Burning Man has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers announced Friday the annual desert art festival scheduled to start Aug.
30 has been called off for the first year since it began in 1986. “After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020,” organizers posted in a statement on the Burning Man Journal. “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.” The festival draws roughly 80,000 participants from around the world to the Nevada desert every summer, where a temporary, multi-million-dollar Black Rock