Burning Man reveals 2023 festival theme: ANIMALIA
Burning Man has revealed that its 2023 theme for the event will be ANIMALIA. In a lengthy post to the events website, director of Burning Man Project's Philosophical Center and host of the Burning Man LIVE podcast, Stuart Mangrum, discusses the impetus behind the theme while taking a deep dive into the relationship of humans to animals. Throughout this latest update of
Major sandstorm caused huge delays for Burning Man attendees leaving the event
After trying to leave Black Rock Desert after a week of partying in the temporary artistic city, Burning Man attendees were hit with a brutal sandstorm which caused massive delays and a warning of 'Delay your departure' from the organisers. Of course, when attending Burning Man everyone knows that the dusty sand comes with the territory. Because of this and the threat
Tycho offered another of his blissful sunrise sets at this year’s edition of Burning Man
Tycho soaked up the first rays of sun with his dreamy beats in his trademark and indispensable sunrise set at Burning Man. Burning Man is perhaps the event that will appear most often at the top of music lovers' wish lists. It is said to be an experience that must be done once in a lifetime. Those who have been don't
Burning Man 2022: Cost of attending the festival
Burning Man is once again set to take over the dessert of Black Rock City, approximately 120 miles north of Reno, NV. While the event is a combination of art, spirituality, preservation and culture, the event does require a cost of admission, and with several different ticketing options, it is important to understand what goes into attending the event. Purchasing a
Carl Cox, John Summit, Above & Beyond and more set to play at Burning Man camps
Although Burning Man does not identify itself under the label of being a music festival - rather a community led temporary city event which encompasses self expression - they consistently have huge electronic acts perform there and some names have been confirmed including Diplo B2B Vintage Culture, Above & Beyond and more. Black Rock City, the name given to the temporary
Welcome to “Galaxy”: The 184-foot Burning Man superyacht
Boats and music festivals are probably not a combination you ever thought you would see. However, we live in a new age where anything is possible. And the merger of both worlds has been accomplished as just recently, two anonymous owners renovated a 184-foot yacht to resemble, Burning Man. Named "Galaxy," 2005 Benetti superyacht is without a doubt one of a
Burning Man announces ticket details and prices for 2022 edition
After a long two year break from the festival Burning Man, festival-goers are eager and excited to get their hands on tickets to this year edition taking place from 28 August till 5 September in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Thankfully the organisation behind the festival The Burning Man Project, has recently released the details behind the highly anticipated ticket sale. The ticket sale will
Burning Man selling NFTs and auctioning sculptures to save their organization
Although Burning Man is an extremely popular yearly event which sees people traverse from all over the world to the temporary city, it seems as though the organization does not have enough money to stay afloat for the rest of the year until tickets for 2022 go on sale in January. To save themselves, the Burning Man Project is selling NFTs
10,000 festival-goers planning to attend unofficial Burning Man
After the cancellation of this year's Burning Man, some thought that this would be it for this year. However, this might not be an impediment for the usual fans of the iconic event, who are planning to attend this weekend to the Burning Man site for an unofficial celebration. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the organisation that looks after
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