Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 27 minutes ago
It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere. What are the coldest, most teeth-chattering, brrrr-iest of all the 100 sanctioned Burning Man events around the world?
FrostBurn is one, and it’s special because its participants make it happen in the dead of winter on purpose, annually since 2008. Subzero temperatures, rain, sleet, snow and sometimes sunshine. Why? Because they can.
It kinda makes the media look silly for making a big deal out of a little rain at Black Rock City.
When the costumes are nothing less than comfy snow pants, when everyone is on the buddy system to ensure they survive the weather, no energy is wasted on facades and FOMO. At FrostBurn people collaborate on Radical Self-reliance, Communal Effort, and all those cultural practices that got us where we are today.
Bexx is an event lead at FrostBurn. She shares with kbot and Stuart some tales of a winter wonderland happily crafted by hearty Burners. Share the warmth.
frostburn.org
burningman.org/programs/philosophical-center/academics
https://www.academia.edu/32589617/Aural_Substance_An_Ethnographic_Exploration_of_Regional_Burn_Soundscapes
It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere. What are the coldest, most teeth-chattering, brrrr-iest of all the 100 sanctioned Burning Man events around the world?
FrostBurn is one, and it’s special because its participants make it happen in the dead of winter on purpose, annually since 2008. Subzero temperatures, rain, sleet, snow and sometimes sunshine. Why? Because they can.
It kinda makes the media look silly for making a big deal out of a little rain at Black Rock City.
When the costumes are nothing less than comfy snow pants, when everyone is on the buddy system to ensure they survive the weather, no energy is wasted on facades and FOMO. At FrostBurn people collaborate on Radical Self-reliance, Communal Effort, and all those cultural practices that got us where we are today.
Bexx is an event lead at FrostBurn. She shares with kbot and Stuart some tales of a winter wonderland happily crafted by hearty Burners. Share the warmth.
frostburn.org
burningman.org/programs/philosophical-center/academics
https://www.academia.edu/32589617/Aural_Substance_An_Ethnographic_Exploration_of_Regional_Burn_Soundscapes
