Burned Out? Desert Debauchery Festival ‘Burning Man’ Fails to Sell Out for First Time in a Decade
The Burning Man Festival is a hard sell this year.
The annual raucous weeklong immersion in debauchery held in Nevada’s Black Rock desert usually sells out quickly, sometimes in minutes, but days ahead of its Aug. 25 opening, there are still tickets to be had, according to The Guardian.
This is the first year since 2011 the festival has not sold out, Alysia Dynamik, executive director of the Generator, a maker space in Reno, said.
Burning Man has had a rocky few years. It was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.
In 2022, record-setting heat fried the allure of days spent on the desert. In 2023,