Flaming out? Burning Man festival fails to sell out for first time in a decade

Overview of the center camp at the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert north of Reno, Nevada, in September 2023. Photograph: AP

For more than a decade, tickets to Burning Man have sold out almost immediately – sometimes in a matter of minutes.

But this year, less than two weeks before the festival kicks off, tickets are still available – raising questions about the future of the annual desert revelry in the face of the climate crisis and economic instability.