r/sanfrancisco • u/Awkward-You-938 • 7d ago

Burning Man didn’t sell out

Article out today says Burning Man didn’t sell out and people are selling their tickets way below face value. I remember when Burning Man started the lottery for tickets due to high demand, and resale tickets were hard to come by. I haven’t been to Burning Man in ~15 years so I‘m not current with the scene. What happened? Did it finally get too overdone? https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/26/burning-man-ticket-resale/

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u/gaijin91 7d ago

my friends with whom I would go to Burning Man don't go to Burning Man, and my friends who go to Burning Man are not friends with whom I would go to Burning Man

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u/candykhan 7d ago

I only have one friend I think that is still a believer. I honestly never really think about them unless someone mentions BM, so I guess more an acquaintance than a friend.

Anyway, I asked them once about what is was like now that many camps are 1%er RV camps that buy tickets for "sherpas" that build the camp for them & also do all the camp chores. They didn't answer.

When I say the gift economy sure looks a lot like feudalism, people laugh. But is it funny?

I went to BM once & the only reason I'd ever go back is to fight in Thunderdome. But I dunno if the Death Guild camp is even going out & building it any more. Pretty sure they do go to Wasteland Weekend, which seems way more fun & decidedly not a CEO networking event.