Ticketing 2026

To ensure fairness, all participants — including our senior volunteer crew — are required to purchase a ticket

This year we are offering one (1) tier of General Adult Ticket, alongside our Ticket Aid program, meant to help those who need financial assistance:

General Tickets
Ticket Aid

General Sale
Ticket Aid Sale
FAQ

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.

Like all tickets, these are non-refundable.

General Tickets

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)

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.

Applications: April 19th.
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.

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!

Ticketing FAQ

The price for What If 2025 Tickets are $280 this year, an decrease of $5 from the 2024 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.

Also, our while our ticket marketplace is open for posts, it will not be actively promoted on the buy page until late June / early July.

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

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.

Any tickets are left over from the Steward pool will be made available in a Last Minute Sale, only if the General Sale has sold out as well.

If one is necessary it will start on July 12th @ 8pm and run until all tickets are sold out.

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.

There is no restrictions on purchasing tickets across multiple sales (General / Ticket Aid). We understand you’re likely buying for friends and family, so we do not cross-check for similar names or credit cards.