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41
Editions
1986–2026
Years running
78,850
Peak crowd
3049
Theme camps

Every year this burn has run: its themes and crowds.

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event occurred

2026

Axis Mundi · 30 Aug – 7 Sep · Black Rock Desert, Nevada

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2025event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~70,000
attended
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2024event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~70,000
attended
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2023event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~73,000
attended
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2022event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~75,000
attended
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2021cancelled
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Cancelled on 27 April 2021 because of COVID and held online again. An unofficial gathering of around 20,000 people, known as the Renegade Burn, went ahead on the playa without placed camps.
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2020cancelled
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Cancelled as an in-person event on 10 April 2020 because of COVID. It ran online instead as the Burning Man Multiverse, eight virtual worlds including Infinite Playa, from 30 August to 6 September.
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2019event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~78,850
attended
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2018event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~70,000
attended
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2017event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~70,000
attended
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2016event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~70,000
attended
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2015event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~67,600
attended
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2014event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~66,000
attended
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2013event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~68,000
attended
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2012event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~56,100
attended
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2011event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~54,000
attended
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2010event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~51,500
attended
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2009event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~43,400
attended
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2008event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~49,600
attended
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2007event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~47,400
attended
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2006event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~39,000
attended
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2005event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~35,600
attended
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2004event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~35,700
attended
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2003event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~30,600
attended
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2002event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~29,000
attended
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2001event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~25,700
attended
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2000event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~25,400
attended
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1999event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~23,000
attended
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1998event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~15,000
attended
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1997event occurred
Hualapai Playa, Washoe County, Nevada
~10,000
attended
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1996event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~8,000
attended
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1995event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~4,000
attended
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1994event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~2,000
attended
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1993event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~1,000
attended
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1992event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~600
attended
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1991event occurred
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~250
attended
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1990event occurred
Baker Beach, San Francisco & Black Rock Desert, Nevada
~620
attended
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1989event occurred
Baker Beach, San Francisco, California
~300
attended
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1988event occurred
Baker Beach, San Francisco, California
~200
attended
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1987event occurred
Baker Beach, San Francisco, California
~80
attended
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1986event occurred
Baker Beach, San Francisco, California
~35
attended

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