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About Our Camp

We are Camp Stop Won't Stop.
The family that refused to take a year off.
Artists, engineers, ravers, makers, and dreamers united by one belief:
the burn never ends.

Our Story

Most of us have called another camp home on the playa for years. One of Burning Man's most beloved bass camps, a non-profit community built on heavy beats, radical inclusion, and genuine desert love for over two decades. If you were there, you know.

When that camp stepped back for a cycle, we faced a choice: wait, or keep going. We kept going. Camp Stop Won't Stop was born from that refusal to let the fire die. A love letter, a promise that this community doesn't need a name to survive.

When they're ready to return, we return to our original form. That's exactly how it should be. Until then, the stage is up, the bass is loud, and the family is together. That's all that matters.

Live Music

24/7 stage on the playa

Art

Interactive installations

Community

Radical inclusion first

Leave No Trace

We clean what we build

A Tribute

For the Love.
For the Process.

Not for profit.

There was a camp. The bass heart of Black Rock City for over 20 years. If you were there, you know. 95% of us came up through that camp. Everything we know about running a stage, feeding a hundred people, caring for each other on the playa โ€” we learned it there. We carry their spirit forward, and we hold it until they're ready to come home.

What We Stand For

We live the 10 Principles of Burning Man. Every day, not just on the playa.

Radical Gifting

Everything we do is a gift. No commerce, no transactions, just love.

Leave No Trace

We carry out everything we bring in, and then some.

Radical Inclusion

Everyone is welcome. No exceptions.

Communal Effort

We build together, we tear down together.

Radical Self-Expression

Bring your full, authentic self. Please.

Immediacy

We are here, now, fully present. Always.

Want to Join?

Applications open each spring. We look for people who build, contribute, and show up for each other and for the burn. If you already know what this is, come home.

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