Events & Performers
Most things at InterFuse are spontaneous, but some things do happen at scheduled times.
Midwest Burners/InterFuse does not book performers or entertainers. YOU create the entertainment as a free gift to everyone else! Please remember that the point of InterFuse is to give gifts and make friends rather than to promote to a consumer base.
Register your InterFuse event or performance using the form at bottom by Friday, April 22, 2011 to get it listed here and printed in the Front Gate Handout. This will make people more aware of your event (and you’ll get more participants).
Use the form at the bottom of this page to get your event or performance listed.
Schedule Of Events
| Events With Specific Times | ||
Day & Time |
Event |
Description |
Thursday, |
InterFuse 2011 Begins |
Who: All InterFuse participants Camp set-up, city construction, and general festivities begins. |
Thursday, 4:00 PM |
Basic Bondage 1 |
Where: Yin-Yang Town of Touch Theme Camp Come learn some basic bondage knots and safety. Learn two or three knots and a rope corset. Stay late to Learn to fly and try out the Sensation Station. |
Thursday, 8:00 PM |
Sensei's Shoestring/Glowstick Gift Workshop |
Where: Burn Circus Theme Camp Sensei will be showing InterFusers how to make some glowstick/shoestring 'poi' and how to do some cool tricks with them. There is a limit of 20 participants for this event, due to cost of the gifted materials. However, if you have some shoestring and a couple of glowsticks (not the bracelet or necklace kind), feel free to come by and spin them around with us and enjoy our lounge. |
Friday, 5:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Crunkalicous Morning Madness Happy Hour and Dance Session |
Where: Cirque Du Iowhomp Theme Camp Come get your Crunk on one N all! Join us for fresh beats and tasty drinks! Salute the sunrise with Mimosas n Bloody Marys with all the fixins. Morning Music with Clandestine and other dj's TBA. |
Friday, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
Infused Food Brunch |
Where: Cirque Du Iowhomp Theme Camp A potluck style brunch based around food soaked, injected, infused, etc. in alchohol! The more decadent the better. Surprise everyone with your culinary hedonism! Music, games, and prizes for attendees. |
Friday, Noon - 1:00 PM |
Flowtoy Workshops |
Performers: Matt, Lois Matt will be leading a poi workshop, Lois will be teaching some sick hoop skills. Bring some sock poi, or a hoop, if you have it. We'll have some extra you can play with, if you are empty-handed. |
Friday, Noon - 2:00 PM |
WDYDWYD Project |
Where: Cirque Du Iowhomp Theme Camp Come be a part of the international art project that answers the question of "Why do you do what you do?". Participants will
create a sign with their answer and a photographer will be on hand with their response! All photos will be uploaded to the site
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Friday, 1:00 PM |
Mimosas and Mad Libs |
Where: Cirque Le Jerque Theme Camp If your ass-to-mouth lifestyle has left you feeling a little cashed, we have the perfect remedy. Come and revitalize yourself with a bitchy glass of donkey sweat and enjoy a game of mad libs with a few of your closest pigmy hippos. Bring your cattle prods and dental dams, and a hirsute time will be had by all. |
Friday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Fire Safety Workshop |
Performers: Matt, Renfried Beans New to Fire Performing? Experienced with spinning the non-flaming objects, and would like to learn about Fire-Safety so you can take it to the next level? Matt and Renfried Beans are experienced fire-performers who can help empower you with knowledge! Safety third! I mean first. |
Friday, 4:00 PM |
2nd Annual Awesome Art Raffle |
Where: Cirque Du Iowhomp Theme Camp We're Bringing It Back! Come to our camp for a drawing to win some handcrafted art from Iowa artists and other InterFuse participants. If you would like to add your piece to our gifting art raffle please bring to the Cirque Du Iowhomp dome at 3:30 to have your art placed for display. Paintings, jewerly, hula hoops, etc. Come share your creative energy or maybe take home something lovely. |
Friday, 4:00 PM (after Nude Relay) |
Basic Bondage 2 |
Where: Yin-Yang Town of Touch Theme Camp Come learn some basic bondage knots and safety. Learn two or three more knots, and a basic chest harness. Come early or stay late to Learn to fly and try out the Sensation Station: Tyrus will be hanging, suspending, or otherwise making some Burners fly. Other riggers may be available too. This is planned for Friday at 4:00 PM, following the Bondage Classes, and anytime you can catch a riggers attention (we should be by a sound camp playing later in the night). If no one is up, these times will be available for you to practice your knots, and to try out the Sensation Station. |
Friday, 5:00 PM |
Story Hour |
