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Can Burning Man survive the financial desert – and keep its soul intact?

Organisers say creative culture, not profits, will secure the desert festival’s future despite $20m budget shortfall

The Guardian - US

45-foot tall nude woman statue erected in San Francisco plaza for ‘one-of-a kind liquid light show’

The Statue ‘R-Evolution’ has had previous stints at Burning Man and in Las Vegas

The Independent UK

Burning Man art plane gets a new life as a Las Vegas party venue

A decommissioned jumbo jet that Burning Man revelers partied in during the 2017 festival is getting a new life off the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

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“The need for philanthropic support is extremely urgent”: Burning Man fest is in financial trouble

Burning Man organisers have embarked on fundraising drive

MusicRadar

Brickbat: License To Drive

Susie Holland faces potentially thousands of dollars in fines—officials won't say how much—for giving people rides to Burning Man. The 61-year-old was among more than a dozen people caught in a sting by the Nevada Transportation Authority (NTA) and charged with violating various state laws, including one requiring a certificate…

Reason

Burning Man attendees face raging dust storm as they wait hours to leave festival

Last year, Burning Man attendees were stuck in impassable, acidic mud after monsoon rains hit the festival

The Independent UK

Ukraine shares powerful art installation at Burning Man festival

Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Sai’s massive sculpture is made from real war artifacts collected from liberated territories

The Independent UK

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Investigation Launched Into Woman's Death At Burning Man Festival

Investigation underway into the tragic death of a woman at the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada. Safety measures being emphasized for participant well...

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Death of woman on 1st day of Burning Man festival under investigation

Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was participating in the counterculture festival known as Burning Man in the northern Nevada desert

The Independent UK

Burning Man: Police investigating after woman found dead on opening weekend

The woman was found unresponsive at the Nevada festival on Sunday

The Independent UK

Flaming out? Burning Man festival fails to sell out for first time in a decade

Rising cost of living and climate crisis have played spoilers to the celebration, which has sold out every year since 2011

The Guardian - US

The chilled way to do the Yucatan Peninsula (without an influencer in sight)

The ‘Tuluminati’ have ruined beautiful Tulum with their ring lights and Burning Man ‘fits, so head to the tranquil Riviera Maya instead, says Luciana Bellini

Evening Standard

TV tonight: John Wilson hacks into the ‘restroom matrix’

An investigation into New York facilities leads to the Burning Man festival – naturally. Plus, Jason Statham gets his own channel. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?

Burning Man organizers don't foresee major changes in 2024 thanks to a hard-won passing grade for cleaning up this year's festival

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Can design save the world? A 'Burning Man'-like alliance is giving it a shot

The "Design For Good" alliance is tackling societal problems, like access to clean water.

Reason

Media Got the Hospital Story Wrong

Plus: Jim Jordan has no friends, an "antisemitic Burning Man festival" at Penn, Staten Island secession, and more...

The Guardian - UK

Joan Baez: ‘I talk to trees to get answers. They give it to you cold turkey’

As a documentary of her life is released, the folk singer answers your questions on spirituality, competing with Joni Mitchell and running around naked at Burning Man

The Independent UK

Burning Man attendees share ordeal with urine bottles as clean-up begins after exodus – updates

Organisers have three weeks to clear the sprawling Nevada desert campsite

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Climate activists protested at Burning Man. Then the climate itself crashed the party

Burners were forced to endure hours of torrential rains before tens of thousands bailed on the festival. Scientists warn that such large bursts of showers are a result of a warming planet.

The Independent UK

Burning Man attendees share ordeal with urine bottles as clean-up begins after exodus – live

Organisers have three weeks to clear the sprawling Nevada desert campsite

The Conversation

From Burning Man to Woodstock to Fyre Festival: what turns a festival into a disaster?

This year’s Burning Man Festival in Nevada has been washed out and 70,000 attendees are stuck in the mud. Summer rains have hit its desert location and, as we regularly find in the Australian Outback, when fine and dusty desert soils get wet, they are like glue. Transport becomes near…

The Independent UK

Burning Man is ending, but the cleanup from heavy flooding is far from over

The rain clouds have passed and the temple has burned

Fortune

Snorting drugs in drenched yurts and tales from the Burning Man 'mudpocalypse'

The deluge that turned the playa into a giant mud pit forced revelers to hunker down in drenched tents, but calls for caution and sobriety were interpreted loosely.

The Guardian - US

Yes, it’s OK to laugh at wealthy Burning Man attendees mired in muck

Maybe it feels satisfying to see the US elite in discomfort because we’re so unlikely to see them face accountability in normal life

The Independent UK

Burning Man festival attendee’s suspected cause of death revealed as mass exodus continues – live

Exodus from the Burning Man festival continues with officials saying frustrated attendees ‘lashed out’ at each other in the chaos

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