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  • Participants at the annual Burning Man Festival look at the...

    Participants at the annual Burning Man Festival look at the "Man" at sunset on the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada on Wednesday, August 29, 2001. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Scott Sady)

  • Dancers at the 'Burning Man' festival create patterns with fireworks...

    Dancers at the 'Burning Man' festival create patterns with fireworks in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada just prior to burning a five-story, neon-lit effigy of a man on the last night of the week-long festival on September 6, 1998. (MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Signs are posted at the entrance of Black Rock City...

    Signs are posted at the entrance of Black Rock City during the Burning Man Festival in Nevada on September 1, 2000. (HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Attendees of the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock...

    Attendees of the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert on September 2, 1999. (Bob Ecker/Bay Area News Group archive)

  • New York City artist Kate Raudenbush tightens bolts on her...

    New York City artist Kate Raudenbush tightens bolts on her sculpture at Burning Man Sunday, August 27th, 2006, at the 20-year-old weeklong art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)

  • Burning Man festival participants enjoys the playa near an art...

    Burning Man festival participants enjoys the playa near an art installation in the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday morning, August 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)

  • Burning Man participants ride an art car on the playa...

    Burning Man participants ride an art car on the playa at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)

  • Stilt walkers enjoy a sunset stroll at the Burning Man...

    Stilt walkers enjoy a sunset stroll at the Burning Man counterculture festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev., Thursday, Sept 2, 2004. Burning Man started as a vanishing flight of fancy on a San Francisco beach, an artwork that literally disappeared in a puff of smoke when artists torched an eight-foot wooden figure 18 years ago. Now Nevada's seventh-largest city rises from the remote Black Rock Desert for a week each summer, returning to dust and ash after the Saturday night immolation of the central icon. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Scott Sady)

  • Greg Trinka and Mike Daly at Burning Man, in Nevada....

    Greg Trinka and Mike Daly at Burning Man, in Nevada. (Photo by Stephanie Mohan)

  • A man plays a saxophone as he walks near the...

    A man plays a saxophone as he walks near the Burning Man in an Aug 28, 1997 file photo, at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert north of Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Sam Morris, File)

  • Bettina Silva, of Los Angeles, teaches hula hoop near Center...

    Bettina Silva, of Los Angeles, teaches hula hoop near Center Camp during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert, Tuesday, August 28, 2007, in Gerlach, Nevada. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

  • The Man structure, a landmark for the art, music and...

    The Man structure, a landmark for the art, music and performance festival Burning Man, burns Tuesday morning, Aug. 28, 2007, in Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Carla Roccapriore)

  • Bolts of electricity strike "Dr. MegaVolt" as he rides across...

    Bolts of electricity strike "Dr. MegaVolt" as he rides across the desert September 1, 2000 atop a truck equipped with huge electrodes to thrill crowds who chant his name during the 15th annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. (David McNew/Newsmaker

  • Burning Man participants bike on the playa on Monday, August...

    Burning Man participants bike on the playa on Monday, August 25 2014 during the annual Burning Man event on the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron)

  • Mr. Mega Bolt creates lightning bolts as an expression of...

    Mr. Mega Bolt creates lightning bolts as an expression of performance art during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)

  • Some 4500 people gathered in the Black Rock Desert of...

    Some 4500 people gathered in the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada for the burning man celebration in 1995 . People camped right out o the desert playa. (Tomas Ovalle)

  • Mark, from Las Vegas, dressed as a blue faced Elvis...

    Mark, from Las Vegas, dressed as a blue faced Elvis Presley sneers near the Burning Man Post Office on September 5, 1998 at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada. (MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)

  • A woman walks near the 'Tree of Time,' a sculpture...

    A woman walks near the 'Tree of Time,' a sculpture by San Francisco-based artists Dana and Flash, at Black Rock City's Burning Man festival in Nevada on September 4, 1999. (HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images)

  • A modified car spouts flames at the Burning Man festival...

    A modified car spouts flames at the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on August 31, 2002. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group archive)

  • The sun rises behind the wood and neon statue that...

    The sun rises behind the wood and neon statue that is the centerpiece of the annual Burning Man festival north of Gerlach, Nev., Monday, Aug. 26, 2002. The weeklong festival in the Black Rock Desert started Monday. (AP Photo/Debra Reid)

  • Mike Daly at Burning Man, in Nevada. (Photo by Stephanie...

    Mike Daly at Burning Man, in Nevada. (Photo by Stephanie Mohan)

  • Nicki Tostevin at Burning Man, in Nevada. (Photo by Stephanie...

    Nicki Tostevin at Burning Man, in Nevada. (Photo by Stephanie Mohan)

  • Participants enjoy the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock...

    Participants enjoy the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev. On August 24, 2014. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron)

  • Burners take to climbing the art installation, "Minaret." On September...

