Crucial to this utopian vision is the festival’s principle of decommodification. Burning Man is entirely free of corporate sponsorship, and some Burners go as far as to cover up the logos on their ...

Black Burner Project group photo (2022) (photo by Erin Douglas, all courtesy Erin Douglas unless otherwise noted) You never know what a simple “yes” can transform into. As the dust clouded around the ...

The desert arts festival returns this month after two consecutive years of challenging weather, including mud that stranded attendees, and a Covid-19 hiatus. By Amanda Holpuch Burning Man, the Nevada ...

Have you ever wanted to burn a man? In June 1986, the founders of the Burning Man project and nonprofit, Larry Harvey and Jerry James, built a wooden human effigy and set it on fire on San Francisco’s ...

Black Rock City is becoming richer and more Democratic, according to Burning Man Organization's latest census. More women than men attended Burning Man in 2023, the first time that's been the case ...

Coachella's first weekend in Indio, California, reached 101 degrees Fahrenheit. Burning Man's hottest year on record was 2022, reaching 103 degrees. While both festivals have seen temperatures from ...