# buildwith · AfrikaBurn: sources Row #24 of `experiences_v1.csv` (research pass 3 Oct 2026, IST). Dates and deadlines come from `cal.py` (date check 4 Oct 2026, IST), which is the source of truth for dates, with the 4 Oct 2026 source-rule audit applied. The page deliberately shows **no prices** and no contact emails; see the official site. | Fact used | Source | |---|---| | Name, place (Tankwa Karoo (Quaggafontein), Western Cape, South Africa), continent | https://tickets.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-2027-theme/ (primary) · https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ (secondary) | | Usual timing: Late April-early May | https://tickets.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-2027-theme/ (primary) · https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ (secondary) | | What you build / use: BUILD artworks, theme camps, mutant vehicles | https://tickets.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-2027-theme/ (primary) · https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ (secondary) | | How a traveller takes part: Buy ticket; register a theme camp (Sep-Feb); apply for creative grants (open Sep, close late Oct) | https://tickets.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-2027-theme/ (primary) · https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ (secondary) | | Participation level: Build (open, ticketed) | https://tickets.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-2027-theme/ (primary) · https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ (secondary) | | Entry requirements / deadline: Theme camp forms due Jan; grants close late Oct | https://tickets.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-2027-theme/ (primary) · https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ (secondary) | | Verification note (research pass): 2027 dates verified on official ticket site. | experiences_v1.csv | | Deadline: 23 Oct 2026: AfrikaBurn 2027 Creative Grant applications (midnight). Official timeline: 23 October, midnight (SAST). Build/use: Grant towards your artwork or performance at AfrikaBurn. How to join: Register your project, then submit the grant form. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ | | Deadline: Jan 2027 · date TBC: AfrikaBurn theme camp Form 2 due (January). Month only; no exact date found. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/theme-camps/theme-camps-guide/ | | Deadline: 15 Feb 2027: AfrikaBurn Art Form II (M.A.K.E.) project details. Official timeline says '15 Feb'. Burn/sound pieces must be registered by end of Feb. Build/use: Project details for burn, sound and lights approvals. How to join: Submit Art Form II. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ | | Date: 26 Apr–2 May 2027: AfrikaBurn 2027. Tankwa Karoo, South Africa. Build/use: Artworks, theme camps, mutant vehicles. How to join: Buy a ticket and bring or build something. | https://tickets.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-2027-theme/ | | Take-part route "Build an artwork, theme camp or mutant vehicle" (Workshop / open build): Buy a ticket and bring or build something. Register a theme camp (Sep–Feb; Form 2 due in January). | Re-worded from the CSV row and the dated items above | | Take-part route "Apply for a Creative Grant" (Workshop / open build): Register your project, then submit the grant form (2027 deadline: 23 Oct 2026, midnight SAST). | Re-worded from the CSV row and the dated items above | | Check note: 2027 dates verified on the official ticket site; 2027 ticket details are not published yet. | CSV verification notes / dated items above | ## Skills you'll need (section 03) | Fact used | Source | |---|---| | Skills (this experience): Artwork structural safety (drawings and install/de-install plans scaled to height); Fire safety: contained fires only, extinguishers, burn approval and perimeters; MOOP and Leave No Trace in the Tankwa Karoo; (Optional) Mutant Vehicle design and DMV licensing | Skills research, checked 2026-10-04 (IST) | | Difficulty (our estimate): Some practice (artwork or vehicle: Skilled team); prep time (our estimate): 2–4 weeks of camp prep; 3–6 months for an artwork. Difficulty and prep time are Curiosta editorial estimates for a first-timer, not organiser figures. | Curiosta editorial estimate | | Refresher, practice and safety steps: Register your artwork early; burns need approval, and placement or sound need registration. / Structural safety scales with height: under 1.5 m needs a diagram, materials list and install/de-install plans; 3–6 m needs a compulsory 3D model, construction drawings and a project timeline. Light your artwork at night. / No open, uncontained ground fires ever: use a fire drum or raised pit, never leave it unattended, and keep a serviced extinguisher visible in camp. / When burning structures, keep a safety perimeter of at least three times the sculpture's height (more in wind), marked with lights or tape. / MOOP includes glitter, feathers, cable ties, cigarette butts, ash, wood chips and even fruit peels. Prep materials at home, secure everything against wind, and bring magnets, rakes and bags. / After building, events and burns, clean your site and get it signed off by the MOOP/LNT team. / Mutant vehicles must be significantly modified, pass DMV testing and drive at walking pace (10 km/h max). / Draw your artwork with dimensions and a de-install plan; build a scale model. / Test-assemble and disassemble the piece at home; count every fastener so you can account for them on site. / Do a MOOP walk at a local park clean-up to train your eye. / No uncontained ground fires; extinguisher visible in every camp. / Burn perimeter of at least 3× the artwork height. / Desert heat, cold nights and wind: anchor structures; light artworks at night. / MOOP: everything you bring leaves with you. | Our summary of the resources below | | Resource (Official; publisher: AfrikaBurn (Tankwa Town NPC, organiser)): Artworks Structural Safety: What documentation is required at each artwork height band. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/artworks-structural-safety/ | | Resource (Official; publisher: AfrikaBurn (Tankwa Town NPC, organiser)): Fire & Art Safety: Fire-art requirements, the safety officer role and burn-site clean-up. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/fire-art-safety/ | | Resource (Official; publisher: AfrikaBurn (Tankwa Town NPC, organiser)): AfrikaBurn Artwork MOOP Policy: Leave No Trace: Practical MOOP prevention and clean-up for artworks. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/afrikaburn-artwork-moop-policy-leave-no-trace/ | | Resource (Official; publisher: AfrikaBurn (Tankwa Town NPC, organiser)): Artworks & Performances: Registration deadlines, burn approval and artwork safety responsibilities. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/artworks-performances/ | | Resource (Official; publisher: AfrikaBurn (Tankwa Town NPC, organiser)): WTF Guide / Out of the Box 2025 (PDF): Camping etiquette, fire safety, MOOP and departments (most recent edition found). | https://www.afrikaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/WTF_OOTB-2025_single-pages.pdf | | Resource (Official; publisher: AfrikaBurn (Tankwa Town NPC, organiser)): Mutant Vehicles: DMV testing, licensing and driving rules. | https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/mutant-vehicles/ | | Also consulted for the skills section | https://www.afrikaburn.org/event/participation/theme-camps/theme-camps-guide/ | | Note: The 2027 survival guide isn't published yet; the 2025 edition is the latest. | Skills research (gap recorded) | See also: skills guide `skills/festival-build-safety-lnt/` ## Check notes shown on the page - 2027 dates verified on the official ticket site; 2027 ticket details are not published yet. ## Our grouping - Levels shown: Workshop / open build (our grouping of the CSV participation level "Build (open, ticketed)"). - Usual months used by the month filter: Apr, May.