Burning Man The NETWORK If you gave yourself permission to be more creative and connected, what would your story be? -Marian Goodell In the beginning it was all about temporary artwork. Now it’s about work that may have a life far beyond the playa. -Crimson Rose The ultimate goal of Burning Man is to encourage the culture of creativity. -Marian Goodell Communities are not produced by sentiment. They grow out of a shared struggle. -Larry Harvey If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. -Leonard Cohen What is to give light must endure burning. -Victor Frankl Burning Man is a global community with citizens on six continents. You may already be a member! Burning Man is the place to find out who you are, then take it a step further. Burner (n): a citizen of the worldview that is Burning Man. May be encountered everywhere. Burning Man is a laboratory. Not every experiment works, but we’ll never know if we don't try. Life is short. Make something amazing. (Then burn it) Burning Man is not a festival. It’s a catalyst for creative culture in the world. Being a 'Burner' is more than going to an event.

It's a way of being in the world. Burning Man Festival : Arts and Culture : Travel Channel Video Burning Man Festival It's where Mad Max meets Woodstock. Experience the week-long, free-spirited Burning Man Festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Tags 13 Photos The annual Burning Man Festival, held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, is a week-long event described as “an experiment in community art, radical self-expression and radical self-reliance.” More than 60,000 free-spirited people converge on the desert to create and display some interesting works of art, including this oversized “Bummer.” 960 1280 The annual Burning Man Festival, held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, is a week-long event described as “an experiment in community art, radical self-expression and radical self-reliance.” More than 60,000 free-spirited people converge on the desert to create and display some interesting works of art, including this oversized “Bummer.” Charlie Johnston/Nevada Magazine The art at the Burning Man Festival can be radical. Artists are not quiet about expressing their political views. An artist created this cartoonish replica of U.S. President George W.

Bush, portraying him as a liar. This exhibit is part of a larger art installation called Art on the Playa, which allows artists to display their artwork and create special art events and exhibitions all around Black Rock City. 960 1280 The art at the Burning Man Festival can be radical. Artists are not quiet about expressing their political views. An artist created this cartoonish replica of U.S. President George W. Bush, portraying him as a liar. This exhibit is part of a larger art installation called Art on the Playa, which allows artists to display their artwork and create special art events and exhibitions all around Black Rock City. Reuters Black Rock Desert is the perfect canvas for some unique art, including Victor Grigras creative sculpture (in the forefront) and an art car that looks similar to a pirate ship (right). 960 1280 Black Rock Desert is the perfect canvas for some unique art, including Victor Grigras creative sculpture (in the forefront) and an art car that looks similar to a pirate ship (right). Victor Grigas, Wikimedia Commons In the middle of all the action, people attending the Burning Man Festival can chill out and take a nap inside the Center Camp Cafe.

Center Camp serves as a meeting place for the entire makeshift city. It contains the Cafe, Camp Arctica and a number of other Black Rock City institutions. 960 1280 In the middle of all the action, people attending the Burning Man Festival can chill out and take a nap inside the Center Camp Cafe. Center Camp serves as a meeting place for the entire makeshift city. It contains the Cafe, Camp Arctica and a number of other Black Rock City institutions. Reuters For an entire week, people converge on Black Rock Desert to create a unique oasis and metropolis aptly called Black Rock City. 960 1280 For an entire week, people converge on Black Rock Desert to create a unique oasis and metropolis aptly called Black Rock City. Nevada Commission on Tourism Art projects and quotes inscribed on rocks line Guru Road, a two-lane road located just outside near Black Rock Desert. 960 1280 Art projects and quotes inscribed on rocks line Guru Road, a two-lane road located just outside near Black Rock Desert.

