Burning Man – Jessie Newburn Writer

Thank you, KJ

ExperiencesMarch 17, 2025304Views 0Likes 0Comments

When I attended my first The Love Burn (and likely last, as it was not my favorite burn -- at all) I wasn't camping with The Sky Bar, but KJ Donoghue -- the visioner, builder and maker-of things-happening dude behind the five-story scaffold structure with an open bar on top -- had told me The…

Festival attendance likely to drop over the next 20 years

Cultcha, GenerationsAugust 14, 2024944Views 0Likes 1Comment

I saw this graphic on a Burning Man camp organizer's Facebook post and it surprised me none. Tickets to this event have been selling out, desperately sought and coveted when got. But not this year. Why? Well, you COULD say the excess of Burning Man tickets this year is because the event was all muddy and such last…

Safe!

ExperiencesJanuary 23, 2024538Views 0Likes 0Comments

In 2013, I took the advice of someone I'd met on Facebook and had known but a few weeks (Charlie), and I went out to Burning Man a week early for what is often called Build Week. Build Week is the week prior to the official start of Burning Man and a time when select theme…

When forward is the only option

ExperiencesJanuary 13, 2024351Views 0Likes 1Comment

In 2013, I went to Black Rock City, home of Burning Man, a week early to help build the French Quarter Village, of which More Carrot, the camp for which I was a theme camp organizer, was located within. The French Quarter had been, essentially, reprimanded after having received too many yellow and red markings…

Such a pretty city

Little BitsJuly 19, 2023716Views 0Likes 0Comments

There are many beautiful cities in the world. Though none but one are Black Rock City, home to Burning Man and That Thing in the Desert you may have heard of here and there. I've attended a handful of times. Written a book on the subject. Made a kick-ass packing list. And ran a theme…