2010 Burning Man Tickets on Sale Now

Tickets for the 2010 Burning Man festival went on sale today at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. in the East).  Burning Man takes place this year from August 30th to September 6th, and the theme is "Metropolis." Burning Man  is held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, 120 miles north of Reno.

As before, tickets are being sold on a tiered structure, with the first 9,000 tickets sold at the cheapest price, the next 9.000 sold at a somewhat higher price, and so on. As of 5 p.m. Eastern time today the first price level ($210) is sold out. The second level is $240. See the Burning Man ticket page for details.

You'll also find links on that page to all the other information you'll need to know about Burning Man, including a first-timer's guide, how to get to Burning Man, how to prepare for the event, and of course the ever-popular "What is Burning Man?".

Burning Man 2008: Tickets On Sale Now

Tickets for Burning Man 2008 went on sale Wednesday morning, January 16th. Burning Man takes place during the week before Labor Day, August 25th to Sept. 1st. You can find tickets at tickets.burningman.com.

The attendees of Burning Man at one time were an interesting mix of hippies, spiritual seekers, and biker-types, but the number of people of going has skyrocketed, and you can find people of all ages and from all walks of life there. What is Burning Man? I couldn't begin to explain... the Burning Man site takes a stab at it, but it's pretty lengthy. It's just not something that can be summed up in a brief sentence or two.

Burning Man tickets are priced at several different levels, on the honor system: purchasers are asked to buy the highest-priced tickets they are able to afford. This article on Cnet explains the ticket prices and has a link to the site for Burning Man tickets.