Festivalgoers are facing significant losses as they scramble to offload unwanted tickets for this year's Burning Man Festival. In a surprising turn of events, tickets for the annual desert festival, which usually sell out rapidly, have not done so this year - a first since 2011. For the first time in over ten years, ticket prices for the Nevada-based festival have been halved, with some attendees eager to dispose of their extra passes.
As participants rush to sell their surplus tickets, some have incurred losses amounting to hundreds of dollars. What fans should expect from Burning Man 2024 — including dates and lineup Why Donald Trump was blamed for Burning Man disaster last year Tess C., a regular at the event, has been trying to sell her parents' additional tickets and has encountered numerous difficulties.
She told The San Francisco Standard: "It's been a nightmare. Burning Man tickets are always a s--- show. Usually it's stressful to make sure we have tickets.
This year, it was stressful to get rid of them." Burning Man Festival is a week-long, large-scale desert counterculture event centered on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance." The annual gathering, often described by attendees as a spiritual retreat, takes place every year in the western U.
S. This year, it is scheduled to run from August 25 through September 2 in Reno, Nevada. While tickets start at $575 before taxes and fees on their website, some sellers are only managing to fetch around $300 f.