For the first time in its 34-year history, BurningMan has been canceled.
about their decision to cancel the IRL festival. “After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020. Given the painful reality of COVID-19, one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, we believe this is the right thing to do. Yes, we are heartbroken. We know you are too. In 2020 we need human connection and Immediacy more than ever.
But public health and the well-being of our participants, staff, and neighbors in Nevada are our highest priorities," the statement read., the festival which was supposed to take place from August 30 to September 7, will have to go online this year. Even if society returns to some state of semi-normalcy by late August, it's questionable whether packing tens of thousands of people in a crowded space with no running water would be a good idea, let alone appealing.
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