Burning Man's organisers have announced that this year's edition of the annual event in the Nevada desert will not go ahead.
The cancellation of the festival is a result of the ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic and makes this the second consecutive year that the event has not been able to go ahead.
The San Francisco-based group that organise the Black Rock City festival posted a video on their website on Tuesday, April 27th, stating that said there are currently too many uncertainties to press forward with plans to hold the event as scheduled from August 26th to September 3rd. Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell said the “difficult decision” was taken “based on the best information available to us”.