Nevada Commission on Tourism Held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Burning Man Festival is an “anything goes” event that’s been described as "Mad Max" meets Woodstock. The festival usually starts on the last Monday in August and ends on the first Monday in September. 960 1280 Held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Burning Man Festival is an “anything goes” event that’s been described as "Mad Max" meets Woodstock. The festival usually starts on the last Monday in August and ends on the first Monday in September. Reuters In addition to burning a male statue in effigy, the temple (pictured) is also burned -- a regular activity at the event. 960 1280 In addition to burning a male statue in effigy, the temple (pictured) is also burned -- a regular activity at the event. Nevada Commission on Tourism Art displays are set up all around Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man Festival. Contrary to what you may think, festival attendees are not inconsiderate hippies. Before everyone leaves, people pitch in to restore the desert back to its original state at the end of the festival.

“Leaving no trace” is one of the 10 principles attendees must abide by at the event. Other Burning Man principles include radical inclusion, participation, gifting and civil responsibility. 960 1280 Art displays are set up all around Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man Festival. Contrary to what you may think, festival attendees are not inconsiderate hippies. Before everyone leaves, people pitch in to restore the desert back to its original state at the end of the festival. “Leaving no trace” is one of the 10 principles attendees must abide by at the event. Other Burning Man principles include radical inclusion, participation, gifting and civil responsibility. Nevada Commission on Tourism Burning Man started as a bonfire ritual on the 1986 summer solstice, when Larry Harvey, Jerry James and a few friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco. The group at the time burned a 9-foot man effigy. It wasn’t until 1990 when Kevin Evans and John Law organized the first Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert.

960 1280 Burning Man started as a bonfire ritual on the 1986 summer solstice, when Larry Harvey, Jerry James and a few friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco. The group at the time burned a 9-foot man effigy. It wasn’t until 1990 when Kevin Evans and John Law organized the first Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert. Nevada Commission on Tourism In addition to stationary art, there are a number of artists who build fun, art cars aka motorized mutant vehicles. No, you’re not hallucinating. It’s normal to see a giant red telephone roaming around the desert. Artists must submit designs for their mutant cars in advance. Black Rock City has its own DMV, or Division of Mutant Vehicles, that must approve and inspect all art cars. 960 1280 In addition to stationary art, there are a number of artists who build fun, art cars aka motorized mutant vehicles. No, you’re not hallucinating. It’s normal to see a giant red telephone roaming around the desert. Artists must submit designs for their mutant cars in advance.

Black Rock City has its own DMV, or Division of Mutant Vehicles, that must approve and inspect all art cars. Charlie Johnston/Nevada Magazine Some art cars are extreme -- like this one. In this case, it’s an extravagant, decorated bus with platforms on the sides and on the top -- enough space to carry a festive crowd. 960 1280 Some art cars are extreme -- like this one. In this case, it’s an extravagant, decorated bus with platforms on the sides and on the top -- enough space to carry a festive crowd. Charlie Johnston/Nevada Magazine At the end of this free-spirited event, the ceremonial Burning Man effigy is ignited with pyrotechnics. The artsy, male statue has increased in size since the first Burning Man Festival -- from an 8-foot statue to 104-foot statue. 960 1280 At the end of this free-spirited event, the ceremonial Burning Man effigy is ignited with pyrotechnics. The artsy, male statue has increased in size since the first Burning Man Festival -- from an 8-foot statue to 104-foot statue. Reuters What Is Burning Man?

Annual Nevada Festival Of Arts, Music Is Held In Black Rock Desert What Is Burning Man? Annual Nevada Festival Of Arts, Music Is Held In Black Rock Desert 08/29/15 AT 7:20 AM Close Once a year, tens of thousands of people flock to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for a week-long arts and music festival called Burning Man. Upon the shore of a dried lakebed 120 miles north of Reno, participants form a temporary but thriving metropolis around “the Man” himself, a large wooden effigy which is set ablaze the Saturday night before Labor Day. This year’s Burning Man festival will be held on Aug. 30 through Sept. 7. The event, which started in San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986, boasts a different art theme each year. This year’s theme is Carnival of Mirrors , “a kind of magic show that takes the form of an old-fashioned carnival,” according to the Burning Man website. Pippin, his Playa name, is shown purportedly chatting on the phone with God during the Burning Man 2013 festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, Sept. 1, 2013.

