--- description: The arts and music festival came to Israel for the first time last week, with 3,000 revelers descending on the Negev desert title: Burning Man Comes To Israel For First Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Now You Can Go to Burning Man After Birthright by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2014 4:52 PM CUT by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2014 4:52 PM CUT  Israelis dance at a party during Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert near the Israeli kibbutz of Sde Boker on June 5, 2014., The midburn festival is modeled after the popular Burning Man festival held annually in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, Oded Balilty—AP  An Israeli woman wears a unicorn mask as she walks on the playa at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 6, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  A man looks at a wooden sculpture that was set on fire at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 7, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  People, mostly Israelis, walk in the playa at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 6, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  Israelis dance at a party in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 4, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  People walk in the dusty playa in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 5, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  A general view of the playa in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 6, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  An Israeli man wears a spoon and a stone as necklaces as he dances during a party at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 5, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  Israeli acrobats perform at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 6, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  Costumes hang on a fence at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 4, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  An Israeli man rests on a couch at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 4, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  Israeli's climb on one of the art installation at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 6, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  Israelis sits under the shade at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 7, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP  Israelis share a group hug after a wooden sculpture was set on fire at Israel’'s first Midburn festival in the Negev Desert, Israel on June 7, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2848120/israel-burning-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2848120/israel-burning-man/"},"headline":"Now You Can Go to Burning Man After Birthright","datePublished":"2014-06-09T16:52:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:17.914Z","description":"The arts and music festival came to Israel for the first time last week, with 3,000 revelers descending on the Negev desert","url":"https://time.com/2848120/israel-burning-man/","keywords":["Israel","Burning Man"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2848120/israel-burning-man/","name":"Now You Can Go to Burning Man After Birthright"}}]}] ```