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	Updated January 26, 2012
	Art Theme: Fertility 2.0 Black Rock City is a kind of Petri dish. Theme camps cling in fertile clusters to its latticework of streets, artworks tumble out of it, like pollen on the air. These nodes of interaction mutate, grow and reproduce their kind, only to effloresce and spread across five continents. This year's art theme contemplates the tendency of any being or living system to create abundant life. Read more. What Is Burning Man? Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having left no trace whatsoever. Burning Man is also an ever-expanding year-round culture based on the Ten Principles. What Isn't Burning Man? Burning Man isn't your usual festival, with big acts booked to play on massive stages. In fact, it's more of a city than a festival, wherein almost everything that happens is created entirely by its citizens, who are active participants in the event. First Time at Burning Man? If you're making your first foray to Burning Man, and you're wondering where to start, head over to our First Timer's Guide. Want to Volunteer? Give the gift of your time to the Burning Man community -- on playa or year-round. Volunteer! Please note that first-time volunteers do not receive a ticket to the event. Burning Man 2011 Recap Check out descriptions of this year's theme camps, art installations, honorarium art installations and the CORE projects. We've also got the 2011 Art Theme: Rites of Passage, the Survival Guide, the Black Rock City Plan and the Playa Info Directory listings. Burning Man 2011 Media Coverage A growing list of the press stories about Burning Man 2011.

	The Man burns in 217 days!

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Updated January 27, 2012

Burning Man Tickets

The 2012 Main Sale registration is closed, and drawings will happen Jan 31 and Feb 1. Read this important information about the next steps, and get your questions answered in our Ticket FAQ.

Burning Man Art Grants

If you'd like to apply for a grant to bring artwork to display at Burning Man 2012, our grant application is available for download. The submission deadline is February 1.Learn more.

The Burning Man Project

Burning Man supports and contributes to the independent non-profit Burning Man Project, and hopes you will too. Read our Letter to the Community.

The Jack Rabbit Speaks

Burner Social Networking

Connect with Burners on Facebook and the ePlaya, and tune in to our @burningman and @blackrockcity Twitter feeds.

Regional Network

Get involved and stay connected to Burning Man culture year round via your local Regional Contact.

Year Round Calendar

Year round Burner-related events!

Tales from the Playa

Submit your own story, or read how Burning Man changed Cybele's life.

Updated September 26, 2011

The Burning Man Project

The Burning Man Project's mission is to facilitate and extend the culture that has issued from the Burning Man event into a larger world by providing infrastructural tools and frameworks that will allow people to apply the Ten Principles in many communities and spheres of endeavor.

Art Theme: Fertility 2.0

What Is Burning Man?

What Isn't Burning Man?

First Time at Burning Man?

Want to Volunteer?

Burning Man 2011 Recap

Burning Man 2011 Media Coverage

Burning Man Tickets

Burning Man Art Grants

The Burning Man Project

The Jack Rabbit Speaks

Burner Social Networking

Regional Network

Year Round Calendar

Tales from the Playa

The Burning Man Project

Black Rock Arts Foundation

Black Rock Solar

Burners Without Borders