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Burning Man originated on June 22, 1986, on Baker Beach in San Francisco as a small function organized by Larry Harvey and Jerry James, the builders of the first Man. It has since been held annually, spanning the nine days leading up to and including Labor Day.
History & Timeline. Our interactive historical timeline will take you through the cultural history of Burning Man as it has grown from a small gathering on San Francisco’s Baker Beach into an international phenomenon.
- Burning Man: from Beach to Desert
- Baker Beach
- Leaving San Francisco
- Entering The Zone
- The Black Rock Desert
My discovery of Burning Man was through the San Francisco Cacophony Society, an organization of randomly gathered free spirits who surf the bleeding edge of culture, space, and time. A 1990 Cacophony newsletter item invited interested people to meet in downtown San Francisco to help assemble a wooden sculpture to be burned at a San Francisco beach ...
As we prepared the effigy for Baker Beach, we learned that the Golden Gate Park Police (GGNRA) had “discovered” this event and decided because of the potential fire hazard (half of Los Angeles, as it usually does around this time, was engulfed in various intensities of hill fires) to the surrounding hillside that we could not burn the statue. The p...
On the day of departure, there were about 80 – 100 attendees, most of whom had gathered at our launch point in Golden Gate Park. As people showed up, they brought all manner of luggage including backpacks, suitcases, duffel bags, ice coolers, camping gear, hatboxes, and clothes bags. Most of this was piled in front of the Ryder truck. (Let’s not fo...
Just after dawn, we arrived in the town of Gerlach (pop. 250) literally the last town before the desert. Having had breakfast at Bruno’s cafe (the only cafe in the town), the group reformed and caravaned out onto the road leading to the desert. About 6 or 7 miles later, we left the road, driving directly onto the playa and stopped about 100 feet fr...
While Black Rock desert is largely empty, with absolutely nothing on the playa area (no trees, no grass, no hills — nothing!), it is an emptiness whose desolate flatness of surrounding landscape is awe-inspiring. We are surrounded by mountains. Their surface run-off of winter rains has fed the playa for thousands and thousands of years. As each new...
Aug 27, 2022 · What is now known as “Burning Man” began in 1986 in Baker Beach in San Francisco. Founders Larry Harvey and Jerry James created an event centered on the burning of a human-shaped sculpture....
Aug 28, 2023 · The origin story of Burning Man starts in 1986, when Larry Harvey and Jerry James decided, somewhat randomly, to build a larger-than-life man out of scrap wood and burn it on the beach near San Francisco.
Aug 30, 2021 · Where does Burning Man come from? The event that became known as Burning Man was first held in Baker Beach, San Francisco, in 1986. Organized by founders Larry Harvey and Jerry James, it revolved around what has become a signature part of the event—the burning of a human-shaped sculpture.
Sep 3, 2023 · When did Burning Man start? Burning Man started in 1986 when founders Larry Harvey and Jerry James burned a human-shaped sculpture at Baker Beach in San Francisco.
