Burning Man is an experience that’s hard to describe in words, and is the subject of many popular myths. Although video doesn’t do it justice either, here are a few selections from Burning Man of years-past.
Remember, anything “entertaining” you see at Burning Man— whether music, sculpture, costumery, dance, spoken word, or anything else— is not provided by paid entertainers: at Burning Man there are No Spectators.
- Fire dancers light their torches with man-made lightning
- Fire sculpture
- The Man at night
- Electroluminescent stick figures
- Acrobats
- Otter Clan
- Dust storm in Emerald City (11 min.)
- Fire Drummers
- Kids at Burning Man (11 min.)
- Fire dancing
- Photo montage
- The Burn (14 min.)
- KQED’s Josh Kornbluth interviews Burning Man founder Larry Harvey (26 min.)

This was incredible. I found myself yearning to be a part of this experience on a very deep level. Thank you.