Wasteland: The Mad Max Festival That Makes Burning Man Look Lame
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Chaos is the norm at Wasteland, the “world’s largest post-apocalyptic festival” that turns the Mojave Desert into a glorious vision of hell on earth. For four days each September, thousands of survivors maraud a patch of dirt and sand east of Bakersfield, California, in wild jalopies and wage epic bungee-battles in a two-story Thunderdome.
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Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Wasteland combines the coolest parts of Mad Max and Fallout with a dash of Dune in a simple premise: The end of civilization has left a scrappy band of survivors to pillage a scorched, dead planet. Some 2,500 people—the largest crowd in the event’s seven-year history—braved this brutal world last weekend, settling into themed tribes like Skulduggers and Vermin Vagabonds.
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
Photo by Tod Seelie for Wired
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