Today marks the 40th anniversary of Burning Man, celebrating its evolution from a small gathering into a global phenomenon of art, creativity, and community, inspiring countless individuals to express themselves and forge new connections. Continue reading Happy 40th Burning Man!
Atomic Octopus is in no way, shape or form going to be a sound camp at Burning Man. There are no massive sound rigs. There aren’t even any tiny sound rigs. We do have a couple speakers to provide for a little music in our front-of-house space for guests to enjoy throughout the week. We’re also excited to feature some Occo Music Underworld (that is, … Continue reading Occo Music Retro
We would like to share an illuminated tentacle progress report with you. At Atomic Octopus HQ in Las Vegas, we have been making solid progress on yet another project for Burning Man 2026. As you know, we recently received our placement location and could not be more excited. One of our campmates has been hard at work on a new version of the time-traveling coffee … Continue reading Illuminated Tentacle Progress
Atomic Octopus is in no way, shape or form going to be a sound camp at Burning Man. There are no massive sound rigs. There aren’t even any tiny sound rigs. We do have a couple speakers to provide for a little music in our front-of-house space for guests to enjoy throughout the week. We’re also excited to feature some Occo Music Underworld (that is, … Continue reading Occo Music Underworld
Deep beneath rows and rows of beige storage containers, the Atomic Octopus waited. This was the calm before the Occo Breakout Party would begin. For months, the giant mechanical steampunk octopus had rested inside its container home at the storage yard near the desert mountains. Outside, wind whistled between metal walls. Rain clouds rolled overhead. Everything seemed quiet. Too quiet. Then, one stormy afternoon, something … Continue reading Occo Breakout Party: The Atomic Octopus Escapes Storage
Rain in the desert can completely change life in northern Nevada. At the end of May, a couple of Atomic Octopus campmates headed north from Las Vegas to work on and bring gear to the camp’s shipping container. They expected dry weather and mild temperatures. Instead, they found something very different. Rain in the desert arrived with cold temperatures, strong winds, and wet conditions. It … Continue reading Rain in the Desert: How Spring Storms Can Change the Black Rock Desert
Last month, the Burning Man Placement Team notified us that our camp (as well as the other camps in our hub) had been placed. That was exciting news, but now we have placement location! Atomic Octopus will be on Bodhi at approximately 3:15 for Burning Man 2026! Click here to check out this year’s city plan. Placement Location Shifts Things Into High Gear Exciting news … Continue reading We Have Placement Location!
Burning Man 2025 was a challenging year for a lot of camps – including ours! We had been planning to celebrate our last year as Brainy Bar and debut the Atomic Octopus installation, but mother nature had other plans for us all. On the evening of 27 August, hours before the gates were to open, a terrible dust storm descended on Black Rock City. Even … Continue reading Occo Repair
Atomic Octopus is in no way, shape or form going to be a sound camp at Burning Man. There are no massive sound rigs, there aren’t even any tiny sound rigs, but we do have a couple speakers to provide for a little music in our front-of-house space for guests to enjoy throughout the week. We’re also excited to feature some Occo Music for Darklings … Continue reading Occo Music For Darklings
In our efforts to appease the atomic octopus that lives beneath the Black Rock Desert, in hopes that it bestows great weather conditions at Burning Man 2026, we humbly offer this. An Octopus Of The Day, or Occo The Day. We think the more fun weird pictures we make, find, or post… the better the chances are for a great weather year. Today we’re taking … Continue reading Occo Flashback: May 25
As we prepare for Burning Man 2026: Occo Mundi we have been hard at work designing and building art for the new camp. Once we nailed down our designs, it was time for an exciting process: creating our signature camp sign. We used CNC tools to cut out the parts, ensuring everything was exactly the way we wanted. Then it came down to painting, assembly, … Continue reading Creating Art for Burning Man 2026: Our Camp Sign Journey
Atomic Octopus made its regional debut in April, at SN-RG near the town of Beatty, Nevada! This gave us a chance to show off the new camp sign at an event close to our home base and local community, as well as test out a few things we are working on for Burning Man 2026. The regional campout was the Atomic Octopus camp’s very first … Continue reading Preparing for Burning Man 2026: Atomic Octopus Camp Debut
