Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

(Remember) How to Burning Man Part 4: Why Building a Crew is Like Making a Sauce

August 10, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Black Rock City stretches our capacities in weird and unanticipated ways. We gather a crew, make some plans, and go out there to build art or run a camp in ...Read More

Building BRC

Stories From the City: The First-Year Surprise of Sunrise Diner

July 17, 2019 By Victor Stevens

During their first year at Burning Man, Nathan McKinley (a.k.a “Oncall”) and Zella Henderson (a.k.a. “Lifesaver”) would wake to mimosas ...Read More

Building BRC

A Turning Point for Placement

May 29, 2019 By Burning Man Project

The Camp Placement Questionnaire closed on April 25 and the Placement Team saw the most questionnaires in Burning Man history: ...Read More

Ticketing

Sign up for the 2019 Secure Ticket Exchange Program!

May 17, 2019 By Burning Man Project

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 Project

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 Project

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