Hi Ian,
speaking of burning man: if you dont know already, there are also (smaller) events all aro8und the world, called regionals
for example Nest https://www.burningnest.co.uk/ and nowhere https://www.goingnowhere.org/
(i have only be to Where the sheep sleep (NL) and FTE (DE) myself, but Nest, nowhere and BRC are on my to-go-to list)