Burning Man Burning Man Burning Man is an annual event in the western United States at Black Rock City – a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada, approximately north-northeast of Reno. The late summer event is described as an experiment in community and art, influenced by ten main principles: radical inclusion, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, gifting, decommodification, participation, immediacy and leave no trace. The event takes its name from its culmination, the symbolic ritual burning of a large wooden effigy ("The Man") that traditionally occurs on the Saturday evening of the event.First held
Lucidity (festival) This alternative acoustic stage features both local and worldly bands, many with jugglers, exotic dance performances or spoken word. Lucidity (festival) Lucidity is an annual, three-day transformational festival in Santa Barbara, California. The festival's name alludes to lucid dreams; the events producers encourage attendees to "awake in [their] dreams". The event has been compared to Burning Man, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, Electric Daisy Carnival, and the San Francisco New Year’s Eve event Sea of Dreams. It features performance arts and music stages featuring bands, spoken word artists, dancers and DJs. There is a large