Become Part of something special
Please read this entire page to learn more about what it means to be part of Sol Family.
If you are still called to participate in full understanding that we are a non-profit contribution+participation-based theme camp, a community of creativity+accountability and awesomeness, striving toward ever more epic offerings to the Burning Man world, not a plug-and-play, and certainly not boring, please go ahead and apply.
BECOME PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL
If you are looking to join Sol Family in 2026, now’s the time to check in. We will be interviewing/onboarding earlier than in the past so camp may fill up early. (RV spaces in particular are limited so if that’s your thing, def get your apps in.) This year the early-commit dues will be a better deal than ever, so don’t miss out.
We always have room for passionate builders and creators.
Questions? All new applicants have a call with a camp leader to confirm resonance and whether it’s a mutual fit. The interview goes both ways, so you’ll be able to ask away.
Before you apply, please read this entire page first.
BECOME PART OF SOMETHING AMAZING
If you have been referred to this page by a member/leader of HEX Collective and are looking to join HEX Collective (as a new OR returning camper), you may still fill out the form and we’ll do our best to reach out, but no promises! 🙂
Go to the form directly →
This means that everybody contributes in a variety of ways, mostly love, being their awesome selves, and a badass amount of on-playa in-the-dust work. Dues (cost-sharing) are another way we contribute to make camp possible. They are essentially the camps operating expenses divided by the number of people in the camp.
2026 Camp Dues (cost-sharing) are still being calculated and will be shared below.
Learn more about What is a theme camp?
By pooling our resources (aka…paying dues), Sol Family is able to provide a (relatively) comfortable and meaningful burning man camp experience, in the harshest of environments.
Fresh Water: Camp Ops + Personal
Carrying all the water you need for 7-10 days on the playa is cumbersome at 8.34 lbs per gallon. We rent a 500-gallon tank that is filled throughout the week by an onsite vendor. This water is both for camp operations and your personal use.
Camp Ops: Daily Dinners Cooking+Dishes / Offerings
Personal Use: Drinking / Fill your camel backs / Teeth brushing / Camping-style solar showers (~ every 2/3 days)
Grey Water Removal — Mostly Camp Ops / Light Personal
All dirty water and other liquids need to be collected and removed from the playa as part of “leave no trace”. Camp provides a 250-gallon tank that is serviced/emptied throughout the week. It covers dish washing from camp meals, light personal dish washing, communal camp shower water disposal, and a light-use camp sink for face washing / brushing teeth.
***RV’s cannot empty into this tank.
*** Camp does not provide RV pump-out service.
Daily Camp Dinner during Burn Week
Daily camp dinner has become a cornerstone of our camp/family, bringing us together between adventures to share, nourish and connect. This dinner is by-campers-for-campers, and you’ll have the opportunity to be on 1 meal crew too!
The food and the community it created is always the top listed highlight for campers in feedback surveys.
2 Meals + Snacks during Build Week
Build days are a lot of fun and a lot of work. Our build week nourishment team crushes it to ensure we head into burn week energized and refuled.
Kitchen: Camp Ops & Light Personal Use
Considering we are in the middle of the desert, we have a pretty bad-ass kitchen. It consists of grills, freezers, refrigerators, sink, and other items to make preparing camp meals and your own meals a lot easier. The primary purpose of the kitchen is supporting our camp-provided meals, however campers are welcome to use the kitchen to prepare meals outside of dinner.
Just remember to keep the kitchen clean after you use it. 🙂
Power — Camp Ops + RV’s + Light Personal Use
Renting a generator is typically camp’s biggest expense each year. The generator provides power to the kitchen, HexTent, fresh water pump, tent city, lights, RV’s and tent A/C’s. You can also plug-in for small charging, such as cell phones and cameras. If you have a larger power need, please make sure you let us know to make sure we can accommodate it.
Shade!
It’s (almost) Always Sunny in Black Rock City! Each year, we continue to invest in quality shade to protect the majority of camp. Shade is often an underestimated but most appreciated benefit of theme camping. We provide shade for communal camping areas, frontage/offerings areas, and over tent city.