Photo: REUTERS/Jim Urquhart An aerial view of the Burning Man 2013 arts and music festival is seen in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, Aug. 29, 2013. This year's festival begins Aug. 30, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Jim Urquhart Burning Man tickets range from $390 to $800, with vehicle passes costing $50 each. While most festivals offer food and drinks, Burning Man attendees are required to bring their own shelter as well as a sufficient amount of water and food to survive a week in the desert, where the weather is raw and dust storms common. “You will be asked to turn around at the gate if gate personnel believe you cannot meet your basic survival needs,” the event’s website states. Many participants bring art installations, play music at their camps, wear costumes and outfit their tents or RVs with decorations. Scores of attendees take part in an event to celebrate women, a topless bike ride which is among Burning Man’s longest-running traditions. A man in costume waited to enter the catwalk during the Black Rock City Fashion Show at the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, Sept.

2, 2000. Photo: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images Buying and selling goods is forbidden at the festival, with the exception of ice and a café in Center Camp, where free-form entertainment and performances take place. There are a host of other activities and events happening at theme camps, which vary from year to year, such as the famous 24-hour, air-conditioned “Orgy Dome” for “couples and moresomes.” While at Burning Man, be prepared to leave behind your modern life for a week in the dusty desert where nudity is common and spontaneous self-expression is encouraged. Burning Man festival underway as thousands gather in the searing Nevada heat | Daily Mail Online comments Burning Man, an annual art, music and everything-else festival held in the middle of the Nevada desert is well underway, with more than 60,000 'burners' lighting massive fire displays, donning eye-catching costumes and performing passionate dances at sunrise. The theme of this year's event is 'Fertility 2.0' in honor of the female form as well as the artistic creations that come into being on the occasion of Burning Man.

This year's residents of Burning Man will enjoy the fervent community dedicated to self-reliance and self-expression that began 26 years before. 'Black Rock City is a kind of Petri dish,' its website reads. 'Theme camps cling in fertile clusters to its latticework of streets, artworks tumble out of it, like pollen on the air. These nodes of interaction mutate, grow and reproduce their kind, only to efflorescence and spread across five continents. Share this article Share 'Arching portals and two mezzanines will wrap around an atrium; circles will encompass circles, telescoping to an open skylight several stories overhead,' the site says. 'An interactive sculpture, sprouting from the courtyard of the chamber, will invite participants to clamber upward through the center of this mesmerizing space, much as bees might swarm about the pistil of a flower.' Everyone visiting the 'hive' is encouraged to 'express their own peculiar sense of inner beeing,' which can include, but is not limited to pretending to be a bee and engaging in bee culture. Hoop: A young women hula hoops on top of bus while a band play music next to her at Burning Man near Gerlach, Nev.

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28, 2012 Art: Bingram Lai explores 'Zonotopia and the Two Trees' during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2012 Affection: Rainbow Fish (left) and Ambidrextrous, their Playa names, enjoy a bottle of wine and a kiss at sunrise during the Burning Man Inferno: Artwork that is part of the Circle of Regional Effigies is burned during the Burning Man 2012 festival Burning love: Zane Salzetti (left) kisses Memory Collins while artwork that is part of the Circle of Regional Effigies is burnt Scorching: Kitten, her Playa name, watches artwork that is part of the Circle of Regional Effigies burn Sizzling display: Participants watch as artwork that is part of the Circle of Regional Effigies is burnt Captivating performance: The Samurais dance at sunrise during the arts and music festival in Nevada on Friday Id: Ruth Kidd explores the art piece 'Ego' before sunrise during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and

 music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2012 Building: The Temple of Juno is seen at sunrise during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2012.

The theme of this year's event is 'Fertility 2.0' in honor of the female form as well as the artistic creations that come into being on the occasion of Burning Man Shipwreck: An art piece named La Llorona rests on the playa at Burning Man on Wednesday morning Aug. 29, 2012 near Gerlach, Nev The festival, which has become a haven for hippies, artists, musicians and dancers, provides a week for people to explore artistic expression. No money is exchanged at the event; instead the festival-goers swap gifts to attain goods. Around 50,000 people attended the festival at the Black Rock Desert, which is 120 miles North of Reno, last summer. Jake Markow, a Seattle resident and fourth year attendee, told ABC before the event: 'I think that the emptiness and harshness of the desert really makes us look inside of ourselves, takes us out of our comfort zone and allows for that opening to happen.' As always, Black Rock City residents are expected to obey the ten principles.

