Burning Man is not a festival — it is a temporary city of 80,000 people built from scratch in Nevada's Black Rock Desert every August, where art, community, radical self-expression and survival come together in one of humanity's most extraordinary experiments. You arrive with everything you need, build something together, and then leave no trace — an experience that changes people permanently.
Not a festival — a temporary city of 80,000. Reno is the gateway. Rent an RV or build a camp. Everything you need must be brought in. Dust storms are real. Life-changing experience.