By Variety Staff
11.04.2020 - 06:29 / deadline.com
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The 2020 Burning Man festival has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Like so many other major events this year, Burning Man has officially been canceled. Organizers of the annual event— which was initially set to take place August 30 to September 7 — wrote that "after much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020" on the Burning Man Project blog on Friday night.
The 2020 Burning Man festival has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
It's the first time in the festival's 35 year history that it won't take place
Burning Man has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2020 Burning Man Festival has officially been canceled.
Burning Man organizers announced Friday night (April 10) that they will not move forward with the 2020 event, due to the coronavirus pandemic."After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020," the statement, posted to the Burning Man Project website, reads in part. "Given the painful reality of COVID-19, one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, we believe this is the right thing to do.