Radical Inclusion, Gifting, Decommodification, Radical Self-reliance, Radical Self-expression, Communal Effort, Civic Responsibility, Leaving No Trace, Participation and Immediacy are of the utmost importance to the community. Sip: A woman of the playa name 'Indigo' participates in a drinking game during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada August 29, 2012 Inventive: Hallie McConlogue stays cool partially submerged in a fishbowl helmet in the Nevada sun on Friday Where's Waldo?

'Nick', his playa name, rides across the desert during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada August 29, 2012 Inspired: Patrick Sperry dances during the Burning Man 2012 Fertility 2.0"arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada Reaching for the skies: Seven-year-old Milo Miller gets help from Niz Arif in getting a kite in the air on the Black Rock Desert Performance: Mark Gower, dressed as a samurai in armor, dances at sunrise during the Burning Man as fellow dancers look on Peaceful: People rest while others pray or meditate in the Temple of Juno during the Burning Man festival Relief: Juice, his Playa name, is cooled off with water by Jon Colburn during the Burning Man 2012 festival Light march: The Lamplighters make their way across the Playa Delight: People gather around an art installation at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 Follow The...

People walk towards the Temple of Juno, which is alit at night, during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada August 29, 2012 Glowing: People explore the Burn Wall Street installation during the Burning Man 2012 Fertility 2.0 arts and music festival Hop: Participants dance before the Billion Bunny March during the Burning Man 2012 Fertility 2.0 arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada Fluffy: Participants dressed as rabbits participate in the Billion Bunny March Fiesta: A band play music on top of a bus at Burning Man near Gerlach, Nev. on Aug. 28, 2012 Joy: Steven Babson, left, and Lila Wright sit at the Temple of Juno Setting: The sun sets during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada BURNING MAN IS ORGANIZED BY TEN PRINCIPALS, WHICH ALL VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW Radical Inclusion Anyone may be a part of Burning Man.

We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community. Gifting Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value. Decommodification In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience. Radical Self-reliance Burning Man: Inside the bizarre annual festival in the Nevada desert - AOL News Burning Man: Inside the bizarre annual festival in the Nevada desert Before you go, we thought you'd like these... Aug 28th 2015 8:36PM By TORREY ANDERSONSCHOEPE Every year during the last week of August more than 60,000 people from across the globe flock to Nevada's hot, dusty, Black Rock Desert, suddenly transforming it into a bustling city centered on radical self-reliance and self-expression that's part art show, rave and music festival -- complete with giant fire-shooting robots.

Nine days later, it all disappears with no trace of humans left behind. Burning Man was started in 1986 by Larry Harvey and Jerry James, who held an annual fire party at Baker Beach in San Francisco. When police eventually kicked them out, they took their tradition to the desert. Since then it has turned into a massive event attended by people from all over the world. Take a glimpse inside Burning Man festivals of years past: 45 PHOTOS See Gallery Burning Man: Inside the bizarre annual festival in the Nevada desert Black Rock City, Nevada Mark Day, of Santa Cruz, gets painted with blue food coloring to go with his blue devil horns while participating in this year's Burning Man festival which drew over 25,000 people from around the world to the isolated Black Rock Desert in Nevada. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) A woman lies next to paper mache aliens as they watch a television sculpted into a man 06 September at the 'Burning Man' festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

Some 15,000 people attended the 1998 'Burning Man' festival, which reportedly began 13 years ago in San Francisco, and which always culminates in the burning of a giant effigy of a man. The festival has grown into one of the nation's annual premiere countercultural events, with the size doubling virtually every year and drawing people from as far away as Japan, Europe and Australia. (Photo credit: MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images) A group of people cross the desert at Black Rock City's Burning Man festival in Nevada 02 September, 1999. Founded in 1986 by a group of artists, filmmakers and photographers, the annual event encourages a collaborative response from its audience and a collaboration between artists. (Photo credit : HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) A man poses at Black Rock City's Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada 03 September, 1999. Founded in 1986 by a group of fine artists, filmmakers and photographers, the anual event encourages a collaborative response from its audience and a collaboration between artists.

(Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) An artist performs a Mass celebrating the end of the millennium on the 'Tree of Time', a sculpture by San Francisco-based artists Dana and Flash, at Black Rock City's Burning Man festival in Nevada 04 September 1999. Founded in 1986 by a group of fine artists, filmmakers and photographers, the annual event encourages a collaborative response from it's audience and a collaboration between artists. (Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) A man looks at the Burning Man effigy as it is prepared for the Burning Man Festival at Black Rock City in Nevada 29 August 2000. An estimated thirty thousand people will attend the festival, a spontaneous encounter of artists, performers and spectators, where the audience is expected to interact and collaborate during a week long event. The fifty two feet effigy will be burned at the end of the festival (Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) A girl drives a bike on the Black Rock City desert in Nevada 29 August, 2000 as she attends the Burning Man festival.

An estimated thirty thousand people will attend the festival, a spontaneous encounter of artists, performers and spectators, where the audience is expected to interact and collaborate during a week long event. (Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) Signs are posted at the entrance of Black Rock City during the Burning Man Festival in Nevada 01 September 2000. An estimated thirty thousand people will attend the festival, a spontaneous encounter of artists, performers and spectators, where the audience is expected to interact and collaborate during a week long event. (Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) Make-up artist 'Nambla the Clown' from the San Francisco Bay Area poses at Black Rock City's center camp during the Burning Man Festival in Nevada 01 September 2000. An estimated thirty thousand people will attend the festival, a spontaneous encounter of artists, performers and spectators, where the audience is expected to interact and collaborate during a week long event. (Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) A bicycle rider makes it through a dense sand storm at Black Rock City's playa during the Burning Man Festival in Nevada 01 September 2000.

An estimated thirty thousand people will attend the festival, a spontaneous encounter of artists, performers and spectators, where the audience is expected to interact and collaborate during a week-long event. (Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) Bolts of electricity strike 'Dr. MegaVolt' as he rides across the desert September 1, 2000 atop a truck equipped with huge electrodes to thrill crowds who chant his name during the 15th annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. Despite high winds, dust storms, and a bit of rain, some 27,000 people camped out on a remote desert playa, or dry lake, for the week-long counter-cultural celebration of art and 'radical self-expression.' This year's theme was the body. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmaker) A dancer juggles fire as a 52-foot tall wooden man as it goes up in flames September 2, 2000 during the15th annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada.

Despite high winds, dust storms, and a bit of rain, some 27,000 people camped out on a remote desert playa, or dry lake, for the week-long counter-cultural celebration of art and 'radical self-expression'. This year's theme was the body. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmakers) Revelers dance around the burning remains of a 52-foot tall wooden man during the 15th annual Burning Man festival September 2, 2000 in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. Despite high winds, dust storms, and a bit of rain, some 27,000 people camped out on a remote desert playa, or dry lake, for the week-long counter-cultural celebration of art and 'radical self-expression.' This year's theme was the body. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmakers) People ride bicycles against a backdrop of mirages September 2, 2000 at the15th annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. Bicycles are the standard mode of transport on the vast playa locale of the festival.

Despite high winds, dust storms, and a bit of rain, some 27,000 people camped out on a remote desert playa, or dry lake, for the week-long counter-cultural celebration of art and 'radical self-expression.' This year's theme was the body. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmakers) People drum on a percussion junk pile despite a blinding dust storm caused by strong winds September 2, 2000 at the 15th annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. Despite the high winds, dust storms, and a bit of rain, some 27,000 people camped out on a remote desert playa, or dry lake, for the week-long counter-cultural celebration of art and 'radical self-expression.' This year's theme was the body. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmakers) Atmosphere at the 2003 Burning Man festival. Blackrock City, Nevada. (Photo by John Horsley/Photoshot/Getty Images) Atmosphere at the 2003 Burning Man festival. Blackrock City, Nevada.

