Burning Man festival cancelled again due to Covid pandemic

The centre piece of the annual Burning Man festival (Debra Reid/AP)

Burning Man organisers have announced that they are cancelling this summer’s annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The San Francisco-based group posted a video on its website that said there are too many uncertainties to resolve in time to hold the event as scheduled August 26 to September 3 in the Black Rock Desert 100 miles north of Reno.