Hello dusty friends! Rootpile will be bringing live Bluegrass and southern food/culture to the Playa for it's sixth year! We've been placed at 6:30 & E, very close to last year's location, with more space! We are upping our game for 2018 with a third art car and a revamped mobile stage. We offer dai...

Sigh. After two or three years of searching for Rootpile, I FINALLY found you guys last year... Monday afternoon post-event. One of these burns, I will see some live bluegrass, dagnabit! I won't be bringing a camera (immediacy, blah, blah, blah) but I'll be happy to share my story once I finally do...

Some photos of the framework of Rolling Thunder, and a smaller, tamer "inspiration".

We are ROOTPILE, folks that comprise a theme camp at the burn the past 4 years (10 years of regionals prior to that). We love all that is Burning Man, and we want to support more diversity in the styles of music you can find in the dust, so we bring high-quality, professional live Bluegrass music to...

I hate to do this, but my Google-fu has reached its limitations, and I cannot figure out where this came from! This light (was it a button? a pin? a necklace?) was purchased somewhere in the San Fernando Valley prior to the burn 5 or so years ago. In typical burner fashion, the location cannot be re...

I have a light mesh backback.... I'd be grateful for more details about such backpacks...light, mesh, small, etc. I have one that I got on Amazon, made by Bago that folds up into a little pouch. Small ( but not tiny) lightweight, mesh... http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FUWSTI8?keywords=Bago%2...