Burning Man has unveiled particulars on its 2025 ticket sale, that includes a brand new tiered pay-what-you-can pricing mannequin.
Following a $20 million income shortfall as a result of low attendance final 12 months, the annual non-profit music and humanities gathering in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert introduced this week that base ticket costs will likely be lowered to $550 for this 12 months’s early ticket sale, adopted by $650, $750, $950, $1,500, and $3,000 worth tiers.
In an effort to maintain the occasion “financially accessible and culturally numerous,” every worth tier is topic to availability, with those that can afford it invited to buy tickets for $750 or extra, subsidising the decrease priced tickets.
The estimated price to provide Black Rock Metropolis in 2023 was $749 per participant, in line with organizers, which means tickets bought at this worth or larger assist different Burners attend at a finances they will handle, fund artwork grants, and canopy operational prices.
“This implies YOU are serving to to deliver extra dusty people, and sponsoring extra participatory artwork, Radical Self-expression, pleasure and awe within the wondrous metropolis all of us construct collectively,” organizers wrote on the Burning Man web site.
Tickets bought for $1,500 and $3,000 will go on to subsidizing ultra-reduced tickets by means of Burning Man’s Ticket Support program, which funds journeys to the playa for candidates with restricted monetary means.
Burning Man will return to the salt flats of Northwestern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert from August 24-September 1.
To seize the brand new low-price tickets, potential burners should register for Burning Man’s “At present Sale” by Tuesday, February 11, at 12PM PT. Ticket entry will start the next day on Wednesday, February 12, at 12PM PT.
For extra info, to register, or entry ticket gross sales, go to tickets.burningman.org.
Featured picture courtesy: The Burning Man Venture. Credit score: Scott London.
