Gateway is an experiment in temporary community. For one weekend we will create a society where community, participation, self-expression, and self-reliance are our tenets and our lifeblood. Everyone is welcome at Gateway. However, this is a NO SPECTATORS event.
Gateway will be a highly entertaining place and it can be far more than just a diversion. You will proportionately gain what you put into your experience here, and then some. Play along. Jump in with both feet. Participation is mandatory. There is as much freedom and acceptance here as you require. We look forward to experiencing what you have to offer.
We hope you make the most of your experience with us by helping to add to the experience of others. While you are welcome to express yourself freely in our temporary autonomous zone, we do have some rules. These rules exist solely for the overall safety and comfort of the community. We use the ten principles to guide us in hosting this event.
After Hours Acres or AHA! Just outside Potosi, MO. Exact Directions will be sent to ticket purchasers.
Email gatewayburnersllc@yahoo.com, stlouis@burningman.com, or join gatewayburners@yahoogroups.com
Anyone may be a part of a Burn. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
Burns are devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
Burns encourage the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Please remember that even though we've got our own rules at Gateway, it is still within county, state, and federal jurisdictions. Local law enforcement may need to enter the property at some point. We don't expect to see them, but if they do arrive, please show them hospitality and respect. The event organizers will cooperate fully with the land owner, their representatives, and the authorities.
We will have the Gateway Ranger Team, which has our interests in mind. The Gateway Rangers are your friends. The Gateway Rangers will carry walkie-talkies and can contact the event organizers, as well as first aid and fire personnel if you need it. The Gateway Rangers' primary role is to mediate disagreements between campers and act as first responders to any situation. Emergency? Gateway Rangers. First Aid? Gateway Rangers. Looking for missing camp-mates? Gateway Rangers. Somebody causing you hell and won't knock it off? Gateway Rangers.
For any participant who refuses to comply with our rules, we reserve the right to ask our rangers to remove them from the property.
THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO, NONE, NADA, GATE SALES. PERIOD. No invite, No entry, No joke. You will be turned away at the gate. You cannot gain admittance by volunteering.
At the gate, you'll need your ID. Don't forget this or you will not be allowed admittance. You will also have been issued a confirmation number. This along with your ID will allow you to enter the event. Also, please do remember that NO ONE UNDER 21 will be allowed admittance without a parent or legal guardian.
Gate will check you for necessary food, water, and equipment to survive a weekend camping in Missouri. If you don't have any, you will be sent back into town to pick some up before you enter the event. Please remember that there is NO WATER at the site and you must bring all you will need for the entire event.
There will be no in/outs for the duration of the event.
Anyone under the age of 21 MUST be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. The parent/ guardian must sign a liability waiver stating their legal responsibility at the gate and they MUST supervise their child all of the time.
There are many hazards at Gateway such as open flames and other fire effects. Also, there may be subject matter considered inappropriate for minors, including nudity and adult language. If you bring your children, but be prepared to supervise them THE ENTIRE TIME. There is no daycare at Gateway. Do not expect the community to watch your children or censor their behavior because there are children/ minors present.
NO PETS ALLOWED. Sorry. While we understand the desire to bring your pet everywhere, we are adopting a NO PETS stance at Gateway.
There will be NO COMMERCE OR VENDING. Vending is strictly prohibited at Gateway. This means there are no concessions, souvenir t-shirts, or coke machines at Gateway. If you need something, bring it yourself. YOU MAY NOT SELL OR ADVERTISE ANYTHING ON SITE. We are not a commercial or consumer event.
Please don't advertise your business, band, DJ, etc. at Gateway. Mass fliers and stickers can make a lot of MOOP(Matter Out Of Place) and may get you kicked out. Also, to preserve the spirit of non-commercialism, we ask that you try to block or alter any large corporate logos or advertisements on your rental trucks and equipment.
Gateway is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
You voluntarily assume the risk of serious injury and/ or death by attending Gateway. You are responsible for your own actions and those of any minors in your charge. There will be no in/outs for the duration of the event so be sure you come prepared and have everything you need when you arrive. Gateway is a primitive camping event.
BRING EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SURVIVE COMFORTABLY FOR 3 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS.
BRING YOUR OWN WATER. 1.5 gallons minimum a day per person is suggested. There will be no potable water.
BRING YOUR OWN FOOD.
Be prepared for our crazy Missouri weather. It may rain, it may be hot, it may be chilly. Don't forget the bug spray and please be aware that there is poison ivy, so you may want to bring calamine if you are allergic.
BRING YOUR OWN POWER. There will be no electricity. Bring batteries, solar panels, or if you need a LOT of electricity, you'd better bring a generator... and fuel to power it! If you do choose to bring a generator, please be considerate of others by following these guidelines:
Fireworks and guns are prohibited. Period. If you are planning a fire performance, please contact our Fire Keepers. There will be designated areas for camp fires. Fire will only be allowed in these designated areas. Period.
If your radical self expression involves a sound system of some sort, while you are encouraged to express yourself, we do ask you keep the following in mind: If you are bringing large scale sound systems, you must register so that your camp can be appropriately placed. We are also requesting that large scale sound art decrease their volume from 4am to 10am.
"Embedded" media will not be tolerated. Public press wishing to cover the event must get prior approval from both Black Rock City LLC and Gateway Burners, as well as all necessary releases.
Personal media, pictures, and recordings of participants or their art without their consent is prohibited. As a general note: at all times ASK for permission to take pictures, if you plan on publishing personal photos on the Internet, you must get written permission from the subject of the photo or footage... while they are completely sober.
Remember that ALL images taken BY ANYBODY at Gateway are the exclusive property of Gateway Burners and may not be used in any commercial application without our written permission.
If you read nothing else here, please read this: The site will be returned to its pre-Gateway Burner original condition or better- by you.
There will be no garbage cans, bins, or dumpsters.
Pack it in, pack it out. This LEAVE NO TRACE (LNT) ethic is a core tenet of Gateway. BRING LOTS OF GARBAGE BAGS! Shedding excess packaging is a good idea to do BEFORE you come out. Cigarette butts, pistachio nut shells, plastic baggies, wrappers, paper plates, you name it... if you pack it in, PACK IT OUT! This also applies to sequins, feathers, buttons, or any other costume finery that may fall off (or be rubbed off) and left on the ground as MOOP.
MOOP (acronym) Matter Out Of Place: Anything on the ground that nature didn't put there.
The main intersection in Potosi is routes 8 & 21. Most people will be arriving from the north on 21.
300 Health Way Drive (just off route 8, less than 0.1 mile east of the 8/21 intersection)