Hi everyone! Checking in with your second Glowbe of the Firefly season. Lots of good info in this one—give it a read! 

At the time of writing this email, Firefly begins in:

1,850,694 seconds, or

30,844 minutes, or

514 hours, or

22 days! 

See you in the woods! 

In this edition: 

• Deadline Tonight for Art & Theme Camp Placement!

• TL;DR: Deadline to place art or theme camps is 6/9 at 11:59pm, submit at Art & Theme Camp Placement application

• Bus tickets and Gear Truck shares now available!

• TL;DR: Sign up for Bus and Gear Truck spots at the ticketing site

• Gear Truck will be loaded the weekend before Firefly, 15cf is $45

• Bus tickets are $50 one-way, $75 round-trip

• Bus leaves July 2 at noon from Camberville and Boston, leaves the event July 6 at 3:30pm

• Firefly 2025 Art Truck Form Is Live

• TL;DR: To transport art to the event on the Art Truck, fill out the 2025 Art Truck Survey by June 25

• DPW Art Transportation

• TL;DR: Fill out this Art Transport Request Form for help moving art up the hill.

• Preparing to Leave No Trace: If you don’t bring it, it won’t become MOOP!

• TL;DR: Check your stuff before you pack to make sure it won’t leave debris (sequins, feathers, glitter), label your stuff, don’t permethrin in the woods

• Have you signed up for volunteering shifts?

• TL,DR: Go Sign Up! And use the Volunteer Role Finder if you need help finding the fit for you

• The Early Arrival/GTFO application is live!

• TL;DR: Apply for Early Arrival by June 26 at 11:59pm

• Work Weekend #2 - aka Placement for Theme Camps & Art (June 13-15)

• TL;DR: Send a representative up for Placement June 15, sign up for Work Weekend #2 at Work Weekend Sign-up (and Waiver)

• On behalf of the Firefly Arts Collective Conduct Committee

• TL;DR: Read the Conduct Committee Call for Members if you are interested in joining

• Parking

• TL;DR: Parking is free, be ready to haul gear to your campsite, no access to your car during the event, no re-entry

• Yet more matchmaking!

• TL;DR: Matchmaking but strange at this matchmaking form

• Find TRUE Love—The Mischief Abundance Project

• TL;DR: Matchmaking but mischievous, found at this survey

Deadline Tonight for Art & Theme Camp Placement!

Hello, lovely Fireflies! This is your final warning that the deadline is tonight (Monday, June 9) at 11:59pm to apply for Art & Theme Camp Placement!

If you want to appear on the event map or save your spot on the hill on Placement Day (this Sunday, June 15!), please fill out the Firefly 2025 Art & Theme Camp Placement application today.

And while you're at it: don't forget to send in a separate Theme Camp Listing to be listed on the Theme Camps page on FireflyArtsCollective.org, and submit your events to the WhatWhereWhen event guide!

For questions & concerns, please email placement@fireflyartscollective.org.

Bus tickets and Gear Truck shares now available!

Need a ride to Firefly? Need a way to get your bulky items up to the site? Sign-ups for the Firefly Bus and the Gear Truck are available now on the ticketing site.

Gear Truck

The gear truck is available to bus riders and all others who need extra gear transport! It will be loaded in Medford the weekend before the event, and will arrive at Firefly during Early Arrival. One 15 cubic foot share will cost $45.

Bus

A one-way ticket will be $50 and a round trip ticket will be $75. Tickets are non-transferable.

Wednesday available seats: 36

Sunday available seats: 40

Bus Schedule Going to Firefly

• Camberville

• HARVARD SQUARE: Mt Auburn St. @ Holyoke Pl

• Pick-up: 12pm Wednesday, July 2

• Boston

• SULLIVAN SQUARE: MBTA Parking Lot

• Pick-up: 12:15pm Wednesday, July 2

• White River Junction

• HANNAFORD: 8 Market St., West Lebanon, NH 03784

• Pick-up/grocery stop: 2:15pm Wednesday, July 2

Bus Schedule Leaving Firefly (Exodus)

The bus leaves promptly on Sunday July 6 at 3:30pm.

For more info, contact transport@fireflyartscollective.org.

Firefly 2025 Art Truck Form Is Live

Hi Fireflies!

Separately from the Gear Truck, if you want your project to travel on the art truck, please fill out the 2025 Art Truck Survey by June 25.

Reminders:

• You don’t have to get an art grant to use the art truck. 

• We’ll leave the “what is art” debate to the grad students; for our purposes, whatever is part of your project is okay to put in the truck.

