The Heart is Open: Your Invitation to the Canopy
At the heart of the Center Camp Plaza, you will find an acre of shade under the Center Camp Canopy. ...Read More
Posts about Building BRC
Follow the stories of building an annual desert metropolis.
The Streets of Black Rock City – 2026 Edition
Every year since way back when, the concentric streets of our fair city — this year A through K — ...Read More
Future Worlds’ Fair: Prototyping Tomorrow in the Dust
By Andie Grace
If a Future Worlds’ Fair was held tomorrow, wouldn’t it look a lot like Black Rock City? The 2025 Burning ...Read More
Technē in the Dust: How Burning Man Rewrites the Boundaries of Art and Technology
Science and religion. Order and chaos. Innovation and tradition. These dualities are often cast as opposing forces in tension, destined ...Read More
Global Lessons from Bringing Desert Music to Life
I first started going to Burning Man in 2013, and I went for the music. Some friends and I had ...Read More
Calling All Citizens to Center Camp’s Many Worlds’ Fair
By Jonah Haas
FROM: Star Ship Center Camp TO: All Time-Traveling Creators of Black Rock City MISSION: The Many Worlds’ Fair of Tomorrow ...Read More
How (Not) to Build a Theme Camp
When my friends and I put together our first Burning Man camp, there was no instruction manual. We had absolutely ...Read More
The Art of Leveling Up: Your Small Project Can Have a Huge Impact
There comes a time in the evolution of (almost) everyone who goes to Burning Man: the day the timer goes ...Read More
Building a Beacon: The Global Community Behind Burning Man’s 2025 Temple
Other than the Man itself, it’s hard to imagine any element of Burning Man more iconic than the Temple. Though ...Read More
Introducing the 2025 BRC Temple: Temple of the Deep
Editor’s note: As fires devastate communities in Los Angeles, many of our friends, family, board members, and fellow Burners are ...Read More