Where: Center Camp The tragedy and treachery of men at sea! The invention of the very first merkin! Mechanical buggery! InterFuse is a world of imagination, and we plan on sharing it in the oral sense of tradition. Come join us for a delicious Pimms cup and listen as we recount for you a few of our wonderful stories of hope and inspiration. |
Friday, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Miss InterFuse |
Where: Radio KRZY 98.5 FM Theme Camp Beauty is NOT only skin deep - unless those skins are faux fur and since we're in Mighty MO - don't forget the rain boots! BE A PART OF HISTORY when The Miss Black Rock City Pageant nails another regional right on its (muddy) rebar with the first ever MISS INTERFUSE. As always, EVERYONE is welcome to participate. Just dub yourself MISS (insert your name), make yourself a sash, and sashay over to KRZY 98.5 FM Radio Station - ready to display your talent as well as your rain boots and be prepared to BRIBE THE JUDGES! This is not your mother's beauty pageant. Participation for all events is open to all hes, shes and zes. Plastic surgery, an eating disorder, Vaselined teeth and double-sided tape are not required. |
Friday, 8:00 PM |
Naked Clowning |
Who: Whoever is naked with a mask So Craig happened on some fun masks, and what better way to show them off than by running around naked in them! We invite u too to join us with a fun clown mask and nothing else on! If its cold friday, we can brave it or wait till sat! U can bring a cloak or covering too. maybe we can do some awesome dancing, streaking, flashing mob and other crazy antics. See MOST of YOU there! |
Friday, 8:00 PM |
Pre-party Fire Performance |
Performers: Burn Circus We'll be kicking off Sporgasm's spectacular Friday night party with a fire performance! See you there. |
Friday, 9:00 PM |
Art Burn: Bearded Lady Carousel |
Where: Ravine burn circle See the Art & Artists section for details. |
Friday, 9:00 PM - 4:00 AM |
ILLUMINATION - |
Where: Cirque Du Iowhomp Theme Camp Come glow with us! Show up in your best uv attire to dance the night away... Facepainting and masks highly encouraged! |
Saturday, 8:00 AM - Noon |
Kokopelli's Presents: Pancakes Are Art! |
Food Artists: Mad Hatter, Bittersweet, March Hare and a Host of Loyal Volunteers! Hurry, hurry - step right this way! Be part of the greatest event at IF! To start your Burn Day off right, Kokopelli's Coffee House and Pancake Circus will once again be bringing you the Infamous Pancakes Are Art event! What? You didn't know that a simple pancake can be Art? We take the concept of 'flat food' to a whole new level by pouring the biggest , fattest cakes you've ever seen, then throwing on the tastiest combinations of 'decorations' we can find. The house specialty is the "Heart Attack Maximus Special" with Bacon and M&Ms. But we invite participation and challenge everyone to "bring it" by trying to come up with the best ingredients yet for a tasty pancake combo! We've done hundreds of candies, myriad different fruits (fresh peaches and bananas are always popular!) and such assorted edibles as coffee.... If you bring it, we can cook it (please, only legal, non-living items!) All cakes cooked to order, so you get your favorites! Of course, you can order one "naked", or with "special sauce", but be prepared for the consequences! Just don't order "plain", because that's so boring. As ever, we are also in search of more Loyal Volunteers to make this all happen. If you think you've got what it takes to to mix up the perfect batter, chop the finest ingredients, serve the best coffee, or expertly direct traffic for us, you need to email Mad Hatter ASAP to reserve your spot! |
Saturday, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
Burn Circus InterFuse Screenprinting |
Performers: TieDyeQueen Karen and assistants Bring a T-shirt or something you want screenprinted with an InterFuse 2011 Burn Circus design! TieDyeQueen Karen will be hanging out between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM Saturday to assist you. |
Saturday, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
Notta Midway |
Organizers: Murdoch and Cala Vera Stop by Notta Midway and play our games, have your Tarot Cards read by Murdoch or your mysterious fortune revealed by Mistress Cala Vera. Everyone either wins a prize or becomes cursed, but either way it should be fun. |
Saturday, Noon - 2:00 PM |
Spin Jam/Workshops |
Performers: Dakota Gonzalez, Emily Waterson, Jason Divad, Yosh Come one, Come ALL, Join us circus freaks in the fun of object manipulation. We are hosting a casual spin jam and organically taught workshops for all those wanting to participate. Come to learn, share a trick, or meet other artists. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a professional, there will be something to inspire you! Spectators are allowed at this event but we do encourage ALL to participate! Description of organic workshops being conducted during this time:
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Saturday, |
Pre-Burn Ceremony Check In & |