• One critical and absolute exception to the above: the art truck cannot transport fuel or other hazardous flammables.

Email arttruck@fireflyartscollective.org with any questions. 

Love & Ratchet Straps,

- Team Art Truck

DPW Art Transportation 

Need help getting your art from the bottom of the hill to the top? DPW is happy to offer assistance with Polarises (ATVs) and trailers. Fill out this Art Transport Request Form to let us know approximately when you would need the pickup, where from (Art Truck, Lower Parking, or Upper Parking) and provide some info about what you need transported.

Questions? Email dpw@fireflyartscollective.org.

Preparing to Leave No Trace: If you don’t bring it, it won’t become MOOP!

Plan your art projects and wardrobe choices with LNT in mind.

• Loosely-attached decorations like beads, sequins, feathers and glitter can fall off playing in the woods!

• To test an item, rough it up a bit before you leave and see what comes off!

• Label your stuff with name, camp, and contact information.

Remove as much packaging as you can and check gear for likely MOOP. For example: the circles punched out for grommets, degrading tarps, fraying fabric.

If you use permethrin, do it at home!!! Do not use permethrin or any type of pesticide like 'foggers' in the woods!

Check our official LNT page or email LNT@fireflyartscollective.org with questions. We are happy to inform you on best LNT practices!

Have you signed up for volunteering shifts?

We especially need more volunteers for these cores:

• Rangers: be a sober, responsible person with a radio!

• DPW: set up and tear down Firefly infrastructure!

• Graveyard: tell ghost stories with your friends at the gate!

• GTFO: control traffic! 

• Leave No Trace: stay late communing with the woods, find weird stuff!

• Parking: tell people where to park!

Here’s the Volunteer Role Finder (click “make a copy”) to help you decide between them!

Learn more on the Volunteer Cores page, or email volunteer@fireflyartscollective.org with any questions.

The Early Arrival/GTFO application is live!

Looking to arrive early for theme camp build, to set up your art, or volunteer? Do you want to drive your AWD/4WD car into the woods? Apply for Early Arrival!

If you’ve qualified for Early Arrival in the past, you still need to reapply for 2025. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, June 26 at 11:59pm.

Questions? Check the Early Arrival page or email early@fireflyartscollective.org.

Work Weekend #2 - aka Placement for Theme Camps & Art (June 13-15)

We had a very successful and productive first Work Weekend, and hope to do just as well with the second! This coming Work Weekend also includes Placement Day for Theme Camps and Art, so make sure to send a representative up there at least on Sunday, June 15. Folks who come up just for placement should plan to put in at least a couple of hours of work clearing general camp spots and trails and helping out with other tasks before participating in placement, or at least before they start working on clearing their own chosen camp spots.

If you have not signed up yet, follow the link to the Work Weekend Sign-up (and Waiver). 

Questions? Check our Work Weekends page or email workweekends@fireflyartscollective.org or placement@fireflyartscollective.org.

On behalf of the Firefly Arts Collective Conduct Committee:

The Conduct Committee is a dedicated group of all-volunteer Fireflies that focuses on reports of behaviors that violate the participant code of conduct. Our policies and procedures are still the same as laid out on the Firefly website: Reporting Incidents FAQ.

We would like to invite Firefly community members to take part in this important work by serving for a term on the Conduct Committee. If you’re interested in serving, please read the Conduct Committee Call for Members.

Parking

There is no charge for parking. You will drop off your gear at a designated zone and then park in a designated lot. Be prepared to haul your gear to your campsite over rough terrain—bring carts or dollies if you have them. You will not have access to your vehicle during the event. No ins and outs. If you have mobility issues please inform the volunteers at gear drop.

Contact parking@fireflyartscollective.org if you have questions.

Yet more matchmaking!

Did you start to fill out the Burning Love Matchmaking Project form, but then felt like it maybe wasn't for you? Do you want some matchmaking that's a little queerer and stranger? We've got the matchmaking form for you!

The form will close on June 19, and matches will be sent out on June 23.

Contact fireflymatchmaking@fastmail.com with any questions!

Find TRUE Love—The Mischief Abundance Project

Have you found all other matchmaking surveys offered to the community offensive and lacking the nuance necessary to make genuine, lasting connection? If so, our service through this survey is for you!

The form will close on June 20 and matches will be sent out at our convenience before the event. We’re proud to offer this service to the community, in acknowledgement of the wide and varied needs of Fireflies.

Can't wait to see what sparks fly—don't miss out!

Contact the Mischief Abundance Project for questions or concerns.

Asks & Offers