(Photo by John Horsley/Photoshot/Getty Images) The sun rises behind a wood and neon statue, the center piece of the annual Burning Man festival north of Gerlach, Nev., Monday, Aug. 26, 2002. The week-long festival in the Black Rock Desert started Monday. (AP Photo/Debra Reid) A rainbow is cast over the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn) A woman sits in a shelter during a dust storm on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn) Jason, of Portland, watches the Critical Titts bike ride event on the playa at the Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man festival on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn) Burning Man festival participants enjoys the playa near an art installation in the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2007.

(AP Photo/Brad Horn) The Man glows on the playa framed through and art car on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, after being repaired from an arson that occurred on Monday, while at the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev. (AP Photo/Brad Horn) Burning Man participants are reflected in an art piece on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn) A Burning Man participant enjoys a light art installation during the festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., Thursday morning, Aug. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn, Nevada Appeal) Black Rocky City begins to grow during the opening of Burning Man Sunday, August 27th, 2006. The art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert will celebrate it's 20th year. (photo by Ron Lewis) The Man, a stick figured symbol of the Burning Man art festival, is silhouetted against a morning sunrise Saturday, Sept.

2, 2006, at the 20-year-old art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis) Burning Man participants wait for a dust storm to clear near Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival at the Black Rock Desert on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn) A an aerial view of the center camp in Black Rock City is seen during the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn) A girl wearing three dimensional glasses enters a tunnel of lights during the Burning Man Festival at Black Rock City desert in Nevada 29 August 2000. An estimated thirty thousand people will attend the festival, a spontaneous encounter of artists, performers and spectators,where the audience is expected to interact and collaborate during a week long event.(Photo credit: HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images) Atmosphere at the 2003 Burning Man festival. Blackrock City, Nevada. (Photo by John Horsley/Photoshot/Getty Images) Atmosphere at the 2003 Burning Man festival. Blackrock City, Nevada.

(Photo by John Horsley/Photoshot/Getty Images) Joseph Hren of San Francisco sporting a retro look while spending the week at Burning Man. Photographed at center camp, August 29, 2008. (Photo by Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Passersby stop to admire Twilight Anima Rising, one of over 150 works of art dotting the Black Rock Desert during Burning Man, a week-long party and arts festival. About 35,000 people are camped in the a temporary city. (Photo by Jim Rankin/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Ed Joseph of San Francisco performs on the Black Rock Desert during Burning Man, a week-long party and arts festival. About 35,000 people are camped in the a temporary city. (Photo by Jim Rankin/Toronto Star via Getty Images) An day-long windstorm whips sand as fine as talcum powder at Burning Man as participants take evening bike rides and strolls on stilts. About 35,000 are camped out on the desert for the week-long party and arts festival, which ends Monday.

(Photo by Jim Rankin/Toronto Star via Getty Images) This is a satellite image of the Burning Man festival in Nevada, United States, collected on August 28, 2012. This image is the winner for the 2012 Top Image contest. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images) Bugs swarm the site of the upcoming Burning Man festival | Fox News Bugs swarm the site of the upcoming Burning Man festival Published August 20, 2015 The fest, which started in 1990 at Black Rock Desert, attracts tens of thousands of loyal attendees each year for the music, art and massive sculptures that are burned at the end of the event. (AP) The Burning Man techno-fest looks like it’s headed for a real buzz kill. Black Rock City, the location in the Nevada desert where the annual festival will be held later this month, is overrun by thousands of flying, biting, crawling bugs, according to festival organizers. "They're everywhere. They bite. They crawl all over you. They get up and in you," the organizer, John Curley, wrote on the festival's official blog .

