Ticketing 2026

General Sale
Ticket Aid Sale
FAQ
Ticket Exchange

What a fabulous What If 2026! We'll keep this content live for reference until new content for 2027 is available.

General sales will close Monday, JULY 20!

We will NOT be selling adult tickets up to the event this year.

If you know that you’re joining us at What If, get your ticket ASAP.
Please make sure that all of your camp mates get theirs, too!

If your plans do change, you can post to sell your ticket in the Ticket Exchange or add a comment to the pinned/featured Ticketing post on the What If Facebook group.

GENERAL WHAT IF TICKET INFO

To ensure fairness, all participants are required to purchase a ticket, including all Production Leads & Volunteers.
This year we are offering ONLY one (1) tier of General Adult Ticket, alongside our Ticket Aid program, meant to help those who need financial assistance.
NO DIRECTED TICKET SALES: all participants, including Camp members & Art Project creators MUST buy a General Sale ticket. Please help us plan best for the event and buy your ticket ASAP, and avoid disappointment in case we sell out!

General Sale

$280

General sale tickets are available to anyone as part of our commitment to radical inclusion.

Back to basics: Given great ticket availability for our event over the past couple years, we’ve moved back to our traditional system where all general adult tickets are just one (1) price tier, along side our continued Ticket Aid program for those who need financial assistance.
NO DIRECTED TICKET SALES: all participants, including Camp members & Art Project creators MUST buy a General Sale ticket. Please help us plan best for the event and buy your ticket ASAP, and avoid disappointment in case we sell out!

All tickets are non-refundable.

General Tickets

Adult: $280 (all in price!)
Teen: $140.00 (all in price!)
Child: $14.00 (all in price!)

Sale Starts: April 19th @ 8pm (SUNDAY)

Ticket Sale Page

The full-priced General Tickets begins on Sunday April 19th, 2026 at 8PM PDT. No registration required, some years tickets go fast, but we expect good availability this year.

Full Details

Have questions? Check the Ticketing FAQ further down this page!

Ticket Aid

$140.00

Ticket Aid Tickets are reserved for participants on a limited income who cannot otherwise afford a regular-priced ticket. An application for Ticket Aid Tickets must be made and approved to be eligible for one of these tickets.

Thank you for your interest in attending What If 2026.Due to a record number of Ticket Aid applications this year, demand has exceeded the funding available. As a result, the Ticket Aid waitlist is now closed.

We appreciate your understanding and hope to still see you at What If!

Applications: April 19th-July 8th.
Price: $140.00 (all in price!)

Application Form

A limited number of 50% discounted tickets are made available to those who would like to apply for the Ticket Aid ticket program.
These tickets are reserved for participants on a limited income who cannot otherwise afford our regular price tickets.

Full Details

What If Ticket Sales

General Sale

Sale: April 19th @ 8pm (Sunday)
Adult: $280 (all in – includes taxes and fees)
Teen: $140.00 (all in – includes taxes and fees)
Child: $14.00 (all in – includes taxes and fees)

The full-priced General Sale begins on Sunday April 19th at 8PM PDT. No registration required.

Ticket Sale Page

The General Sale opens on April 19th @ 8pm PDT (Sunday)
Each checkout, you are allowed to purchase Two (2) General Sale tickets.
General Sale tickets are available first come, first served while supplies last and are not guaranteed.
During the General Sale both Child and Teen tickets will be hidden to prevent them from being added to cart. These tickets will be made available later in the week, so please don’t worry about buying them right away — these are hard tickets to transfer anyways (incase your plans fall through). Child / Teen will always be available up until the event.
General Sale tickets are full-priced tickets.
Have questions? Check the Ticketing FAQ further down this page!

What If Ticket Sales

Ticket Aid Ticket Sale

Applications: April 19th @ 12pm (Sunday)
Price: $140.00 (taxes and fees included)
Application Form

A limited number of 50% discounted tickets are made available to those who would like to apply for the Ticket Aid ticket program.
These tickets are reserved for participants on a limited income who cannot otherwise afford our regular price tickets.
One (1) ticket will be made available per applicant.
Those who want to apply must demonstrate need in their application. This application is kept strictly confidential and data is erased after the sale is complete.
If your Ticket Aid Ticket Sale application is accepted you will be contacted regarding a ticket.
Ticket Aid tickets are non-refundable (like all tickets)
Ticket Aid tickets are transferable. Please do not sell the ticket above what you paid. You will not eligible for Ticket Aid in the future if you were found to have been exploiting this program for financial gain.
Ticket Aid are available by application only.
If your Ticket Aid Ticket application is accepted, you will be notified no later than July 6th, but we should be able to issue you a ticket within a week of your application being accepted.
Have questions? Check the Ticketing FAQ further down this page!

