Burn Baby Burn!
For just over a week each year, nearly 50,000 people gather in the Black Rock Desert, 127 miles outside of Reno, Nevada to live in a Mad Max-style community encouraging radical expression and self-reliance. Participants freely express themselves in every conceivable way including art projects, gifts, performances, themed camps, informational workshops, and music that attracts top DJs from around the world.
Burning Man takes place in late August and early September in extreme conditions with temperatures often breaking 100ºF during the day and dropping below 40ºF at night with occasional wind-driven dust storms. Attendees burn a 3-story tall wooden statue on the Saturday of the Labor Day weekend (i.e. “burning the man”). Festival goers are encouraged to bring clothing appropriate to all conditions, enough water to keep yourself hydrated for the duration of your stay, including protective eyewear and masks for the wild dust storms. First timers should read the Burning Man Survival Guide.
The event has grown from its early 1980s beginnings on the beaches of San Francisco to become a premier festival and celebration attended by people from around the globe on a massive scale. Each year thousands of attendees make the pilgrimage to the Nevada desert to create the vibrant society of Black Rock City built on 10 principles (burning man website): gifting, de-commodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy. Bring a bike or an art car to get around. Art cars can be magic carpets, fire breathing dragons or polar bears riding across the desert! Very surreal. You might even find yourself surfing at sunrise in the desert.►
While free expression is encouraged, the presence of law enforcement has grown over the years and state laws are enforced. The drive back is harrowing and long, so try and get some sleep before driving. Expect Burning Man to overwhelm you with its displays of humanity, art, and celebration.
Rockstar Librarian publishes an excellent guide to the music and events a week before the festival.
To get to Burning Man, people drive from all regions of North America or fly into Reno. See the travel section of BM website for more information.
Video: Burning Man: An Overview►
Burning Man takes place in late August and early September in extreme conditions with temperatures often breaking 100ºF during the day and dropping below 40ºF at night with occasional wind-driven dust storms. Attendees burn a 3-story tall wooden statue on the Saturday of the Labor Day weekend (i.e. “burning the man”). Festival goers are encouraged to bring clothing appropriate to all conditions, enough water to keep yourself hydrated for the duration of your stay, including protective eyewear and masks for the wild dust storms. First timers should read the Burning Man Survival Guide.
The event has grown from its early 1980s beginnings on the beaches of San Francisco to become a premier festival and celebration attended by people from around the globe on a massive scale. Each year thousands of attendees make the pilgrimage to the Nevada desert to create the vibrant society of Black Rock City built on 10 principles (burning man website): gifting, de-commodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy. Bring a bike or an art car to get around. Art cars can be magic carpets, fire breathing dragons or polar bears riding across the desert! Very surreal. You might even find yourself surfing at sunrise in the desert.►
While free expression is encouraged, the presence of law enforcement has grown over the years and state laws are enforced. The drive back is harrowing and long, so try and get some sleep before driving. Expect Burning Man to overwhelm you with its displays of humanity, art, and celebration.
Rockstar Librarian publishes an excellent guide to the music and events a week before the festival.
To get to Burning Man, people drive from all regions of North America or fly into Reno. See the travel section of BM website for more information.
Video: Burning Man: An Overview►
- Airport Codes: RNO, SFO
- Dangers: Heat, dehydration, police
- Festival Website
- Info (Wikipedia)
- Weather: Hot, dry and dusty
- Weather Link
- Aug 26 - Sept 2, 2013
| Month | August |
| Categories | Cultural Events, Electronic Music, Music Festivals, North America, Weird & Quirky, Wild Parties |
| Adult Price | $300 |
| Price details | To enter the festival for the week |
| Website | http://www.burningman.com |
| Reservations | http://tickets.burningman.com/ |
| http://www.facebook.com/BurningMan?ref=ts&fref=ts&rf=110481412317747 | |
| http://twitter.com/#!/burningman | |
| Video | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2PHCHlaZGE |
| Dates | Late August to Early September, the Man Burns Saturday and Temple Sunday before Labor Day |