SOAK*2025: Strange Magic Ticket Info

SOAK*2025 Strange Magic’s Main Ticket Sale is now officially sold out.

There will be some tickets available for sale in the OMG Sale that will happen in early May. The exact date and time will be released in the SOAK newsletter and posted to the website.

Tickets will become available through the Ticket Exchange group and are best transferred through the official Humanitix process. Links to both can be found at soakpdx.com/ticket-transfers

Important 2025 Dates:

  • March 2: Patron Sale - Sunday @ 7:30 pm 

  • Mid-March: Volunteer Gift Ticket Redemption

  • March 29 - April 5th @ 11:59pm: Artist & Theme Camp Directed Group Sale (DGS)

  • March 29 - April 2: Subsidized Ticket Request, Closes at Noon

  • March 29 - April 2: Radical Inclusion Request, Closes at Noon

  • April 6: Main Sale - Sunday @ 7:30 pm 

  • TBD May: OMG Sale

Ticket Prices:

  • $230 DGS & General Sale Tickets

  • $115 Subsidized Tickets

  • $690 Patron

Camping Vehicle (CV, previously RV) & Parking Prices:

  • $5 Parking Pass

  • Tier I - $95 Camping Vehicle - Small (under 20’)

  • Tier II - $110 Camping Vehicle - Medium (20’ - 32’)

  • Tier III - $125 Camping Vehicle - Large (32’ and up)

All Camping Vehicles require a CV Pass. Camping Vehicles inside of a Theme Camp are considered Tier I.

Ticket Types Glossary

  • Purpose: These tickets are reserved for key contributors, such as theme camps, art projects, and volunteer teams.

    Why: To ensure essential groups can attend and build the creative, interactive infrastructure of the event.

    How: Invited participants receive an access code to purchase tickets during a private sale.

  • Application: Click Here

    Purpose: Discounted tickets to make SOAK accessible to people facing financial hardship.

    Why: To promote inclusivity and ensure that everyone, regardless of financial situation, can participate.

    How: Applicants must complete a simple application and demonstrate financial need.

  • Purpose: Higher-priced tickets for those who want to financially support SOAK.

    Why: The extra money helps subsidize the costs for others and supports the event’s infrastructure and community projects.

    How: Purchased voluntarily by attendees who wish to give back to the event.

  • Purpose: A last-minute ticket release for people who missed other sales.

    Why: To give procrastinators and late planners a final chance to buy tickets not purchased in other pre-event sales.

    How: Typically sold closer to the event date, at standard ticket prices, on a first-come, first-served basis.To give procrastinators and late planners a final chance to buy tickets not purchased in other pre-event sales.

    How: Typically sold closer to the event date, at standard ticket prices, on a first-come, first-served basis.

  • Application: Click Here

    Purpose: Sliding scale tickets to make SOAK inclusive and accessible for more people.

    Why: To create new pathways for individuals from underrepresented communities (as determined by the SOAK 2024 Census data) to participate at SOAK.

    How: Applicants must complete a simple application and demonstrate financial need. To be eligible for a Radical Inclusion ticket, you must meet all of the following criteria:

    1. Belong to an underrepresented community as determined by the SOAK 2024 Census data; 

    2. Live in the Pacific Northwest (defined as living in the states of OR, WA, or ID);

    3. Have either (1) never attended SOAK before, OR (2) have attended only 1 time and are willing to commit to volunteering for at least 8 hours for a Department at SOAK 2025; AND

    4. Have not received a volunteer gift ticket OR a ticket through the Subsidized Ticket Program for SOAK 2025.

    Selection will be based on random lottery for all individuals who apply and meet the criteria. Those selected for a Radical Inclusion ticket receive only 1 ticket. Tickets are offered on a sliding scale ($10 to $230).