Blazing Swan, or Blaze as it is affectionately known, was etablished in 2014. Blazing Swan continues to evolve and now attracts around 3500 people each year, including more than 500 volunteers.

Blazing Swan is a week-long arts event held in Western Australia each year at Jilakin Rock City, a temporary city erected at Jilakin Rock lake, by the home of the Kulin Bush racetrack near the town of Kulin. The event is held around late summer over the Easter long weekend and was inspired by the Burning Man event held each year in the Black Rock Desert in the USA.

It is an experiment in temporary community and art, influenced by Blazing Swans 11 principles of Radical Inclusion, Gifting, Decommodification, Radical Self-reliance, Radical Self-expression, Communal Effort, Civic Responsibility, Leaving No Trace, Participation, Immediacy and Consent.

Blazing Swan was set up by a small group of people who had visited Burning Man in the USA, and their experiences in setting up and organising regional burns in South Africa (AfrikaBurn) and the east coast of Australia (Burning Seed) held them in good stead. In 2014 they created the first Blazing Swan event and since then the event has grown to involve over 3,500 people each year. It has grown with the support of Burning Man in the USA, the continuing huge effort of local volunteers and participants each year and a strong support from the local Kulin community.

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