Wasteland Weekend, desert fest (9/24-28)

Official highlight reel: Wasteland Weekend

(Wasteland Weekend) Check out the official highlight reel from #WastelandWeekend. Now, it's time for 2025 -- the 15th year of the event -- which aims to be even more epic. Directed and edited by Preston Yarger. Cinematographers: Louis Pei, Christian Cuevas, Justin Ramsey, Nathan Gresham, Christian Agurto, Dane Rising, Mike Darling. Filmed entirely on location at Wasteland Weekend, Mojave, California, 2024.

Wasteland Weekend?

Where's Max? Let's go beyond Thunderdome!

If driving on the 405 Freeway at rush hour isn’t "Mad Max" enough for Americans, then LAist has got a party at the end of the world that might catch some eyes.

Thousands of people will descend on the Mojave Desert on Wednesday, Sept. 24th, 2025, for the annual Wasteland Weekend (wastelandweekend.com) -- a five-day bash inspired by post-apocalyptic franchises like "Mad Max" and "Fallout."

What started 15 years ago as a group of "Mad Max" fans looking to hang out has grown into an intensely immersive destination for people from around the world.

Like Burning Man, this festival takes place on a barren landscape. But Wasteland Weekenders go all-in on creating another world.

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