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. The Canopy is YOUR community venue — a space designed ...Read More
Notes From a (Mostly) Empty Playa
“What is this? Is it a baby wipe? No wait, I think it’s a sock.” We’re clustered around the tailgate ...Read More
The Disaster That Wasn’t
To listen to the media (or your cousin Fred, who called to ask if you were still alive), Burning Man’s ...Read More
Checking in on Playa Restoration
It certainly was an unusual year out in the Black Rock Desert, but every year of building, experiencing, then tearing ...Read More
Black Rock City Disappears — Leaving No Trace at Burning Man 2023
Black Rock City, including the remnants one might expect to see after a torrential storm in a temporary city of ...Read More
Atonement to the Rain Gods
Around midnight on August 20, the Hurricane Hilary-inspired rains came. By morning the water was ankle deep in Center Camp. ...Read More
Build Week 2023: The Calm Before the Storm
By Roxane Jessi
I didn’t expect my entrance to Black Rock City to turn into a waiting game, spent next to a garish ...Read More
Put on Your Fancies and Join Us for the Cacophony Society Cocktail Party in Center Camp
By Evil Pippi
“It would not be a stretch to say the first Burning Man was a cacophony cocktail party featuring the burning ...Read More
What’s That Humming and Buzzing at the Man?
By Kim Cook
This year, with the creation of an extraordinary hive at the center of our desert city, our place of gathering ...Read More
Taking a Stand on Convenience Camping – Preserving Our Culture Against Commodification
By Bryant Tan
As Black Rock City 2023 approaches, we’d like to take a moment to focus on a topic that’s critically important ...Read More