ensure that AfrikaBurn is fully accessible to anyone who wants to attend. As an outdoor event in a desert environment, some areas at Quaggafontein are harder to access, especially in challenging weather – but we will do our utmost to help all participants access as much of AfrikaBurn as possible.

  • Registered disabled participants can apply for a CareBear ticket (via illumanathi@afrikaburn.com for their carer if required to enable them to participate.
  • Accessible toilets can be provided to specific attendees. These are exclusively for those with disabilities.

Please contact​ illumanathi@afrikaburn.com to discuss the accessibility options once you have confirmed your ticket.

Frequently asked questions:

Buying a ticket is as simple as clicking the large ‘buy tickets now’ button at the top of the page when the ticket sales open.

You can purchase up to two tickets; however, it will make life easier if you insert the second person’s details at the point of purchase and not later on. Please be prepared with the details of the second ticket holder, as you will need to insert these before concluding your purchase.

The details you’ll need on hand during your ticket purchase are:
Name & surname, email address, mobile number, ID/passport number, emergency contact details of someone not at AfrikaBurn, and the name of any camp or creative project they may be affiliated to. We also ask questions like where you are from and where you currently live. This year we are including medical questions, asking for details about chronic medication, pre-existing medical conditions, allergies, and your medical aid/medical insurance details.

PLEASE NOTE: the ID/passport number you enter on Quicket must match the ID/passport number you present at the Gate. No exceptions.

You will also be expected to run through some short acculturation questions before being able to purchase your tickets to make sure you know you’re not going to a music festival.

As AfrikaBurn tickets can sell out quite quickly, we encourage you to gather all the information you need and register with Quicket well before the ticket sales open.

Although we previously required a Burner Bio profile to purchase a ticket or attend the event, due to reduced capacity and resources, Burner Bios are not compulsory to purchase AfrikaBurn event tickets.

You will need to register an account with Quicket to be able to purchase a ticket to AfrikaBurn.

If you find that the details on your ticket do not match the information on the ticket holder’s ID/passport, or your circumstances have changed (e.g. your partner is no longer coming to the Burn, but your daughter is), then you can edit the details on the ticket.

Please note: You have ONE CHANCE to edit the details on this ticket, so make sure you insert the correct information, as you can’t go back and change it again.

> Log into Quicket, and click on your username (at upper right)
> Locate and click on ‘My Tickets’
> Find your AfrikaBurn ticket
> Alongside Options, click ‘Edit Details’
> Change the details of the ticket, and click ‘Save’

Please ensure that the information on the ticket matches the details of the person presenting that ticket at the event Gate.

Transferring a ticket can happen any time until the last day the gates to the Burn are open. The transfer function should only be used if you transfer the tickets into somebody’s name who you know and trust. Here’s how:

> Log into Quicket, and click ‘My Tickets’ under your username in the upper right-hand corner.
> Find your AfrikaBurn ticket
> Alongside ‘Options’, click ‘Transfer Tickets’
> Use the option to transfer the ticket to a new recipient

Once you transfer your ticket to the new owner, the barcode will be cancelled, and a new barcode will be issued to the new recipient. Please ensure you enter the correct email address (both times) as the transfer cannot be reversed.
If you’re purchasing a ticket from a friend, let them know to transfer the ticket to you, as above.

The exchange of money needs to happen privately. If you are concerned about the safe transfer of funds, please instead use the Private Resale function on Quicket. This will ensure the exchange of money is secure.

Quicket has enabled a resale system to support our community in selling or buying tickets outside of the main sales. Their system is tied directly into the usual event page, and the system works with the original barcoded ticket being resold, cancelling the original barcode and generating a new barcode for the ticket’s new recipient. That way, no two people can check in with the same ticket, limiting any nasty surprises at the event gate.

If you want to resell your ticket, please check out this help document.

Private resales will open when the first batch of tickets goes on sale, and public resales will open after the General Sale sells out. Has the event sold out, and you are looking for a resale ticket? Head over to the AfrikaBurn event page on Quicket and click on the tickets section to find what’s available for resale.

With the limited number of tickets available for the event, AfrikaBurn limits the number of tickets you can purchase to two per purchaser. This ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity to access a ticket and that as many people register, answer the acculturation questions and provide accurate details (as they will be used in the AfrikaBurn Joint Operations Centre in case of an emergency).

Making group bookings or booking advance tickets for AfrikaBurn is impossible. General Sales Tickets are limited to 2 per person. This also applies to large groups coming from outside South Africa.

