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🦁 Thanks for an amazing Burn β€” see you in 2027!

We’re Sundowners, an African-diaspora inspired Burning Man camp, bringing music, art, and community to the playa.

Sundowners is centered on creating liminal spaces to celebrate the multicultural art, music, dance, and hospitality that African traditions and speakeasies bring to the world.

We strive for a holistic offering through our shebeen speakeasy and safari-theme art car. The deep artistry, meaning, and humanity of African-based music is our creative North Star.

We flavor our experience through Afrofuturism, imagining a positive, inclusive future through speculative art and technology, representing the diverse background and skills of our community.

The Rexan Sound System

How we built a solar-powered QSC rig on a psychedelic safari car.

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sundowners with sign
j on rexan
z on spotter
2022 group
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Our veteran, multi-continental crew offers an experience, interactivity, and vibe that is distinct from anything in Black Rock.

At every step, we strive to share the wonder and appreciation for one of the most special places on the planet, much like Burning Man itself.

Our mission is to challenge nationalism through our unique expression of diversity.

We are an African-diaspora inspired art collective named after 'Sundowners' - a wonderful South African tradition of sharing stories, laughter, and libations at dusk.

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We feel Burning Man, as the world's largest temporary city, is a fitting ecosystem to explore a unique ethnographic heritage that has expressed itself across Africa, America, South America, and the Caribbean.

In 2017, a passionate crew of longtime Burning Man vets from across the globe traveled to South Africa and went on a life-changing wildlife safari.

On the Savannah, we would end each day with the country's lovely sunset social ceremony.

That same year, we dubbed ourselves Sundowners and created Rexan, a psychedelic safari-themed art car to bring this special cultural ritual to the Burning Man community and beyond.

EXPEDITIONS
2026Axis Mundi7:45 & Bodhi
2025Tomorrow Today7:45 & Ellison
2024Curiouser & CuriouserRest year
2023Animalia4:45 & Grootslang
2022Waking Dreams4:15 & Glimmer
2021The Great UnknownCANCELLED
2020The MultiverseCANCELLED
2019Metamorphoses4:15 & Hyacinth
2018I, Robot8:15 & Cylon
2017Radical Ritual7:30 & Labyrinth
Rexan
  • Line drawing of Rexan from the front in 2017

    2017

  • Line drawing of Rexan from the front in 2018

    2018

  • Line drawing of Rexan from the front in 2019

    2019

  • Line drawing of Rexan from the front in 2022

    2022

  • Line drawing of Rexan from the front in 2023

    2023

  • Line drawing of Rexan from the front in 2025

    2025

  • Line drawing of Rexan from the front in 2026

    2026

Swipe for all the years β†’

Read about Rexan's Evolution

Rexan Build 2026

Somewhere in Reno

raising the new frame
socket set at the dash
working on the canopy at dusk
drilling into the side panel after dark
solar panels on the roof rack
rexan in the yard
sundowners lion logo

Collaborate with us if you would like to participate as a musician, DJ, dancer, artist or in any creative capacity.

At Black Rock City and year-round, our goal is to spread the Sundowners' vision through our flavor of African diaspora events, creative projects, and community involvement.

We would love to hear from you.

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