![]() ![]() The week-long festivities, which began Sunday morning at a seven square mile makeshift encampment housing the festival, where free-spirited individuals - who spent the $575 fee to attend - can enjoy a multitude of activities, ranging from the mundane to the extreme. ![]() The theme of this year's event - dubbed a 'temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance' - is 'Waking Dreams,' organizers said - a topic that does well to capture the festival's otherworldly essence.Īccording to the organizers: 'After a long hazy blur of pandemic insomnia, adrift between sleeping and waking, it's time to start imagining the future again.' Revelers subsequently flocked in droves to the venue's longtime coffee shop, the Center Camp Café, to get their fill - at an event festivalgoers commonly upcharge each other for necessities like water, in an isolated area where other drinking options are limited.Ĭelebrities like Paris Hilton and Cara Delevigne were seen among the usual crowd at the festival earlier this week. ![]() Organizers, meanwhile, have been seen handing revelers free coffee, following a surprising announcement that the costs of the beverages would be waived as Americans battle unprecedented inflation and looming economic uncertainty. Once again, the attendees are to brave oppressive heat, as the National Weather Service predicted daytime highs in Gerlach, the closest town to the event, between 100 and 105 degrees, according to SF Gate. Halted in 2020 due to concerns about COVID, the festival returned in full force late last month, with nearly 80,000 flocking to the makeshift venue late last month to celebrate the event's triumphant return, as everyone waits for the giant 'man' structure to be lit up at the party's end.Įrecting a temporary desert metropolis rife with art and self-expression, festivalgoers were photographed Friday parading their flashy cars and bikes under the hot Nevada sun - with colorful installations that encouraged people to stare into the sky as it turned dark. The weeklong festival, held in Black Rock Desert since the early 1990s, has long been a tradition, frequented by scantily-clad individuals looking to let loose and soak in the event's characteristically psychedelic atmosphere. Tons of free spirits braved the extreme heat to take part in day six of Burning Man Friday following the festival's two-year hiatus, despite the hot temperatures in the scorching Nevada desert. ![]()
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