Black Rock City Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
annual experimental festival based in Nevada, United States
About Black Rock City
TheBurning Man festivalis an annual event started in San Francisco in 1986 and moved to the harsh and unforgiving Black Rock Desert of Nevada in 1990, where it continues today. The event happens each year in late August and early September, during the week before Labor Day weekend and over the weekend itself. Around 50,000 artists, partiers and eccentrics converge on the desert location–otherwise empty throughout the year–to create a temporary city on the desert lake bed ("The Playa"). The event culminates on Saturday night when the event's eponymous mascot–an 80-foot(24 meters)-tall anthropomorphic statue known affectionately asThe Man–is set on fire in a huge bacchanalian party. The Burning Man community, although widespread and anarchic, has some guiding principles (codified and exempli
Top Attractions in Black Rock City
Explore the best things to see and do in Black Rock City:
- ★The Man
- ★The Temple
Where to Eat in Black Rock City
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Center Camp Cafe
Where to Stay in Black Rock City
- 🏨the Grand Hotel at Ashram Galactica
Black Rock City Travel Guide Sections
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