Posts about Cacophony Society

Meet Santa Zero, the Cacophonist (and Burner) Who Started SantaCon

December 20, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Burning Man culture is filled with secret instigators who show up time and time again to help make astonishing things ...Read More

February 1, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger

P Segal has been an instigator in San Francisco’s underground art scene for decades. She led Burning Man’s move from ...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

August 23, 2021 By Kirsten Weisenburger

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

July 27, 2016 By Summer Burkes

Ever wondered why, if Burning Man was invented by punk rockers and industrial artists, the event doesn't just look like ...Read More

September 22, 2015 By Summer Burkes

Gary Warne's "Carnival Cosmology," now on the Burning Man website, where it always should've been, since it's the FOUNDING DOCUMENT ...Read More

November 18, 2014 By Summer Burkes

Perhaps you’ve still never heard of the Cacophony Society, Burning Man’s parent group. Cacophony built Black Rock City. It was ...Read More