Spark: A Burning Man Story Spark: A Burning Man Story Spark: A Burning Man Story is a 2013 independent documentary film with its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. That is about some 60,000 or so people that gather from around the world for a week at the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert of Nevada to collaborate building a temporary city that operates on a "gifting" economy where nothing is bought or sold. Participants bring in everything; food, water, and shelter. The week features large-scale art installations and partying, at the conclusion of the week
Bat festival of the US, as well. The annual ( Austin Bat Festival) is held at the end of each summer, at the famous Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas. 1 Organization for Bat Conservation, Bat Conservation Journal, Spring 2008 Issue 2 Cranbrook Institute of Science, www.PureMichigan.org/Things-to-Do/Events "Great Lakes Bat Festival at Cranbrook Institute of Science." 3 Indiana State University (May 21, 2007), ISU News Archive: ISU Newsroom, "Great Lakes Bat Festival To Take Place at ISU in August" 4 Richard Morscheck (July 25, 2005), Enviro-Mich "E-M:/Fourth Annual Great Lakes Bat Festival" 5 Michigan Department of Natural Resources, The Spotting Scope, Fall