History of the hippie movement and the Holding Company, Merl Saunders and Babatunde Olatunji to speakers such as Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Paul Krassner, Stephen Gaskin, Robert Anton Wilson, Harvey Wasserman and Ralph Metzner. The Burning Man festival began in 1986 at a San Francisco beach party. Now an annual gathering, the event is held in the Black Rock Desert northeast of Reno, Nevada. Though few participants would accept the "hippie" label, Burning Man is a contemporary expression of alternative community in the same spirit as early hippie events. The gathering becomes a temporary city (36,500 occupants in 2005), with elaborate encampments, displays and many
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