Virtual event to replace cancelled Burning Man 2020

Burning Man’s Black Rock City will be created virtually this year, as the 2020 festival is called off due to the Covid-19 pandemic

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Burning Man is the latest US festival to be called off due to the coronavirus pandemic, with organisers announcing that the famous Black Rock City will take the form of a “virtual metropolis” instead this year.

The countercultural gathering was set to take place from 30 August to 7 September in Nevada’s Black Rock desert.

“After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020,” reads a statement on the…

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