Top 10 Burning Man events for Day 6, Aug. 31

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 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 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 Desert on September 2, 1999. (Bob Ecker/Bay Area News Group archive)
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 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 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 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. (Photo by Stephanie Mohan)
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Mohan)
Nicki Tostevin at Burning Man, in Nevada. (Photo by Stephanie Mohan)
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 1, 2010 at the Burning Man 2010 Festival in Black Rock City, Nev. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Vince Alonzo)
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 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)
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)
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)
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 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)
A motorbike dressed up as a jack-rabbit crosses the playa just outside of camp in 1995. (Tomas Ovalle)
Mykl "Mr. Man" Hardy, left, and Luna, of Santa Monica, Calif., relax after a dust storm on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nevada, during the Burning Man festival on Thursday, August 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
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)
A an aerial view of Black Rock City is seen during the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nevada on Friday, August 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A group of artists perform at Black Rock City's Burning Man festival in Nevada on September. 3, 1999. (HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images)
The Burning Man himself was chock-full of fireworks that were ignited by Crimson Rose Indigo and Will Rogers. The fireworks helped to ignite the 40-foot-tall sculpture on fire in the Black Rock Desert,Nevada in 1995. (Photo by Tomas Ovalle)
People wearing illuminated costumes walk past the burning remains of a 52-foot tall wooden man on September 2, 2000 during the15th annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. (David McNew/Newsmakers)
A cyclist rides by an art installation Monday, August 28, 2006, at the 20-year-old art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP/Ron Lewis)
Performance artists Holly Lovecat, left, and Carson Wetherby, of Los Angeles, brandish their own form of art during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
Crowds watch suspended combatants go at each other with soft clubs at the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on August 31, 2002. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group archive)
A girl drives a bike on the Black Rock City desert in Nevada on August 29, 2000 as she attends the Burning Man festival. (HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images)

By Lisa Herendeen | Bay Area News Group

PUBLISHED: August 14, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2018 at 3:54 a.m.

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By Aug. 31, Burning Man will be more than halfway over — noooooo! Time to rev up the action at this crazy, arty temporary city in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Here are 10 hot suggestions — epic barbecues, bicycle art and plenty of noodly goodness — for your Day 6 on the Playa.

FRIDAY, AUG. 31

Lip Sync or Die: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Hosted by Priscilla, Queen of the Doof! Facilitated out of the camp’s Big Pink Bus, this is a day of makeovers, lip-sync battles and cocktails with great bartenders. Come watch, dance, sign yourself up, do yourself up and party. https://www.priscillaqueenofthedoof.com.au
Temple of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Aug. 27-31. Hosted by Temple O’Flying Spaghetti Monster. A comfortable neighborhood pub with a rockin’ attitude, the Friendly Fire Bar administers ice-cold libations and groovin’ tunes. Weddings performed in Noodly Goodness Temple upon request. Temple O’Flying Spaghetti Monster
Buddhist Chanting: Gongyo & Daimoku: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 27-Sept. 1. Hosted by BuddhaCamp @ the Lotus Dome. Learn to chant nam-myoho-renge-kyo and discover a path to enlightenment. Everyone is welcome. BuddhaCamp @ the Lotus Dome
Canada Day: Noon-4 p.m. Hosted by Black Rock Center for Unlearning. Come for the maple syrup, stay for the healthcare. Enjoy Canadian whiskey, beavers, Caesars and apologies, as well as Canadian Playa Mules made with Canadian whisky and spicy ginger. Black Rock Center for Unlearning
Spoken Word Performance on the Stage: Noon-5 p.m. Aug. 27-Sept. 2. Hosted by Center Camp Cafe. Storytellers, poets, spoken word artists, share your words. All experience levels welcome. Speak, relax and listen. cafe-spoken@burningman.org
Lumadic Caravan (The Lucia Light Experience): 1-4 p.m. Hosted by Camp Mystic. Lumadic Caravan is a traveling sound-healing collective that incorporates frequencies of sound, flickering light and energy healing to create a one-of-a-kind multisensory immersive experience. https://campmystic.org/events
Camp Epic BBQ: 1-3 p.m. Aug. 27-Sept. 1. Hosted by EPIC. Location: 3:30 and D. Serving burgers and dogs on tortillas with condiments and special sides daily. Music and light entertainment for your wait, plus a bicycle spray paint and decoration booth, trampoline and life-size games. EPIC
Home Rule Village Tower: 1 p.m.-midnight. Hosted by Home Rule Village.
At 20,000 lbs of steel and 5 stories tall., this tower and its Cloud 9 Lounge, Sky Bar and observation deck offer one of the highest publicly-accessible views of Burning Man.
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Soulistica Bus @ Entheos: 1-5 p.m. Aug. 27-31. Hosted by Entheos. Outside, 20,000 computer-controlled RGB-LEDs provide a visually engaging and synchronized backdrop to the sound stage. Inside, you will find professional massage therapy, the Vibro-Acoustic Sound Lounge bed, super waters for SoulTech hydration and an experienced group of holistic innovators. https://sites.google.com/view/entheosrising
Larry Harvey Memorial Cup Hockey Tournament: 4-7 p.m. Hosted by No ReGretzky’s. Gather a team of four to six players and stop by during the week to register for the first-ever street hockey tournament in BRC. The gear will be supplied. http://noregretzkys.org/

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. 26, including a porch whiskey fest
Top 10 events for Day 2, Aug. 27, including trampoline dodgeball and a chill tower hookah lounge
Top 10 events for Day 3, Aug. 28, including cyr wheel how-tos and a murderous cocktail bash
Top 10 events for Day 4, Aug. 29, including playground hops (and Scotch!) and a giant pig roast
Top 10 events for Day 5, Aug. 30, including an aluminum bikini workshop
Top 10 events for Day 7, Sept. 1, including a bacon brunch and cosmological buffoonery
Top 10 events for Day 8, Sept. 2, including a beer bong breakfast, a piratical Arrgh Bar and more