The festival is based on the movie Mad Max and is the biggest post-apocalyptic themed festival in the world

Festival goers go without modern-day amenities and have to dress in elaborate end of the world costumes


Stranded in the middle to the California desert, these festival goers look like they are trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.

And the Wasteland Weekend, which takes place every year allows lovers of the Mad Max movie franchise to see what it is really like to live in a society where civilisation is crumbling.

The festival sees attendees abandoned in the harsh Mojave desert without modern-day amenities such as electricity and running water.

All attendees go the event in outlandish costumes with festival organisers designing elaborate sets complete with Mad Max-style cars.

The four-day post-apocalyptic party in the Mojave desert began in 2010 and has seen steady growth each year.

Now it is the biggest post-apocalyptic themed festival in the world, with this year's being the biggest event to date with 2,500 festival goers.

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Festival goers enter the Wasteland Weekend in the middle of the Mojave desert, which is a post-apocalyptic themed four day festival

The festival's elaborate sets are meant to replicate a post-apocalyptic world and are based on the movie franchise Mad Max

Enthusiasts wearing costume wait by a shop at one of the festival's camps. All festival goers are required to wear a costume

The festival sees performances by live bands, dancers and stunt performers. People cheer as one performer takes to the stage

Stunt performers climb one the Thunderdome, a replica of that which appears in the Mad Max series of films set in a post-apocalyptic time

All festival goers attending Wasteland Weekend are required to wear costume. Pictured is Jake McKinnon dressed as the 'Pez Brother of Wez'

Enthusiasts, such as Masha Cavallari, pictured, wear elaborate costumes for the festival and also carry life like looking props

Christine Shea poses from one of the Mad Max-style vehicles during the Wasteland Weekend festival in the Mojave desert

The four-day post-apocalyptic party in the Mojave desert began in 2010 and has seen steady growth each year, now attracting 2,500 people

Festival goer Barbara Ellquist wears an elaborate hat as she attends the Wasteland Weekend dressed as 'Auntie Virus'

Posing wearing a scary face mask, Desirae Hepp dresses as 'Immortan Joe' at the festival next to some of the custom built vehicles

Two women are tied to the front of a car in one of the performance at the festival in the Californian desert at the weekend

Festival goer Brien Deegan relaxes on his motorcycle in the hot desert at the post-apocalyptic themed festival in America

Wasteland Weekend featured over 100 customized, fan-built Mad Max-style cars and motorcycles, driven out from all over the continent

As night fell on the festival, people gathered to watch performances by burlesque dancers as well as combat and stunt performers

The Thunderdome was one of the focal points at the Wasteland Weekend for performances by stunt actors playing out fight scenes