Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

A Turning Point for Placement

May 29, 2019 By Burning Man

The Camp Placement Questionnaire closed on April 25 and the Placement Team saw the most questionnaires in Burning Man history: 1914 submissions, which is a 24% increase from 2018! For ...Read More

Ticketing

Sign up for the 2019 Secure Ticket Exchange Program!

May 17, 2019 By Burning Man

The Man burns in 106 days! As we inch closer to the event in the desert, we know folks have ...Read More

Building BRC

Streets Ahead: The 2019 Black Rock City Plan is Here!

May 7, 2019 By Terry "Retro" Schoop

Can’t wait to stride down our city’s streets? Take a gander at Ganymede, hang a right at Hyacinth or leg ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

Coyote Nose – The Garbage Myth

April 26, 2019 By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet

As a child, the garbage truck would always terrify me. It was a huge metal brute with a yawning monster ...Read More

BRC News, Leaving No Trace

Burning Man Faces Existential Threat: EIS Deadline Approaching

April 18, 2019 By Burning Man

Catching you up real quick, this is still true: the future of Black Rock City is at risk, and we ...Read More

Building BRC

Cultural Direction Setting: Where Do We Go from Here?

April 17, 2019 By BRC Cultural Direction Setting Group

So you’ve read our last two posts on Cultural Direction Setting — What’s Happened and What We Heard. Perhaps you’re ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2018: High-Resolution Environmental Accountability

April 12, 2019 By DA

Hello Black Rock City, DA here. Serving as Burning Man’s Playa Restoration Manager since 2005, it is my responsibility to ...Read More

BRC News, Leaving No Trace

Fact-checking BLM: Draft Environmental Impact Statement Backgrounder

April 4, 2019 By Burning Man

The Bureau of Land Management has published its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Burning Man Event in Black ...Read More

BRC News, Leaving No Trace

How to Submit a Great Comment on BLM’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement

April 4, 2019 By Burning Man

The BLM has issued its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Burning Man. Unfortunately, the operational mitigations it outlines would ...Read More

BRC News, Leaving No Trace

BLM Threatens Future of Burning Man With Draft Environmental Impact Statement

March 20, 2019 By Burning Man

This is an update to our original post from March 20, 2019. The future of Black Rock City is at ...Read More