    Burners take to climbing the art installation, "Minaret." On September 1, 2010 at the Burning Man 2010 Festival in Black Rock City, Nev. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Vince Alonzo)

  • A unicorn sculpture draws visitors to the annual Burning Man...

    A unicorn sculpture draws visitors to the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert on August 31, 2005. (Ron Lewis/Bay Area News Group archive)

  • In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, attendees admire...

    In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, attendees admire Marco Cochrane's "Bliss Dance" on Wednesday, September 1 2010 during Burning Man 2010 in Black Rock City, Nev. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Vince Alonzo)

  • The Man, a stick figured symbol of the Burning Man...

    The Man, a stick figured symbol of the Burning Man art festival, is silhouetted against a morning sunrise Saturday, September 2, 2006, at the 20-year-old art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)

  • The man stands tall as the sun sets on Black...

    The man stands tall as the sun sets on Black Rock City, Nevada on September 1, 2010 during Burning Man 2010. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Vince Alonzo)

  • Burning Man participants ride near The Man, a stick figured...

    Burning Man participants ride near The Man, a stick figured symbol of the week long art festival on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, at the Black Rock Desert in Black Rock City, Nev., north of Reno. (Ron Lewis/Bay Area News Group archive)

  • A sculpture is riden at the Burning Man art festival...

    A sculpture is riden at the Burning Man art festival Tuesday, August 28, 2007, in Nevada's Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, NV. (Ron Lewis/Bay Area News Group archive)

  • A stilt walker cruises the playa during the Burning Man...

    A stilt walker cruises the playa during the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, August 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)

  • An art car is driven to the Black Rock DMV...

    An art car is driven to the Black Rock DMV to be registered at the annual Burning Man event on August 23, 2014 on the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron)

  • Burning Man participants wait for the Critical Titts bike event...

    Burning Man participants wait for the Critical Titts bike event to begin on the playa at the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, August 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)

  • The Raygun Gothic Rocketship, a forty foot tall piece of...

    The Raygun Gothic Rocketship, a forty foot tall piece of industrial art built in West Oakland, Calif. stands during a sunrise on at this year's Burning Man event in Black Rock City on Wednesday, September 2, 2009. (Sean Donnelly/Bay Area News Group archive)

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Lisa Herendeen, Chief Editorial assistant for the Bay Area News Group is photographed for a Wordpress profile in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

From breakfast tacos to Spanky’s wine bar, here’s what’s up at Burning Man on Day Five.

THURSDAY, AUG. 29

  1. The Temple of Harmonics: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Aug. 26-31, Camp Playa Choir. Hot coffee and music. Start a yoga session, meditate, dance, bring and play an instrument, and more. www.playachoir.com
  2. Bake Your Own Cake: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 26-30, Black Rock Bakery, 8:30 & Esplanade. Stop by the bakery and bake a cake. Email blackrockbakery@gmail.com to reserve a spot. www.facebook.com/blackrockbakery/
  3. Stamp It! Camp: 9:30 a.m.-2;30 p.m. Aug. 26-30, Stamp It! Camp. Use Burning Man theme-based stamps to create unique stampings on souvenir items like hats, umbrellas, T-shirts, backpacks or body parts. randyfayartist@yahoo.com
  4. It’s Raining (Breakfast) Tacos: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 26-31. Enjoy Texas-style breakfast tacos, including bacon, egg and cheese and vegan refried bean-potato. www.houstonartcollective.org/houpla 
  5. Spanky’s Wine Bar: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 26-Sept. 1, Spanky’s Wine Bar (and Village). An interactive group of theme camps focused around a Wine Bar. http://www.spankyswinebar.com
  6. Loveland’s Serendipity Outpost: Noon-5 p.m. Aug. 26-29, Camp Loveland. Offerings change daily: massage, eye gazing, hugs, serenades, body painting, poetry and more. www.facebook.com/loveland.brc/
  7. 12th annual Red Dress Run: 3-7 p.m. Aug. 29, The Man. This is a hash-style run in which participants are encouraged to wear red dresses (yes, even the men). http://brch3.com/red-dress-run/
  8. MOW (Meals on Wheels, by Migs & Kitchen): 6-11:45 p.m. Aug. 27 and 29, Camp Lip Bomb. Spin the Wheel of Misfortune and win a dinner delivered anywhere on the Playa. Stop by for details. http://lipbomb.org/
  9. Uproarious Flame Orchestra: 7:30-11 p.m. Aug. 27 and 29, Camp U.F.O. Join the fire spinners and set the night sky ablaze. Fuel for guest spinners, LED flow toys for beginners. Music, drinks and dancing. www.facebook.com/uforesponseteamBM/
  10. Lucent Dossier The Human Ascension Project: 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Aug. 29-30, Camp Red Lightning — Blue Thunder. Join acrobats, fire performers, contortionists and aerialists as they reinvent the world of entertainment. http://lucentdossier.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:

For a complete list of events, visit https://playaevents.burningman.org/