Ticket Exchange (Buy/Sell)

Looking to sell or buy a ticket from a fellow burner?
Please read details on the Ticket Exchange (Buy/Sell) page.

Ready to exchange a ticket with a buyer? Be sure to read our helpful sellers guide found here: What If Ticket Sellers Guide

Ticketing FAQ

The price for What If 2026 Tickets are $280 this year, an decrease of $5 from the 2025 price.

Yes!
Our only stipulation is that you DO NOT SELL YOUR TICKET AT A HIGHER PRICE THAN YOU PAID FOR IT!. Those caught doing so will have their ticket cancelled, and will not eligible for any ticket program in the future.

Also, we are now offering 2 options for dealing with the financial transaction when transferring tickets. Instructions are here: How to transfer tickets to someone else.

That being said, don’t delay, technical support for ticket transfers isn’t available during the event, and the name on the ticket must match your government ID.

IMPORTANT: When transferring, triple check the email of the individual you’re transferring it to, it can be hard to reverse these.

Go to the Ticket Exchange (Buy/Sell) page.

For What If 2026 there are a total of ~2500 adult tickets available. We expect good availability throughout the sale season this year.

Yes. In the General Sale you can purchase a maximum of two (2) tickets per order.

In the Ticket Aid Sale, you will only be able purchase one (1) ticket for yourself.

Unfortunately, no. As a 100% volunteer-driven event hosted by a non-profit, the labor and financial costs of processing numerous refunds exceed our capacity.

The only scenario where ticket refunds will be considered is during an event cancellation scenario, such as what happened during COVID.

You can sell or transfer your ticket to someone else, including on our open marketplace page. We are now offering 2 options for dealing with the financial transaction when transferring tickets. Instructions are here: How to transfer tickets to someone else.

Persons with these challenges should contact us to make arrangements for themselves and their caregiver. Contact us by email at: [email protected]

Tickets for children ages 6-12 and youth ages 13-18 are eligible for discounted tickets. Child, Youth & Infant tickets are available right up until and through the event, and go on sale about a week after the main sale has settled.

There is no hard limit to youth/child/infant tickets sold, but you will be turned away if you show up with a youth ticket as an adult.

Infants ages 0-4 are free, but we do require that you get a free infant ticket from the ticket purchase page.

Tickets: http://qkt.io/whatif2025

Yes, you can!

HOWEVER: we strongly advise you to use a laptop/desktop for a better user experience. These sales are time sensitive, and working with a larger screen and a consistent, dedicated internet connection may be more efficient and less stressful for you. Please use a recommended browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.

Find someone with a computer or smartphone and borrow theirs (or go to a library!). It should only take a few minutes to set yourself up.

Only if you are accompanied by your parents/legal guardian. You must be 19+ to go unaccompanied.

A limited number of Ticket Aid tickets are being made available this year through a direct distribution program.

Applications will be accepted until our pool of Ticket Aid tickets run dry — after that the application will serve as a waitlist.

Certified service animals with documentation are welcome.

Otherwise no.

No.

Our sale does not have the same restriction as Burning Man’s. The same credit card can be used to make multiple purchases.

You are getting an error “Promotion code has already been used or is locked temporarily for an active checkout session” – here’s what’s going on: Whenever the purchase link with the code is opened, the code will lock for 30 minutes to allow enough time to enter your purchase information. You may be getting this error because you accidentally closed your browser window, or something else happened to close your current session. Do not panic, just wait for 30 minutes and try the link again.

NEW THIS YEAR: there are NO DIRECTED TICKETS!

All participants, including Camp members & Art Project creators MUST buy a General Sale ticket. Please help us plan best for the event buy buying your ticket ASAP, and avoid disappointment in case we sell out!”