BURLINGMAN.ORG

About The BURLINGMAN

Our Thesis

We Are All Artists…

In each of us, our souls yearn and implore us to be creative and be artists. Whether it’s singing in the shower, picking up a guitar and making some music, penning an epic poem, or conjuring the magic of baking cookies, it’s in the DNA of every person that’s walked this planet, to make Art of some sort.

...But We Hold Ourselves Back

Despite our native instincts, more often than not, we hold ourselves back from creating.

Why?

Because we’re fearful of throwing ourselves out there. We're afraid of our art not being “good enough.” That someone will secretly poke fun and roll their eyes at our piano playing, the dress we made, the painting we drew. We feel pressure that our prose must be the Great American novel at first draft. The pressure and anxiety we feel is more often than not, coming from ourselves: "I'm tone deaf; I can't play an instrument." "I can’t bake; I burn everything." Many people – especially in this bananas Silicon Valley – also seem to think that anything we do, must have a commercial angle to it too: "You should sell those on Etsy!" or "Turn that it into an NFT and make millions!”

To all that, we shake our defiant fist and declare: “Sand Castles!”

“Sandcastles”:

What do we mean? Ask yourselves this: what happens when we go to the beach? We build a sand castle, that’s what we do.

We've no delusions that our sand castle will last but a few hours before the tide sweeps it away. Still, we build a trench, stick some feathers in a sandy turret, form the ramparts, add some shells....voila! It's perhaps our most temporal of universal art forms.

We all know that our castle stands no chance of withstanding the enormous forces against it, and there's no commercial interest in our making it, but we make it anyway. Just to have a little fun. To give the middle finger to the relentless waves of the mighty ocean -- "Bring it on, you bastards!!!"

It's called, "Playing."

Let’s Play.

So, what if we all just played and created more? Without fear. Without having to make a buck. Embracing a, "Who the #&@* cares, let's make the sand castle anyway!" spirit, and bring to light any form of Art that we wanted to conjure or try.

Let's all grab hold of the Anxieties that hold us back, and throw these louts out the front door of our hearts, and collectively, as friends and a community, just CREATE.

Let’s come together as individuals, friends, families and as a community, and express ourselves however we wish. Joining in together to make Art of any form we want -- Music, Dance, Paintings, Baking, BBQ.

Let’s all get together and do this, at The Burlingman.

Community

BurlingMan is about Community.

People of the Burlingame community (and friends of it) coming together, collectively to MAKE their own Arts Festival, rather than attending one as a passive observer. Yes, and those godless, filthy rich heathens up in Hillsborough -- they're a part of Burlingame too.

An Arts Festival for all our kids, families and all the men and women of the town of Burlingame California to join in.

Radical Inclusion

Anyone coming to BurlingMan is welcome, provided they bring a spirit of Inclusion and Respect for your fellow artists and community of Burlingame.

Some Disclaimers...

The Burlingman is NOT the hedonist party that takes place in the Nevada desert, nor is Burlingman affiliated in anyway with it.

The name "Burlingman" is (obviously) just a pun, riffing off our town's founder, Anson Burlingame, and of course, that infamous desert arts festival. BurlingMan is just a party for our friends and community, with a creative bent.

The Burlingman is also NOT affiliated with the glorious City of Burlingame or Burlingame High School, but we sure hope they all come to our fiesta.

The Burlingman is about clean, safe, creative fun: no drugs, no hedonism, but yeah, if you want to do a nude headstand to express yourself-- go for it!

About Us

The Burlingman is organized by The Benevolent Order of the Burlingman (BOTB), a private, filial order of men and women of the Town of Burlingame, dedicated to encouraging and supporting the community’s engagement in the Creative Arts.

WHAT TO BRING TO The BURLINGMAN?

A Creative Self

Come and be ready to perform, sing, bake, make -- you're gonna create something here and it's gonna kick ass.

Show Your Art

Share Your Cooking

Play Your Music

Speak Your Word

Have a Taco

No Fear, Francis -- it's SHOWTIME.

And you're gonna SHINE, baby.

Food/Drinks You Create

We'll have Food Trucks and beverages for you, but DO bring your own too, especially the things YOU create: baked goods, BBQ, craft cocktails -- anything to share your creative talents.

Art Supplies: Small Stuff You Don't Care About

Bring smaller items from the family junk drawer or the kids' rooms, that we can hot glue onto our Anson effigy (did we mention there will be an effigy?): buttons, chotskis, toys, pictures, small dogs – anything you want to pin on The Burlingman to help him soar! Ideal size: less than 2 inches in length, but whatev's.

Location: TBD

More Events

Get InVITED

Artists and Sponsors Needed

We need Bands, Poets, Bakers, Fakers, and any and all are welcome to express their Art. Be a Headliner! If you're from Burlingame/Hillsborough (or are a friend to a "'Gamer"), we'd love to have you.

We'd also welcome sponsors for this arts festival to donate art materials, and such other food, drink and other materials to help underwrite the cost of The Burlingman.

Shine. Create. Contend.

Shine. Create. Contend.

THE BIG EVENT: Saturday, FALL of 2023

BurlingMan

About The BURLINGMAN

Our Thesis

Community

Radical Inclusion

Some Disclaimers...

About Us

WHAT TO BRING TO The BURLINGMAN?

A Creative Self

Food/Drinks You Create

Art Supplies: Small Stuff You Don't Care About

ADMISSION: BY DONATION

Support OUR ArtISTs!

MORNING / AFTERNOON HEADLINERS

10 AM

OPENING CEREMONIES

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10:30am

10 AM

OPENING CEREMONIES

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10:30am

11 AM

Virtual Open Mic Appearance

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12:00 pm

11 AM

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12:00 pm

12 PM

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12 PM

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1 PM

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2:00 pm

1 PM

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2 PM

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3:00 pm

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3:00 pm

EVENING HEADLINERS -- Don't Miss THESE WORLD FAMOUS ACTS!

5 PM

Virtual Open Mic Appearance

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5 PM

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6 PM

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