What do people do at Burning Man?
THE ANNUAL event encourages participants to express themselves.
Ahead of Burning Man 2023, people want to know more about the famous Nevada festival.
What do people do at Burning Man?
Burning Man participants come together to celebrate topics like art and music whilst creating a sculpture called "the Man" that they then set on fire.
Per the website's "Events" page, festival-goers "gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and participation.
"In this crucible of creativity, all are welcome."
According to The Economic Times, participants "spend time in the desert enjoying around the ok foot, on a bicycle, or on a scooter.
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"They cook, dance, sing, drink, make art and celebrate life in general."
Additional activities are held "in different corners," such as zip lining, tattoos, wine tasting, and massages, per the outlet.
How did the Burning Man festival start?
The Burning Man festival started on June 21, 1986, per the organization's website.
The late landscaper Larry Harvey and his friend, professional carpenter Jerry James, began the now-famous event in San Francisco, California.
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The two men created an eight-foot-tall figure in a garage and burned it on Baker Beach.
Throughout the following years, the statue grew taller as more people flocked to the festival.
Others joined Harvey and James in running the event, which birthed the name, the Project.
The website states: "Many of these early volunteers were carpenters and people skilled in the construction trades."
The statue was nearly 40 feet tall by 1990, and numerous members of San Francisco’s Cacophony Society — "a group of artists and urban pranksters devoted to creating interactive events" — had joined the Project.
Burning Man relocated to Nevada's Black Rock Desert that same year.
It has since continued to grow in size, with 80,000 people now participating in the popular event.
How can I get tickets to Burning Man?
Burning Man 2023 — also referred to as Black Rock City — will take place from August 27 to September 4, 2023.
As the website states, tickets went on sale beginning on April 12, 2023, and sold for about $575 each.
You can still get tickets through the event's website as part of the Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP), which opened on April 26 and will close on August 26, 2023.
It states: "The Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP) facilitates the safe return and resale of face-value tickets that have been purchased directly from Burning Man Project.
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"STEP provides a hassle-free, secure way of buying and returning tickets while avoiding scammers, counterfeits and mark-up resellers, and keeps tickets circulating within the community."
There are also tickets available via StubHub and SeatGeek.