Where: Main Effigy All fire performers participating in the Pre-Burn Ceremony must bring their fire tools and fire watches to the Main Effigy to check in, do tool check/tool repair, and get a lammie. Fire Performers must have registered with the Fire Goddess BEFORE InterFuse by Midnight, April 26 in order to participate in the Pre-Burn Ceremony. Please DO NOT bring fire tools/wicks soaked in fuel to Tool Check as it gets all over our hands and creates quite a mess! |
Saturday, |
Pre-Burn Ceremony and Burn Meeting |
Where: Main Effigy Required planning meeting for the above listed groups. |
Saturday, 4:00 PM |
Finalize Main Effigy Decoration |
No Main Effigy decorations can be added, changed, or removed after this time. All decorations left on or near the Main Effigy will be burned at The Main Event at 10:00 PM. |
Saturday, 4:00 PM |
FUCKIN NUDE RELAY |
Who: All Nekkid People Let's face it folks, some of us are gonna be naked. Lets all embrace this in the best way possible: NUDE RELAY! That's right; rain or shine, hell or high water, drunks with dildos (dildos included), we are gonna have a nude relay. Everybodys favorite nude past time, aside from the obvious (cooking bacon), is back. This year promises to be the best. We have more room! More people! More naked people! So let's bare it all and run for glory. Remember folks, you can't spell InterFuse without NUDE RELAY. Seriously, you cant... I dare you. Hope to see all of you this year at the best nude relay at InterFuse. |
Saturday, |
Burn Circus Soup Kitchen |
Where: Burn Circus Theme Camp We'll have some crockpots going with various soups/stews/chili. Vegetarian and Meatetarian. We'll be keeping it hot 'til the food runs out. Donations of breads, drinks, sides, are welcome. |
Saturday, |
Pants are for Suckers Happy Hour of Pantslessness |
Where: VOMITORIUM Theme Camp I heard there are no pants in Rome Wear boxers or briefs or a thong At the hour of six it is surely required! |
Saturday, |
The Main Event: |
Who: All InterFuse participants It's time for The Main Effigy to burn! This is InterFuse's main event and largest burn. Gather at The Main Effigy at 10:00 PM and help us build energy with the fiery Pre-Burn Ceremony! We’ll light The Main Effgy at 10:00 PM, but the energy we create will last all night long! Related link: The Main Event Art Burn: Clown Car The Clown Car you've seen "driving" around InterFuse will burn with the Main Effigy at 10:00 PM. See the Art & Artists section for details. |
Saturday, Midnight |
Murdoch's Birthday Party |
Organizers: Murdoch and Cala Vera It’s Murdoch’s Birthday and it’s InterFuse. It’s a party waiting to happen! Come celebrate with us as we party in the new dome and then take it to the streets to experience the burn as one big, ridiculously happy celebration. It’s a Birthday Party Circus Crawl! You will hear our anthem as we swagger down Kaboom Causeway, and you’ll see the shiny pants glimmering in the soft glow of LED. Catch Murdoch and his raucous band of minions and friends hanging out in the dome that love built and then carousing the streets of InterFuse in search of random ecstatic experiences and orgiastic opportunities. Wow! This should be FUN! It’s Murdoch’s Birthday! Hooray! Lizard shit! Fuck! |
Sunday, |
Leave No Trace Efforts |
Who: The Leave No Trace Team (LNT) LNT Campsite Sweep begins at the Earth Guardians Station. |
Sunday, |
Leave No Trace Efforts |
Who: The Leisure Army (TLA) Fire Pit/Barrel Cleanup Detail begins at the Main Burn site, center field. |
Sunday, |
InterFuse 2011 Ends |
Who: All InterFuse participants InterFuse ends. Camp take-down and city deconstruction. Leave No Trace! |
Sunday, |
Art Burn: The Temple |
Where: Quiet Area burn circle See the Art & Artists section for details. |
| Events With No Specific Times | ||
Day(s) & Time(s) |
Event |
Description |
Sometime Friday |
Advanced Lounging Seminar |
Organizers: Murdoch and Cala Vera This is an ADVANCED lounging seminar, specifically for people who have experience sitting on their ass and drinking cold beverages. Don't forget to bring your own cold beverages. We might have a chair you can use. We will dive right into complex equations such as determining the easiest possible course for beverage refueling, maximum gulping capacity and of course, calculating the mass and inertia of bodies at rest. |
Various |
Dr. Dumpe's Famous |
Where: Dr. Dumpe's Traveling Sideshow Museum Theme Camp Dr. Dumpe will be exhibiting his single-o walk thru display of the famous "WHAT IS IT". Yes it was Born Alive, is it man or beast, you decide. Tell your friends and neighbors to see it for themselves and let them decide. |
Various |
WE WHO ARE NOT LIKE OTHERS |
Where: Dr. Dumpe's Traveling Sideshow Museum Theme Camp Dr. Dumpe will be working on his project titled "WE WHO ARE NOT LIKE OTHERS" allowing persons from all walks of life to exhibit or display their "SECRET FREAK". Participants are filmed or photographed while performing or displaying their secret talent. Examples of subjects desired are persons with unusual body modifications including tattoos, scarification, implants, piercings ect. Born freaks, examples, extra digits (toes, fingers), large or small appendages, extreme flexibilities and deformaties of all types. Working acts, examples include, fire-eating, glass eating, blockhead, sword swallowing, lifting weights with pierced body parts. Show us what the human body can endure. ALL FREAKS ARE A BEAUTIFUL THING. |
