r/BurningMan

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I’m a guy. I’ll be 50. I’m scared. 🥹

Not sure what I can contribute.

Hi folks. It's 2026 and I'm older than I'd like and still camping in a tent. Which is fine but since I'm not spending money I don't have on an RV, I'd like to spend money I do have on the best single cooler or pair of coolers for a camp of 3 people - big capacity because we cook a lot and are there 9 days. I know lots of cooler tricks (shade it, line it, dry ice, off the playa floor, ice in ziplocks that becomes cold drinking water, etc etc) but I want your opinion on the cooler that will keep things cold the longest. My goal here is minimizing the time my lazy, sagging butt needs to spend pedaling bags of ice on a cart dubiously hitched to a 20 year old hand-me-down acoustic bike. Also time I spend emptying the cooler so I can rearrange and retape torn space blanket. Money no object if it's well spent. Yeti 210? 250? Some other brand? Please be specific and save me from asking AI or going down a 10 hour ADHD rabbit hole. I love you all.

Penumbra is the antidote to the sound camp bass — a sound-dampened sanctuary in the 6:30 sector built for performance that thrives on eye contact, nuance, and the held breath of a quiet, seated audience. Penumbra is what we will build for the art that gets quieter the closer you lean in.

Doors open nightly at 9:30pm. We're booking 45-minute sets in three categories:

• Storytellers & Poets — spoken word, oral tradition, monologue
• Singer-Songwriters & Duos — acoustic or low-volume electric (clean four-channel system, quality mics, DI, light effects)
• Movement & Body Arts — burlesque, belly dance, tribal fusion, fan and veil flow, shadow performance, and others

If your work needs quiet to land, we want you on this stage.

Message us or book here: https://penumbra.show

Hello you beautiful weirdos -

We've got 20 of these bikes to give away to good homes. Some are fully functional and some need minor repairs. Some come with baskets, some have LED lights on them. Some are step through, some are step over. It's a grab bag of beach cruiser wonder!

​If you're interested, DM me with who you are, how many bikes you'd like, and why we should give them to you!

Note: these are not e bikes. Please visit the link.

Pickup only in Reno May 31 - June 2.

I keep seeing all these invites from other camps and I just want to be up front that you can’t join mine. It’s super exclusive and you wouldn’t fit in even if you tried. If you want to try, you can I guess, but you’ll probably fail. (There’s not like a test or anything, just a zoom call with the camp leaders. They’re all really cool and intimidating.)

We’re all hot. Hot, fun, sex-positive hetero mostly-white people. ACAB. So what if we’re all couples? My girlfriend is openly bisexual (but we’re exclusive). I’m straight and don’t swing any other way, except for being slightly peg-curious. I’m not in the closet or anything like that either, but for the record I don’t have a problem with gay people.

Most of us live in CA, but we’re from really relatable places, and, before you assume we’re a bunch of prep school snobs, most of us do actually have jobs both in and outside of LA. We all ride bikes on the playa just like normal people (we have a e-bike charging port next to the ice machine).

We’re a super tight knit camp with a lot of cool, hot people who understand what teamwork means. We care about each other and take care of our own. It would be awkward if you bought a ticket and camped with us, no cap, sorry bro.

Also none of us are going this year.

/uj

https://burnerexpress.burningman.org/burner-express-bus-tickets/

https://burnerexpress.burningman.org/burner-express-flight-bookings/

In 2025, despite the rain, the buses got through! BxB had 246 buses, 7058 participants in and 6285 out.

There were about 1500 in and 1500 out by BxA.

I’m making a video series based on misunderstood topics, and one of my topics is Burning Man. You’ll see a few questions from me this week and I’d love any input you guys have. I have some personal experience with a Regional Burn but I’m hoping to incorporate a lot of perspectives.

Howdy! We're Kentucky Fried Camp and we're pleased to you meet ya, you sexy bitch! If you're looking for a home on the playa this year, come check us out!

We're an established camp and anywhere we get placed is always the place to be. Our breakfasts of fried bologna sandwiches and top-of-the-bottom-shelf Kentucky bourbon are not to be missed.

Tell us about yourself and we'll see if it's a match made in gingham heaven! For more info on our camp vibe, check out our Instagram as well as our onboarding doc.

So this year (4th burn) i plan to fly in and burner bus instead of driving. I will have a friend bringing a shiftpod, generator, ac, cot, etc. Basically all the big stuff. The problem is, they are not returning to my city. Figured id try my luck here and see if anyone expects to have extra cargo space theyd be willing to share to get my gear back to Colorado from BRC. Much thanks for any tips or leads in the right direction!

Hey r/aves —

Me and a partner are seriously kicking around the. idea of putting together a desert EDM event in Arizona. Not Vegas-style, not another club night with lasers — actually out in the Sonoran desert, real stage production, the kind of thing people would travel in for.

Before we put real money behind it I want to hear from the people who'd actually go. A few honest questions:

1. What's missing from the Arizona scene right now? Phoenix Lights, Decadence, Goldrush, Crush — what's the gap?
2. Daytime desert party vs night-only vs sunset-to-sunrise — what's the move?
3. Camping/multi-day vs single-night?
4. What's the ticket price ceiling before you tap out? GA and VIP both.
5. Genre lane — melodic techno/Afterlife vibe, big-room main stage, bass-heavy, house? Stay in a lane or mix?
6. Honest take: would a brand-new festival in AZ even pull, or is the market saturated?