Curley said the bugs got into a woman's t-shirt and settled in her bra, while others went through a welding mask. "What's going on? We don't know. We don't know how the little critters survive in the heat and the sun. All we know is that if you pick up some wood, you're likely to uncover hundreds or thousands of the things," Curley wrote. Earlier this week, reports of the bugs first started surfacing on Twitter, with photos of swarms of bugs covering tires and carpets. Are dead bugs MOOP? Burning questions for @BurningMan 2015 pic.twitter.com/4oSpG7fQAo — Champagne Lounge (@CLoungebrc) August 18, 2015 Organizers believe that that spring and summer rains hatched the bugs, once lying dormant in the desert. According to Gizmodo, the bugs are called Nysius, or seed bugs. They spoke to entomologist Karl Magnacca who thinks there are actually two other species here along with Nysius, one of which is probably in the family Miridae. And according the report, these guys also release a terrible smell too.

Besides the insects, the party on the dried up lake bed —known as the playa —already comes with its own set of discomforts as partygoers kick up the dusty ground which quickly turns into thick soupy mud. While Burners say that’s part of the attraction, the bugs are a real bummer for fest organizers. But it does not appear that they pose any kind of health risk to the more than 70,000 people that will be showing up Aug. 30 through Sept. 7. Nevada Department of Agriculture state entomologist Jeff Knight said that the problem may be resolved before the fest kicks off. "A lot of these things last only a week or two," Knight told USA Today. Really bugs infesting burning man? #burningman pic.twitter.com/p4ZMPyNZLx Slide 6 : Burning Man Festival : TravelChannel.com Video Burning Man Festival It's where Mad Max meets Woodstock. Experience the week-long, free-spirited Burning Man Festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

Tags 13 Photos The annual Burning Man Festival, held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, is a week-long event described as “an experiment in community art, radical self-expression and radical self-reliance.” More than 60,000 free-spirited people converge on the desert to create and display some interesting works of art, including this oversized “Bummer.” 960 1280 The annual Burning Man Festival, held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, is a week-long event described as “an experiment in community art, radical self-expression and radical self-reliance.” More than 60,000 free-spirited people converge on the desert to create and display some interesting works of art, including this oversized “Bummer.” Charlie Johnston/Nevada Magazine The art at the Burning Man Festival can be radical. Artists are not quiet about expressing their political views. An artist created this cartoonish replica of U.S. President George W. Bush, portraying him as a liar. This exhibit is part of a larger art installation called Art on the Playa, which allows artists to display their artwork and create special art events and exhibitions all around Black Rock City.

960 1280 The art at the Burning Man Festival can be radical. Artists are not quiet about expressing their political views. An artist created this cartoonish replica of U.S. President George W. Bush, portraying him as a liar. This exhibit is part of a larger art installation called Art on the Playa, which allows artists to display their artwork and create special art events and exhibitions all around Black Rock City. Reuters Black Rock Desert is the perfect canvas for some unique art, including Victor Grigras creative sculpture (in the forefront) and an art car that looks similar to a pirate ship (right). 960 1280 Black Rock Desert is the perfect canvas for some unique art, including Victor Grigras creative sculpture (in the forefront) and an art car that looks similar to a pirate ship (right). Victor Grigas, Wikimedia Commons In the middle of all the action, people attending the Burning Man Festival can chill out and take a nap inside the Center Camp Cafe. Center Camp serves as a meeting place for the entire makeshift city. It contains the Cafe, Camp Arctica and a number of other Black Rock City institutions.

960 1280 In the middle of all the action, people attending the Burning Man Festival can chill out and take a nap inside the Center Camp Cafe. Center Camp serves as a meeting place for the entire makeshift city. It contains the Cafe, Camp Arctica and a number of other Black Rock City institutions. Reuters For an entire week, people converge on Black Rock Desert to create a unique oasis and metropolis aptly called Black Rock City. 960 1280 For an entire week, people converge on Black Rock Desert to create a unique oasis and metropolis aptly called Black Rock City. Nevada Commission on Tourism Art projects and quotes inscribed on rocks line Guru Road, a two-lane road located just outside near Black Rock Desert. 960 1280 Art projects and quotes inscribed on rocks line Guru Road, a two-lane road located just outside near Black Rock Desert. Nevada Commission on Tourism Held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Burning Man Festival is an “anything goes” event that’s been described as "Mad Max" meets Woodstock. The festival usually starts on the last Monday in August and ends on the first Monday in September.