All the time |
Food Outreach Gifting Opportunity |
Where: The Hungry Caterpillar Theme Camp We are collecting food for a St. Louis area food pantry, Food Outreach, which provides food to individuals & families suffering with HIV/AIDS or cancer. UPDATE 4/13/11: We are also going to donate a significant amount of the food to the Shriners Club. They will distribute it to a local food pantry and women's shelter in the Laquey area. We are excited for people to give back to the community that so graciously accepted OUR community. Please come by The Hungry Caterpillar Theme Camp and donate non-perishable food items (canned or dry boxed) to those who could really use your help. |
Anytime Thursday and Friday |
decoratus parasol |
Where: Earth Guardians Station Come decorate a parasol with us! Full-sized white parasols made of paper & bamboo await your sweet coloring skills. What's that you say? You could never stay inside the lines? We want you! The last time you colored something was in grade school? Perfect! Do you think crayons smell like purple? Let's talk turtles! We will have paints and markers available for your use. And after you are done creating a masterpiece, the parasols will be lit with several 10mm LED lens' and placed at random around the venue for some night time ambiance! Come on by the Earth Guardians Station, located at the far end of the field away from the clamshell stage. We'll have parasols and coloring supplies there until they are all decorated. Let's do them all before nightfall Friday night though. On Saturday they will be gifted to anybody who wants one. |
Too early in the morning |
Tai Chi Chuan playing |
Players: Brandon, and anyone who wants to play I will be playing my tai chi form early in the mornings as well as various other times during the day, on request or if I feel like it. Anyone is welcome to join me. If you want some instruction, I'll do that, too. |
| Repeating Events | ||
Friday, Noon |
International InterFuse Back Scrubbing Brigade Presents the High Noon Tea and Bible Study |
Who: The International InterFuse Back Scrubbing Brigade and its soapy brethren What are the showers missing might you be asking? They are missing your very own Pope Xavier Loofah IV conducting a bible study! At Noon each day we shall be reading and discussing all the Holiest of Holy books including (but not limited to): the Holy Bible, The Dr. Bronner’s Soap Bottle, The Book of the Devourer, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the Book of Tom, and any assorted books that the soapy brethren bring with them! And to keep the event super classy, we’ll be serving tea and biscuits! We are going to start off with a pre-event parade through the campground announcing a call to prayer. We hope that everyone joins us, be it for the hot showers, the blasphemy, or the free refreshments. Remember, if you don’t bath then you are a dirty fucking hippy. And dirty fucking hippies can go to hell. |
Friday, Noon - 2:00 PM |
Introduction to Rock Climbing |
Where: Camp Climbax Theme Camp Join us to learn the basics of rock climbing equipment and techniques. You will learn how to tie in, the basics of belaying a climber, and the fundamentals of body position and movement in climbing on our 20' climbing wall. Safety equipment provided. |
Friday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Belayed Open Climb |
Where: Camp Climbax Theme Camp Come climb on our 20' climbing wall! Some equipment will be provided, but please bring your own if you have it. Experienced climbers will be on hand to belay. First timers are suggested to check out our "Intro to Rock Climbing". |
Nightly |
Lantern Walk |
Who: You, and whoever you decide to bring, if any. 200 colorful paper lanterns will light some of the "walking path" areas of the camp this year, weather permitting. Look for a cluster of lit lanterns on a pole to mark the entrance to the pathway(s). |
| On-Site Ice Sales | ||
Thursday through Sunday, |
Ice Available For Cash Purchase |
Our host, The Shriners Club, is providing the ice service for InterFuse 2011. Where: Center Camp Price: $3.00 for a 7 pound bag. Cash only please. |
| Sunday, After InterFuse 2011 Ends | ||
Day & Time |
Event |
Description |
Sunday at Sunset |
Heavenly Symbols: 2011 Shrine Burn |
Where: Redbud Circle This is to be IF's analog of the temple burn at BRC. It will be a small quiet solemn burn on Sunday evening to mourn the passing of another year burning at Ozark Avalon and to release our hopes and ambitions for the year to come. Full description on the Art & Artists page. IMPORTANT: If you stay AFTER InterFuse for this event, it will count as an ADDITIONAL night of camping and additional camping fees must be paid directly to Ozark Avalon. |
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