Thinking you might miss your beloved college football festivities? Black Rock City has tailgate parties, too. Here’s what’s happening at Burning Man on Day 7:
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
Open AA Meeting (Alcoholics Anonymous): 7-8 a.m. Aug. 26-Sept. 1, Camp Anonymous Village. Start your day at an open 12-step meeting for anyone with a desire to stop drinking. https://burnanon.org
College Football Tailgate & Viewing Party: 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Aug. 31, Harmonic Convergence Camp. Watch the big games on HD screens. Bring some food and drinks to share. pumamarco@me.com
Raining Blood Brunch: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 31, Dustfish Camp. Featuring your favorite bloody cocktails, an air guitar battle of the bands, sexy metal mashup mayhem and slayer. http://www.dustfish.org/
Bike Tube and Lube: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 26-31, Camp BRC Hash House Harriers. Bike not doing so well? Come by for a tune up. There are tubes, lubricant, tools and various other equipment to get you back on the road. https://brch3.com/
Ask Me Anything: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 26-Sept. 2, Black Rock Center for Unlearning. Offering more than 100 years of combined experience at Burning Man, regional burns and theme camps. https://www.facebook.com/BlackRockCenterforUnlearning/
Black Rock City Summit Photo Op: Noon-4 p.m. Aug. 26-Sept. 1, Camp 3907. You made it to the summit of Black Rock city at 3,907 feet above sea level. Stop by and have your photo taken (or take your own) with the summit as your backdrop. https://www.facebook.com/camp3907
Burners Without Borders Maker Workshops: Noon-5 p.m. Aug. 26-31, Burners Without Borders. Fix something, build something or attend one of the workshops on working with wood, metal, fabrics, electronics and screenprinting. https://bit.ly/2O9Oc0s
Check Out the Human Library: 1-4 p.m. Aug. 26-31, the Flybrary. The Human Library is designed to take the concept of a traditional library and bring it to life. Instead of offering books, this is a library where real people are on loan to readers. http://humanlibrary.org/
Vulcan Empire Open Spin: 5 p.m.-5 a.m. Aug. 26-31, Vulcan Empire Camp. Open circus, dance, play, music, toys. Explore your prop or pick a new one off the prop wall! Learn new things with new friends. Workshops daily. www.facebook.com/VulcanEmpire
From the Darkness to the Light: 11 p.m.-6 a.m. Aug. 31, Camp PlayAlchemist. Closing the week with a stunning show featuring musicians from Parallells to Arment Miran and more. https://www.playalchemist.com/
As for the rest of the fest, we’ve got picks for those, too, from opening day to the final full day of frolic:
- Top 10 events for Opening day, Aug. 25, including Ali bar-bar
- Top 10 events for Day 2, Aug. 26 — truth-or-dare Jenga, anyone?
- Top 10 events for Day 3, Aug. 27 — yo, yard games, Burning Man-style
- Top 10 events for Day 4, Aug. 28, complete with the chance to jump the shark
- Top 10 events for Day 5, Aug. 29, including a cake-baking session
- Top 10 events for Day 6, Aug. 30 — hello, bacon pancakes
- Top 10 events for Day 8, Sept. 1, including a voodoo shooting gallery
For a complete list of events, visit https://playaevents.burningman.org/
