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== Event history == "Burning Man Texas"<ref>http://www.burningman.com/preparation/newsletters/2002-summer/index.html></ref> was held in June 1998 by George Paap. It had 30 attendees, and featured the burning of a straw man built on site. Burning Flipside (named by Melody Byrd in Prost's backyard) began in 1999. From 1998 through 2005, the event was held at '''Recreation Plantation''' ({{coord|30.118830|-98.180544|display=inline}}), a private campground in neighboring [[Dripping Springs, Texas]]. Having outgrown that space, the event moved to a larger property in 2006, '''Flat Creek Crossing''' ({{Coord|30.283342|-98.205479|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}}). While this location allowed for potential future growth, the land is also more primitive, due to the presence of large cliffs, scorpions, mountain lions, and other hazards, some believe that the land is more dangerous than even the [[Black Rock Desert]].<ref>[http://www.burningflipside.com/CC/cc_news/news_item.2006-02-14.3426228879] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321010807/http://www.burningflipside.com/CC/cc_news/news_item.2006-02-14.3426228879|date=March 21, 2006}}</ref> In 2010, the event moved to '''Apache Pastures''' near [[San Gabriel, Texas]] and [[Rockdale, Texas]]. The endemic [[pecan trees]] offered shade and participant created [[trails]] provided access to the [[San Gabriel River (Texas)|San Gabriel River]], a larger body of water than was present at Flat Creek Crossing. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Location ! Theme ! Effigy ! Participants ! Notes |- | 1999 | Recreation Plantation | Countdown to Armageddon | HA | >250 | |- | 2000 | Recreation Plantation | Pyropolis | The City | 300 | |- | 2001 | Recreation Plantation | Home on the Strange | The Stranger | >500 <ref>Nissenbaum, Dion. Knight Ridder News Service. "'Burning Man' festival fires up global following." The Denver Post (Colorado, USA). 2000-08-10. p. A35. Retrieved from Newsbank's "America's Newspapers" through the [http://www.dallaslibary.org Dallas Public Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725215203/http://www.dallaslibary.org/ |date=2011-07-25 }} on 2010-01-22.</ref> <ref name="Time_2000">Stein, Joel. "The Man Behind Burning Man" Time. 2000-08-10. Retrieved from <[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604064141/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,54455,00.html]> on 2010-01-22. Archived by WebCite at </ref> | |- | 2002 | Recreation Plantation | Down the Rabbit Hole | The Joker (House of Cards) | 750 | effigy dismantled and burned in Charlie Smith's art piece, ''Synapse Naust'' |- | 2003 | Recreation Plantation | Dreams of Chromatic Distraction | The Sandman | 950 | |- | 2004 | Recreation Plantation | Glitter Monkey Rodeo | Hanuman | 1,200 (max. tickets) | The first year the event sold all available tickets pre-event. |- | 2005 | Recreation Plantation | Innergalactic Circus | Rocket | 1,500 (max. tickets) | |- | 2006 | Flat Creek | Fall from Grace | Chalice | 1,800 (max. tickets) | First year at Flat Creek |- | 2007 | Flat Creek | Symphony of Construction | The Conductor | 2,007 (max. tickets) | |- | 2008 | Flat Creek | Dr Tiki's Combustible Medicine Show | The Hula Girl | 2,345 (max. tickets) | |- | 2009 | Flat Creek | Freakalicious Safari | The Freak | 2,468 (max. tickets) | Effigy did not burn at Flat Creek. Dismantled and relocated to North Texas for the burn at [[Myschievia]]. |- | 2010 | Apache Pastures | Post Apocalyptic Prom | The Texas Tango | 2,469 (max. tickets) | First year at Apache Pastures (adjacent to Apache Pass River Theatre) |- | 2011 | Apache Pastures | Bad Idea | Burning Bridges | 2,470 (max. tickets) | |- | 2012 | Apache Pastures | Freaky Deeky Time Machine | Time Machine | 2,483 (max. tickets) | First year a sell-out of tickets spun off an event named Burning Otherside at Recreation Plantation |- | 2013 | Apache Pastures | The Bandersnatch Boobytrap | The Beast '013 | 2,557 (actual tickets past gate) | First year to receive permit for population over 2500 (limit imposed by Texas' Mass Gathering Act) |- | 2014 | Apache Pastures | By Lurko's Beard | The Lair of the Beard | 2,982 (actual tickets past gate) | |- | 2015 | Apache Pastures | The Wizards Of Odd | Magical Thinking | 2,852 (actual tickets past gate) | Colloquially referred to as "Floodside" |- | 2016 | Apache Pastures | No |We Wee Whee |2,547 (actual tickets past gate) |The number of tickets sold was reduced to reduce strain on the event volunteers following a very difficult year in 2015. |- | 2017 | Apache Pastures | Unicorns vs Rainbows: The Reckoning | Playwood Palace | 2,870 (actual tickets past gate) | |- | 2018 | Apache Pastures | Return of the Shadows: 20 Years of Light and Dark |PINE Cononagon |2627 (actual tickets past gate) | |- |2019 |Apache Pastures |Sisyphean Celebration |We'll Meet Again | 2649 (actual tickets past gate) | |- |2020 | Apache Pastures | The Sacred and The Propane | N/A | N/A | Cancelled due to [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] & deferred to next year. |- |2021 | Apache Pastures | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cancelled due to COVID-19 & deferred to next year. |- |2022 |Apache Pastures |The Sacred and The Propane |Stairway to Heaven | 2100 (approximate tickets past gate) | |- |2023 |Apache Passtures |Demolition Disco Derby | | | |- |2024 |Apache Pastures |Cosmic Critter Carnival | | | |}
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