Burning Man is an event focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance held annually in the western United States. The event derives its name from its culmination: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night of Burning Man, which is the Saturday evening before Labor Day. The event has been located since 1991 at Black Rock City in northwestern Nevada, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert about 100 miles north-northeast of Reno. As outlined by Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey in 2004, the event is guided by ten principles: radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy. The event originated on June 22, 1986, on Baker Beach in San Francisco as a small function organized by Larry Harvey and Jerry James, the builders of the first Man.
| Begins | August, 2021 (virtual) |
| Ends | September, 2021 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | Black Rock City |
| Location(s) | Black Rock Desert, Pershing County, Nevada, US |
| Inaugurated | June 22, 1986 |
| Founders | Larry Harvey, John Law, Jerry James |
| Participants | 0 (2020/2021) |
| Organised by | Burning Man Project |
About Burning Man
Annual event held in Black Rock City, Nevada where tens of thousands of individuals form a temporary community based on values such as sharing and gifting, with a heavy emphasis on artistic expressionism as well.
Achievement of Burning Man
The name of the event is related to the burning ceremonies that take place over the final days of the event, where numerous structures are burnt to the ground, including a large, wooden man.
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Latest information about Burning Man updated on July 28 2021.
