--- title: Dennis Kucinich Is Going to Burning Man description: The former presidential candidate says he plans to speak at the festival in the Nevada desert. canonical: https://time.com/3184683/dennis-kucinich-is-going-to-burning-man/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-27T01:10:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:52:22.238Z article:section: Politics og:title: Dennis Kucinich Is Going to Burning Man og:description: The former presidential candidate says he plans to speak at the festival in the Nevada desert. og:url: https://time.com/3184683/dennis-kucinich-is-going-to-burning-man/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc07018d83e370b00/6986a108cd6848a6c9096366/162595777.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 85th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dennis Kucinich Is Going to Burning Man twitter:description: The former presidential candidate says he plans to speak at the festival in the Nevada desert. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc07018d83e370b00/6986a108cd6848a6c9096366/162595777.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dennis Kucinich Is Going to Burning Man  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Aug 27, 2014 1:10 AM CUT  Dennis Kucinich Dennis KucinichKevork Djansezian—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Aug 27, 2014 1:10 AM CUT Former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is headed to Burning Man. The former Democratic Representative from Ohio and two-time presidential candidate announced Thursday on Twitter that he plans to speak at the famed celebration of self-expression, community and the arts. He’ll be joined by a [wide range of speakers](http://www.palenquenorte.com/2014-lineup/ "undefined"), including conservative political advocate Grover Norquist. Burning Man takes place in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada every year for one week and always ends with the dispersal of camp and destruction of any evidence of it existed. So, might not be that odd a place for a politician after all. > [](https://twitter.com/Dennis%5FKucinich/status/504347625865236480) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3184683/dennis-kucinich-is-going-to-burning-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3184683/dennis-kucinich-is-going-to-burning-man/"},"headline":"Dennis Kucinich Is Going to Burning Man","datePublished":"2014-08-27T01:10:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:52:22.238Z","description":"Things in the Black Rock Desert are really gonna heat up this week","url":"https://time.com/3184683/dennis-kucinich-is-going-to-burning-man/","keywords":["Congress","presidential election","Burning Man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc07018d83e370b00/6986a108cd6848a6c9096366/162595777.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc07018d83e370b00/6986a108cd6848a6c9096366/162595777.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"85th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"85th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3184683/dennis-kucinich-is-going-to-burning-man/","name":"Dennis Kucinich Is Going to Burning Man"}}]}] ```