Showers
Some people take showers, some don’t. We provide a fun and vibey shower zone in camp with camping-style solar showers. The water math works out best if campers limit showers to every 2/3 days, and we always encourage sharing! 🙂 This IS Burning Man, so you can enjoy either privacy option and shower-together options.
Camp Offerings to BM Community
We’re concentrating our core offerings at Burning Man this year on sunrise to midday, featuring our most popular offering: barista coffee service! Now with frappuccinos! We will debut sparkling energy mimosas, and the cafe and lounge will be bumping with dj-d good vibes and unique charm bracelet buffet bar.
Offerings Structures: HEX Tent and Cafe
Where the magic happens! Our 40′ Martix-Marquee Hexagon Tent and connected 20×40 shaded lounge cafe is the focal point of our camp offerings. Inside it, we have our coffee, dj booth, lounge, cafe tables, charm bar, and much more!
Miscellaneous — ALL of the things
Scaffolding, lights, signage, art, sound systems, and much much more!
- Your Burning Man ticket; you are responsible for sourcing your own ticket. As a theme camp, we do get an allocation of tickets for core builders and camp members and we also have a network of people actively seeking tickets for fellow members. Through multiple channels, we can most likely assist new campers in procuring a ticket.
- We do not provide tents or RV’s; you are responsible for your own personal sleeping arrangements
- Bikes; we do not provide bikes; and YES you will need one; again if you are part of the community you can engage with others for advice and arrangements for getting your bike to camp
- We do not provide personal RV black/grey water pump-out
- We do not provide private restrooms
- We do not provide transportation to and from camp / the playa; our community does engage in ride-sharing but you are responsible for connecting and setting this up
- We do not provide ALL meals; we provide a daily camp dinner (by-campers-for-campers) during burn week (and extra meals and snacks during build week). You are responsible for bringing all other food you may need during the week. There is indeed plenty of gifted food offerings at Burning Man; it is up to you how much to rely on gifted offerings vs. how much to bring.
2026 Camp Dues (cost-sharing) are still being calculated and will be shared below within a couple of weeks.
Camp will be about the same size as the recent HEX Collective years (80-100), and dues will be at around the same level (keeping in mind costs go up every year, and thus so do our dues, usually by $100-150 each year. There will be a tiers system again, so those who commit to camp the soonest will be able to take advantage of lower dues.
Amount
Milestone
$650
TIER 1 — Early Birds
First 15 campers paid in full
$700
TIER 2
Next 25 campers paid in full
$775
TIER 3
Next 25 campers paid in full
$850
TIER 4 — Almost Full
Last 15-20 spots in camp
$900
TIER 4 — Last Minute
Last Minute (ALL after Aug 10)
WHY ARE THERE TIERS?
The tier system is not in place to penalize people who pay later in the year (we recognize there are all kinds of circumstances), but exists in recognition that campers who commit to camp and pay early really help us keep our costs down and have a more secure predictable budget (by allowing us to get better rates on vendor services, and source products and materials earlier in the year.) Camp dues are simply cost-sharing and most of camp costs are incurred in early Spring, before a lot of campers have paid dues. Tier 1 is the earliest and lowest tier, and typically most available to camp leadership and returning campers. Tier 2 is usually the starting tier for new campers, due to the timing of most new camper onboarding. However, if you are new and want to get involved early, you are more than welcome to Tier 1.
RV FEES (COST SHARING)
If you’ve been granted RV camping space at Sol Family, there are additional expenses shared by RV campers for generator and fuel costs. This fee is per-RV, regardless of how many are sharing.
RV and Tent A/C Fees 2026
RV Fee (up to 24 ft) (30 amp) — $1,100
RV Fee (24+ ft) (30 amp) — $1,400
RV Fee (XLarge 50 amp RV) — $2,200
Air Conditioner Power Fee — $420
RV’s are permitted to plug-in to the power grid run by our camp generator for power.
***RV’s are not permitted to run their own generators in camp instead (trust us – a camp full of RV exhaust / loud fans running is no fun).
Additionally, those camping in tents/yurts/shiftpods may bring an A/C unit to plug into camp power as well. You must let us know ahead of time if you will be bringing an A/C unit, otherwise we cannot guarantee placement where you can plug-in to the power grid.