It’s important to note that no companies or individuals can promote or sell package tours to the event or set up & run camps for others. AfrikaBurn is unlike commercial events, where a catered or packaged experience is often available.

AfrikaBurn is informed by a set of 11 Principles, including concepts like Participation, Radical Self-Reliance and Decommodification. This means that everyone who comes to the event is expected to buy their own tickets, erect their own camps and contribute in some way. It’s not a space where ‘somebody else’ does the work: the community creates the event. In line with that, no paid labour is permitted on-site at the event to set up camps, clean, cook, etc.

For info on how our event works, and also as a way to understand how camping works or to know how the many other aspects of AfrikaBurn are different, take a look at our Quaggapedia

To find a safe midpoint between a large event and a safe environment for our community, we limit the number of people who can attend AfrikaBurn. 

It is also vital that AfrikaBurn grows the event gradually to maintain the ethos and culture of the event and ensure healthy ratios of first-timers and long-standing contributors so that there’s more opportunity for the Each One Teach One principle to flourish.

To make an event of this size happen, there are many costs to cover – many of which are ‘invisible’ in the sense of not being immediately apparent. Among these are the cost of site upkeep and development, insurance, emergency services including an air ambulance, art funding, security, printed programs, Survival Guides, toilet construction (and rental), signage, transport, street lighting, Access Grants, equipment hire & purchase, site office, tents and many, many more – too many to list here. For a helpful price comparison, consider that camping at a national park costs around R300 per person per night, for which you get toilets and a piece of ground to pitch your tent.

The E-Toll is designed to encourage ride-sharing and reduce the number of cars on our event site, and the R355 – the tyre-eating and treacherous road to AfrikaBurn. One E-Toll is required per motorised vehicle entering the event. Mutant Vehicles (on trailers), caravans being pulled by a vehicle, and trailers do not need an E-Toll – but motorcycles & motorhomes do.

If you are part of a collective with a registered creative project, you can request a limited number of free E-Tolls to distribute amongst your collective. If you are the creative lead on a project, please inform your crew of these free E-Tolls, as AfrikaBurn cannot refund E-Tolls bought erroneously.

If you get this error message while purchasing a Direct Distribution Ticket, it could be because the purchase process was interrupted. If this is the problem, wait 15 minutes and try again – this is in place to prevent fraud.

If you still don’t come right, please call Quicket at 021 424 9308, and they will happily help you.

The gate crew will check your photo ID against your ticket details in the system. ID/passport or driver’s licences will be accepted, so please ensure that your ID/passport number is correct on the ticket of every person travelling with you.

The vehicle you are travelling in will need an E-Toll too. These will be available to purchase online (or at the gate) until the event gates close.

For the Best Gate Experience™ – come prepared! Print your ticket out, or make sure your smart device has enough battery! Gate can be pretty unforgiving, especially when there are hundreds of other, better-prepared folk clamouring to get in. Again, make sure the details on your ID/passport match the details on your ticket. If they don’t, please check the edit details & transfer ticket information above.

If you intend to redeem a Kids Ticket at the gate, please print out the Parent/Legal Guardian form and bring it with you.

Tickets for children are unlimited and are available to children 13 yrs and younger. These tickets can only be redeemed by parents/guardians over the age of 28 (who can only bring a maximum of 4 minors and kids each to the Burn). This is to ensure that there is enough adult supervision onsite.

If you’re planning to bring your children to the event, please think very seriously about it – taking kids to what is essentially an adult playground is a very serious responsibility.

When redeeming your kids ticket, you must fill in and sign the Parents/Legal Guardian form.

Please note: Kids 14-17 need to buy a Minor Ticket.

Subsidised Tickets are designed to make our event accessible to those who can’t afford the full ticket price but can afford a reduced-price ticket, subsidised by the community. Generally, this includes students, single parents, folk on a low income, and others who can’t afford to attend on their own steam but should be able to participate.

If you match that description, you can submit a motivation for a Subsidised Ticket.

Click here for the form (when it’s open).

We would love everyone to have an opportunity to participate in AfrikaBurn.

Applications for Anathi tickets and grants open 2 October. More information on this process can be found under ‘Anathi Tickets’ in the Tickets section of the homepage.

Suppose you are unable to purchase your AfrikaBurn ticket online … in that case, at the time of the ticket sale for the ticket you want to buy, you can head on over to the AfrikaBurn HQ – 8 Junction Road, Salt River, Cape Town, and our ticketing team at the office will be able to assist you with the purchase process.

Please note that these tickets form part of the online sales pot, so when/if the tickets sell out online, there will no longer be tickets available at the AfrikaBurn HQ either.

