RESONANCE - Chicago’s Decompression 2026
The dust has settled, the effigy has burned, and the default world has tried its best to pull us back into the static. But the frequency we created together doesn't fade, it reverberates.
This is our temporary autonomous zone to re-align, re-connect, and amplify the values, art, and radical self-expression we carry in our hearts.
Welcome to RESONANCE, our official Chicago community Decompression. On Friday, November 20, we are taking over the breathtaking, historic sanctuaries and galleries of the Epiphany Center for the Arts to tune the collective hive mind. We’re calling on all creators, disruptors, and participators to join the uprising! If you are longing to connect more with the Chicago Burning Man community, then it’s time to decompress.
B.U.R.N’s mission is to foster community arts through grass-roots projects and civic collaborations all of which we celebrate at Decompression and other events throughout the year. Decompression has been a long rooted tradition in Burning Man communities around the world with Chicago being amongst one of the most beloved.
DECOMP ART HOWL!
Want to bring art? Do you DJ? Play a radical tune? The stage calling your name? Need helping getting it there? email Julie@boldurban.org