960 1280 Held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Burning Man Festival is an “anything goes” event that’s been described as "Mad Max" meets Woodstock. The festival usually starts on the last Monday in August and ends on the first Monday in September. Reuters In addition to burning a male statue in effigy, the temple (pictured) is also burned -- a regular activity at the event. 960 1280 In addition to burning a male statue in effigy, the temple (pictured) is also burned -- a regular activity at the event. Nevada Commission on Tourism Art displays are set up all around Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man Festival. Contrary to what you may think, festival attendees are not inconsiderate hippies. Before everyone leaves, people pitch in to restore the desert back to its original state at the end of the festival. “Leaving no trace” is one of the 10 principles attendees must abide by at the event. Other Burning Man principles include radical inclusion, participation, gifting and civil responsibility. 960 1280 Art displays are set up all around Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man Festival.

Contrary to what you may think, festival attendees are not inconsiderate hippies. Before everyone leaves, people pitch in to restore the desert back to its original state at the end of the festival. “Leaving no trace” is one of the 10 principles attendees must abide by at the event. Other Burning Man principles include radical inclusion, participation, gifting and civil responsibility. Nevada Commission on Tourism Burning Man started as a bonfire ritual on the 1986 summer solstice, when Larry Harvey, Jerry James and a few friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco. The group at the time burned a 9-foot man effigy. It wasn’t until 1990 when Kevin Evans and John Law organized the first Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert. 960 1280 Burning Man started as a bonfire ritual on the 1986 summer solstice, when Larry Harvey, Jerry James and a few friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco. The group at the time burned a 9-foot man effigy. It wasn’t until 1990 when Kevin Evans and John Law organized the first Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert.

Nevada Commission on Tourism In addition to stationary art, there are a number of artists who build fun, art cars aka motorized mutant vehicles. No, you’re not hallucinating. It’s normal to see a giant red telephone roaming around the desert. Artists must submit designs for their mutant cars in advance. Black Rock City has its own DMV, or Division of Mutant Vehicles, that must approve and inspect all art cars. 960 1280 In addition to stationary art, there are a number of artists who build fun, art cars aka motorized mutant vehicles. No, you’re not hallucinating. It’s normal to see a giant red telephone roaming around the desert. Artists must submit designs for their mutant cars in advance. Black Rock City has its own DMV, or Division of Mutant Vehicles, that must approve and inspect all art cars. Charlie Johnston/Nevada Magazine Some art cars are extreme -- like this one. In this case, it’s an extravagant, decorated bus with platforms on the sides and on the top -- enough space to carry a festive crowd. 960 1280 Some art cars are extreme -- like this one.

In this case, it’s an extravagant, decorated bus with platforms on the sides and on the top -- enough space to carry a festive crowd. Charlie Johnston/Nevada Magazine At the end of this free-spirited event, the ceremonial Burning Man effigy is ignited with pyrotechnics. The artsy, male statue has increased in size since the first Burning Man Festival -- from an 8-foot statue to 104-foot statue. 960 1280 At the end of this free-spirited event, the ceremonial Burning Man effigy is ignited with pyrotechnics. The artsy, male statue has increased in size since the first Burning Man Festival -- from an 8-foot statue to 104-foot statue. Reuters Burning Man lights up Nevada desert as 60,0000 festival revelers party all night | Daily Mail Online Next Playa on! Burning Man lights up the Nevada desert as 70,000 revelers party all night at legendary festival after rain delayed opening Iconic festival on plains of Nevada's Black Rock Desert reopened 6 a.m.

Tuesday after it was postponed on its opening day Annual free-spirited event attracts upwards of 70,000 people each year for a week-long party binge in the desert Rain fell early Monday morning turning the huge site into a muddy mess

Question: In which US state is the annual Burning Man Festival held?
Answer: Nevada