Burning Man changes 2021 theme title to ‘The Great Unknown’
The iconic Nevada desert gathering, Burning Man has changed the title of its 2021 theme due to the previous one's colonial history of the phrase. The previously announced theme ‘Terra Incognita‘ is a Latin term which translates to "unknown land". It was commonly used in cartography during the 15th century to describe regions that haven't been mapped or documented. European colonizers also used
Burning Man present ‘Terra Incognita’ theme for 2021
The American festival Burning Man set to take place this year from August 29th - September 6th 2021, has just presented their official theme called 'Terra Incognita'. Although due the current pandemic, the celebration of the event (as all of the other big live events in the world) is still uncertain, the organisers are already working towards it, after the cancellation
New Burning Man documentary ‘Art On Fire’ is out now
Burning Man's new documentary 'Art On Fire' is now available to watch on multiple platforms. 'Art On Fire' is a new 90-minute documentary brought to us by BAFTA-winning director Gerry Fox that takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes look at artists and their seemingly over-the-top installations featured at the iconic Burning Man festival. The film follows artists responsible for the magnificent layout
Burning Man organizes crowdfunding campaign to aid festival
Burning Man has organised a crowdfunding campaign in hopes to save the fate of future Burning Man festivals. The iconic desert festival held in Black Rock City, in a small secluded area of Nevada, has like many other festivals announced that they will not be holding the festival this year, which usually takes place late August into early September. The festival
Burning Man cancelled, Virtual Festival to take place instead
The organizers of Burning Man have announced that this year's festival has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and instead, a virtual festival will be staged for the 80,000 people who were due to gather in the Nevada desert at the tail-end of this summer. A dream event for sellers of sun lotion, Burning Man's USP has long been
Burning Man ticket sales: the latest casualty of COVID-19
And just like that, COVID-19 strikes again. Amid the uncertainty surrounding the epidemic, Burning Man has announced that they will be postponing ticket sales to the 2020 instalment of the festival, set to take place from August 30th to September 7th. Whilst the festival isn't cancelled yet, the ticket sales, which was set to go live on April 8th, will
Burning Man still going ahead as of right now
Unarguably one of the weirdest times for the music industry right now due to COVID-19, it feels like no one can truly be excited about any upcoming events due to the uncertainty that is lingering in the air right now like a thick fog. With events from March-early May pretty much guaranteed to not be happening, the cancelation anticipation has
Burning Man announces Man Base structure for 2020 edition
Burning Man has revealed plans for the Multiverse Man Base structure set to feature at this year’s edition, further adding to the festival’s already-prestigious reputation for their enthralling structures that encapsulate fans every year. Every year, the beloved tradition of watching the Man burn at Black Rock City, manifesting the festival’s week-long end, proves to be a sight to behold for
Burning Man reveals Temple and artists
One thing to know about Burning Man is that it is not a festival, but rather a temporary city. Heavily focusing on the theme of self-expression through artistic art pieces and art cars (with DJs like Flume and Carl Cox regularly appearing), the Black Rock Desert plays host to this city for nine days of the year in August and September and after it, it's like it
Carnage and Diplo announce special 10-hour B2B set
Carnage and Diplo have just announced that they will play a 10-hour b2b set at Miami's Club Space. To put things in perspective, in 10 hours, you can catch a flight from New York to Dubai or take a drive from Detriot, Michigan to New York City. Diplo (Wesley Pentz) comes from an eclectic background of EDM. While Diplo releases songs
Flume announces new album for release beginning 2020
Grammy-award winning Australien producer and DJ Flume landed a couple of headlines this year, especially for his Burning Man performance, his recently released, Grammy-nominated mixtape 'Hi This Is Flume' and recently sliding into Rihanna's inbox suggesting a collaboration between him and the Barbadian pop-star. In an interview with Billboard, Flume now announced that he's working on a new album for 2020
Carl Cox releases ‘Opulent Temple’ set from Burning Man
Carl Cox is a legend in the techno scene. He recently played at Burning Man and one of the stages he played at was the Opulent Temple stage. This stage has an annual white night takeover during Burning Man and Carl Cox has brought maximum energy levels to the Arrival stage on the Playa, which turned out to be one of the busiest
Skrillex announces intimate fundraiser in Nevada
After being off the grid for a while, it seems that Skrillex is back in full force, and the industry has welcomed him back with the same open arms that supported the breakthrough of his career all those years ago. With new tracks including a Dog Blood EP, a collaboration with TroyBoi and even more remixes, fans of the powerhouse producer are being well and truly
Diplo set to spin back-to-back with Flume at Burning Man Festival this Friday
With the legendary Burning Man Festival already underway since last Saturday, more and more last minute news is being shared about the DJs that will make an appearance in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Diplo for example, has now announced through his social media channels that he will spin a back-to-back set with none other than Flume this Friday. The 39-year old
Burning man to host ‘I,Robot’ themed festival in 2018
While it might be a worldwide phenomenon, with festival goers coming from far and wide to marvel at the hedonistic paradise known as Burning Man, the festival started out more than 3 decades ago, in the middle of the Black Rock Desert. Situated more than an hour's drive from Reno, the festival has long been an oasis for droves of festival-goers, who