Finnish Burners' newsletter December (+ Oct and Nov)
Another amazing year for Finnish burners is in its final stretch. Our main local event, Helsinki Decompression last April, was a great success and has received international applause for reaching a world-class burner event status (yes, it has always been like that, they've just hesitated in giving the praise so loud until now <3). BRSS camp survived Burning Man's this year's not-so-welcoming and extreme weather conditions and exited Black Rock City with a smile and the expected afterglow.
A lot of new members have been introduced to the community and their participation has been heartwarming and sparkling - thank you all for joining the community and making it more vivid! Let's keep this flow going on!
This year also seemed to be a fruitful burner baby year! Their participation has not been that mentionable in for example volunteer shifts yet, but we can do their share while waiting their radical self-expression to occur first. Welcome to the already born and still expected folks, and congratulations to the new parents! <3
Cheers for 2025 - let's make 2026 be even more co-creative and inclusive!
FOMO SUGGESTS:
- Oilery at the Old Morgue 4.12.2025-30.1.2026
Oilery is a new kind of enabler for community-driven events. It's first experience at the Old Morgue is part of Helsinki city's experiment in searching for new ways to use these kinds of spaces owned by the city.
Oilery at the Old Morgue is a communal clubhouse where anyone can co-create events and experiences, a low-threshold space for new makers and audiences who may not yet belong to any community and a testbed for new business models in urban culture, art, and events.
If you’re an artist, maker, collective, producer, neighborhood association, small business or just “event-curious”, you can ideate and host events, sell your art or crafts, use the space for rehearsals, workshops, clubs and more. And of course you are also invited just to enjoy the content. See more information at öl.jy.fi - Cross Borders Dance Club's monthly events
Cross Borders Dance Club is a public space (mainly in Helsinki) for lovers of freeform dance and genre-defying music. Music includes world, soul, rock, trance, ambient, pop, country & beyond. Get to know the groove and stay updated about monthly events on their FB events – link above! (Fyi: the next event is on January 2026) - Save the date: Helsinki Decompression 2026!
Helsinki Decompression 2026 will be organized again during Easter 2026. There's still uncertainty about the next year's venue, but this community will gather in a way or another to decompress the weight of our daily lives. More information coming up soon!
(Subscribe to the newsletter to get first-hand information about the event and especially the ticket sales.)
There's definitely more amazing things happening and under construction than mentioned here - also outside the capital region! If you wish your event to be introduced on this newsletter, please contact! (via email atm, the address is at the bottom of this newsletter)
TWISTING THE FOMO KNIFE:
October-November was full of burner-related, -spirited and -created events, which at least the undersigned completely missed. Who knows for example how many Marsupotamias and Bassotunneli's events have gone by the wayside, one famous venue's 10th anniversary celebration was missed, the opening weekend of our burner community members' hosted DelGalleria's new venue's opening weekend was not experienced, and so on.
To prevent this from happening to me, you or other fellow burners again, it is a good idea for the organizers to report these primarily in the Finnish burners' FB group.
If you would like your event to be featured on this newsletter, please send me an email with a tip about them - please note, however, that this newsletter is produced entirely voluntarily and as my available free time allows, which is why communication in the FB group should be preferred as the primary communication channel. Also notice that a lot of our fellow burners abroad annonuce their local events there and also search for our company when visiting Finland! <3
STAY IGNITED:
Finnish Burners' newsletter aims to be a reminder for all of us about all of us. It also aims to be fertile ground for seeking and creating new connections. This newsletter is more than open to content from the community, because without it, the newsletter wouldn’t exist at all. You can send your content to elsainkeri.pankkonen@gmail.com until the submission form is ready. Let’s stay in touch!💓
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