Hundreds of people, many just back from the Black Rock Desert, turned out for this year’s Burning Man Decompression 2025 at The Loom on Oakland’s Embarcadero.

The festival is a celebration of the arts, bringing elements of Black Rock City to the local Bay Area community. Burning Man art installations, mutant vehicles and performances graced the streets of Oakland in an event that is meant to help participants transition back to daily life and share the spirit of self-expression and community found at the Burn.

The celebration began at 2 p.m. with family-friendly programs and continued into the evening with more performances, maker and technology demos, speakers, workshops, a mini film-festival, food and drinks, and much more. The festival ran through midnight outdoors, with bonus indoor

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