| 1986 |
First event on Baker Beach in San Francisco.
Conceived by Larry Harvey with help from Jerry
James
20 participants, 8 foot man |
1990 |
Burn moved to Black Rock Desert, Nevada
100 participants attend desert burning
Height of Man: 40 feet |
1992 |
600 participants
year a plane
flipped over |
1993 |
First year of theme camps
1000 participants |
1994 |
First Burning Man Websites appear
|
1995 |
The year of the giant Mushroom Cloud
and great wind
1st year of Piss
Clear
|
1996 |
10,000 participants
Theme: Hell
photos by kristen johansen
|
1997 |
First year at Fly Hot Springs
Theme: fertility
Wired publishes Burning
Man book
Extensive media coverage - both online and traditional - media
1997
1997 pre
& post
event websites
{fray} hope
- the book of burning man 1997 |
1998 |
Back to the playa ...
1998
Websites and media |
| 1999 |
Theme: Time
1999 Websites |
2000 |
Theme: The body |
2001 |
Theme: The Seven Ages of Man |
2002 |
Theme: The Floating World |
2003 |
Theme: Beyond Belief |
2004 |
Theme: The Vault of Heaven
Xploits Of the Bonkmaster |
2005 |
Theme: "The Psyche: the Conscious, the Subconscious and the Unconscious"
[more] |
2006 |
Theme: "Hope and Fear: The Future", |