Posts about Tales from the Playa

Participants share their personal Burning Man experiences.

No One Said It Was Going to Be Easy

September 23, 2022 By John Curley

I don’t know anyone who isn’t thinking that this past Burn was one of the hardest weeks of Burning Man ...Read More

September 22, 2022 By Caveat Magister

My first several days on the playa did not feel like Burning Man to me. It felt strange and unfamiliar. ...Read More

September 16, 2022 By Caveat Magister

I have a new metaphor for the way Burning Man changes. For the last 10-ish years, I’ve been a part ...Read More

September 15, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Light-hearted disclaimer: Just because I went to Black Rock City with a broken leg doesn’t mean you should! Black Rock ...Read More

January 27, 2022 By Michael Fasman

This piece is authored by a community member and does not represent the official views or opinions of Burning Man ...Read More

November 17, 2021 By Kirsten Weisenburger

In 1992, the first rave-style sound camp touched down in Black Rock City. And if you think it was well ...Read More

September 16, 2021 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Welcome to the final story in a three-part series that unpacks how our 2021 theme — The Great Unknown — ...Read More

September 3, 2021 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Welcome to the second story in a three-part series that unpacks how our 2021 theme — The Great Unknown — ...Read More

July 6, 2021 By Matt Douglass

This is Chapter 1 of a six-part story that was originally published on Medium in loving memory of a Dilated ...Read More

May 6, 2021 By Daniel Escalzo

In the spring of 2007, “Kernal Angus” sat in a restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, with his friend and well-known Black ...Read More