ne of the United States' most prominent counter-culture festivals is set to take place in the Nevada desert soon, so we have all the details you'll need if you're planning to attend . The in Nevada is the backdrop for this festival that focuses on and promotes community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. It is a week-long festival and on the penultimate night, a large wooden structure of a man is burned in front of the thousands of attendees.
The festival effectively creates a temporary community or city which goes by the name of . The website for the event is actually keen to point out that this is not officially a festival, although from the outside looking in it certainly has the hallmarks of one. "Burning Man is not a festival! It's a city wherein almost everything that happens is created entirely by its citizens, who are active participants in the experience," the website says.
How to get to Burning Man 2024 Thousands of people will be travelling from far and wide to descend on and play their role in forming the temporary community. For that reason, the official website provides instructions for those driving to the event from the east, the Pacific Northwest, the north, the south, and from which is the nearest large city to the desert. The GPS coordinates for are: 40°45'13.
83N, 119°16'37.20W. There is a car-share service that can be accessed through the Burning Man Rideshare platform.
Burner Express shuttle buses take passengers from San Francisco and Reno to/from Black Rock City, whilst the most common route will be to fly into Reno or the Black Rock City Airport..
