Burning Man Festival Cultural Commentary

Burning Man: Richest Hippies Alive?

Burning Man: Richest Hippies Alive? Summer is music festival time and while one major event, Coachella, kicks off the U.S. season in April, Burning Man – starting this Sunday in Nevada – closes it out. The two events might seem like polar opposites in the music festival realm, but have more in common than meets the eye. Burning Man continues to be an icon of counterculture but attending the festival that relies on visitors to be self-sufficient to a high degree is expensive. ...

By Tyler Durden