More attendees are in their 40 s and 50 s, with fewer festival-goers in their 20 s Three people died at Burning Man this year, tripling the average number of deaths in connection with the annual festival that brings tens of thousands of people to build a temporary utopian community in the brutal conditions of the Nevada desert.
The increase in fatalities comes as news reports have highlighted that the average age of Burning Man attendees is increasing, with fewer participants in their 20 s, and more in their 40 s and 50 s. Continue reading...