You can pay for these tickets using cash, card, or Snapscan.

If you are struggling with 3D secure and your payment fails, you’ll be returned to the checkout page.

For South Africans: To avoid issues, from here, select the ‘Bank Transfer’ payment option, and click the ‘Complete Purchase’ button at the bottom of the page. Your ticket/s will be booked for 72 hours, and alternative payment instructions will be sent to you.

For Internationals: We would suggest trying the payment again, and if you continue to have trouble paying by card, it might be best to contact your bank to ensure everything is fine on their side and that no fraud detection process has kicked in. Just let them know you’re having trouble getting through the 3D Secure authorisation system for an online transaction and that you’re trying to make an online transaction in South African Rands on a South African website.

Either you need to wait for the next round of sales to happen (if there is one), or you need to take advantage of the Quicket resale program. The Last Chance sale takes place on 28 February 2025, with a very limited number of tickets available.

We do not recommend you purchase a ticket privately from someone you don’t know and trust. Scalping has become a problem for events worldwide, and the number of people who arrived at the AfrikaBurn 2024 gate with fake tickets was heartbreaking.

If you find someone (you don’t know or trust) selling their ticket privately, request that they load their ticket onto the Quicket resale platform as a private resale and complete the exchange and transaction from there. They are likely trying to scam you if they are not keen on this option. Alternatively, check the public resale by heading over to the event page on Quicket to see if any tickets have been put up for resale. Check back daily if you aren’t successful the first time – trust us, it works.

Please do not buy tickets off Viagogo or Gameday and the like. They are always a scam. Trust us on this one!

No. Everyone that comes to AfrikaBurn makes AfrikaBurn happen – no one gets a freebie (except children and pensioners).

Afraid not – all participants, including accredited media representatives, must buy a ticket. Check the media page on the AfrikaBurn website for more information.

You’ll need the following details:

> Name & surname
> ID/passport number (NB: this ID/passport number must match the ID/passport number presented at the Gate)
> Email address
> Mobile phone number
> Your home address.
> On and off-site emergency contact details
> Tankwa Town address (if known)
> Medical information: chronic medicine, pre-existing medical conditions, allergies and medical aid number/medical insurance number.

Unfortunately, we don’t offer refunds on tickets. However, we can give you a quick and easy way to resell your tickets using the resale system on Quicket. Their resale system enables you to put your tickets back up for sale to people looking for them.

If you have changed your mind, please put your tickets up for resale on Quicket as soon as possible – if you leave it too late your tickets might not be resold in time!

Check here for more details, and contact Quicket if you are having any issues with re-sales

AFRIKABURN 2025 entry policy:

The Gate Crew will check your photo ID against your ticket details in the system. ID/passport or driver’s licences will be accepted, so please ensure that the ID/passport number is correct on the ticket of every person travelling with you. When purchasing your tickets, please ensure you have the right emergency contact details for someone off and onsite at AfrikaBurn, as the Box Office Crew link your uniquely numbered wristband to your details in the system. Your wristband is there to assist the team in case of an emergency.

The vehicle you are travelling in will need an E-Toll disk. These disks will be available to purchase at the gate until the event gates close.

For the Best Gate Experience™ – come prepared! Print your ticket out, or make sure your smart device has enough battery! Gate can be pretty unforgiving, especially when there are hundreds of other, better prepared, more organised and less frustrated folk clamouring to get in. Again, make sure the details on your ID/passport match the details on your ticket. If they don’t, please check the edit details & transfer ticket information in the Ticketing FAQ’s.

Please take note of the AFRIKABURN 2025 gate opening & closing times:

Monday 28 April: 09:00 – 01:00
Tuesday 29 April: 09:00 – 01:00
Wednesday 30 April: 09:00 – 01:00
Thursday 1 May: 09:00 – 01:00
Friday 2 May: 09:00 – 19:00

GATE ENTRY CLOSED, EXIT ONLY from 19:00 FRIDAY until SUNDAY. 

Quaggafontein, Tankwa Karoo, South Africa

All the incredible images on this page were taken by Grace Cotezee, Kim Steinberg, Kyle Kingsley, Reza Assar, Richard Ahlstrom, Sean Furlong, Mia Dyason, Hennie Nieman, Jonx Pillemer, Simon O’Callaghan, Greg Hillyard, Gabriela Slegrova, Richard Ahlsrom, Jacques Grobler, Gautier Berr, Daniel De Lapelin Dumont and Alex Miles.  All the bad images were taken by the Brain, and if anyone is uncredited it’s his fault too. 

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