{"id":15013,"date":"2025-10-21T00:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/15013\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:11:14","slug":"burning-man-decompression-event-in-oakland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/15013\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man Decompression Event in Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of people, many just back from the Black Rock Desert, turned out for this year\u2019s Burning Man Decompression 2025 at The Loom on Oakland\u2019s Embarcadero.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 festivities until 3:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>People were also treated to interactive art theme camps, DJs and live music, along with a Silent Disco by ZEROdB.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Attendees walk through the &quot;Primitive Obsession&quot; art piece during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The performance art piece was created by Squid from San Francisco, and is an &quot;homage to the beauty of geometric shapes.&quot; (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"499\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_09.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274988\" \/>Attendees walk through the \u201cPrimitive Obsession\u201d art piece during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The performance art piece was created by Squid from San Francisco, and is an \u201chomage to the beauty of geometric shapes.\u201d Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Vanessa Boyd, an Oakland resident, participates in the &quot;Talk to God&quot; art piece during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The performance art installation was co-created by Miles Eastman in 2004 down in Ojai, Calif. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"538\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274979\" \/>Vanessa Boyd, an Oakland resident, participates in the \u201cTalk to God\u201d art piece during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The performance art installation was co-created by Miles Eastman in 2004 down in Ojai, Calif. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Festivalgoers during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"321\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_04.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274981\" \/>Event goers during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A pinball fire game art piece at Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"479\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_12.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274987\" \/>A pinball-fire-game art piece at Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Phoenix, an Oakland resident, spins inside the &quot;Human Gyroscope&quot; during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. Phoenix grew up in Las Vegas and is familiar with expressive performance art. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"457\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274977\" \/>Phoenix, an Oakland resident, spins inside the \u201cHuman Gyroscope\u201d during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. Phoenix grew up in Las Vegas and is familiar with expressive performance art. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"An festivalgoer walks through one of the main entrances of The Loom indoor art space during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"448\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_11.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274984\" \/>An Attendee walks through one of the main entrances of The Loom indoor art space during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Dayna Kitty, a resident of San Francisco, dances in front of the Bounce Art Car during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"454\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_14.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274982\" \/>Dayna Kitty, a resident of San Francisco, dances in front of the Bounce Art Car during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Exo pours tea inside the &quot;Tea House&quot; room for guests during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The Tea House, founded by Annie Oakley, has been a feature at Burning Man events for 13 years and promotes &quot;harm reduction,&quot; through offering a safe space, support and sleeping quarters among festival goers. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"432\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_05.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274980\" \/>Exo pours tea inside the \u201cTea House\u201d room for guests during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The Tea House, founded by Annie Oakley, has been a feature at Burning Man events for 13 years and promotes \u201charm reduction,\u201d through offering a safe space, support and sleeping quarters among festival goers. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"&quot;Un Nuevo Camino,&quot; an art project by Mark Rivera, is viewed by attendees during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"468\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_16.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274983\" \/>\u201cUn Nuevo Camino,\u201d an art project by Mark Rivera, is viewed by attendees during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Festivalgoers view the &quot;Tipping Point&quot; art piece during Burning Man's Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The performance art installation was created by Christopher Schardt and Terri Einbund to explore the delicate balance between tyranny and democracy. (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"513\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EBT-L-BURNMAN-1020_03.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12274978\" \/>Festival goers view the \u201cTipping Point\u201d art piece during Burning Man\u2019s Decompression event on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oakland, Calif. The performance art installation was created by Christopher Schardt and Terri Einbund to explore the delicate balance between tyranny and democracy. Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of people, many just back from the Black Rock Desert, turned out for this year\u2019s Burning Man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,184,13014,7,332,181,23,143,145,144,2944,385],"class_list":["post-15013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-bay-area","tag-burning-man","tag-california","tag-east-bay","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-regional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}