Everything you've been wanting to know about Burning Man, the wild 9-day arts event in the Nevada desert frequented by celebs and tech moguls by Katie Warren on Sep 4, 2018, 12:58 PM Advertisement
 - Burning Man is an annual, nine-day gathering in the Nevada desert.
- It's held the week prior to and including Labor Day weekend each year. It includes artistic performances, installations, music, and a lot of partying.
- No money is exchanged at Burning Man, so participants are expected to bring food, supplies, shelter, and anything else they might need.
- The cost of tickets in 2018 ranged from $425 to $1,200.
In order to truly understand Burning Man, the annual summer event held in the middle of the Nevada desert, you probably just have to go. The nine-day gathering of 70,000 people includes wild costumes, art installations, spontaneous musical performances, and lots of partying. Burning Man closed with the burning of the Temple Galaxia, a 65-foot wooden structure that symbolizes how the fabric of the universe connects all living beings. For the burning of the temple, people created memorials for deceased loved ones and past relationships, according to the Reno Gazette Journal. With 2018's Burning Man event having ended on September 3, Business Insider has compiled answers to some of your most burning questions about Burning Man. SEE ALSO: Surreal photos from Burning Man take you deep inside the madness DON'T MISS: Here's what the inside of a 'fancy celebrity camp' at Burning Man looks like What is Burning Man?  Burning Man is an annual, nine-day gathering in the desert that includes artistic performances, installations, and music — but don't call it a festival. "Burning Man is not a festival. Burning Man is a community. A temporary city. A global cultural movement based on 10 practical principles," the official website reads. A few of these principles include radical inclusion ("Anyone may be a part of Burning Man"), gifting, decommodification (no money passes hands at the festival), radical self-reliance and self-expression, leaving no trace (" We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather"), and participation. Burning Man is organized by a non-profit organization called the Burning Man Project.
When is Burning Man?  The end-of-summer event takes place each year during the week leading up to and including Labor Day weekend, according to the official website. The 2018 dates are August 26 through September 3.
Where does Burning Man take place?  The event is held at a temporary metropolis called Black Rock City in the remote Black Rock Desert — called "the playa" — in Nevada. Black Rock City is made up of tents and RVs brought by participants.
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