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Three years ago, Billy McFarland was released from prison on charges related to the failure of Fyre Festival. The event, which had advertised itself as a luxury Bahamian concert series, delivered only disaster relief tents and cheese sandwiches. Shortly after McFarland was released, he announced plans to revive the Festival.
By Thursday morning, McFarland’s organization began to cancel tickets to the sequel. Some ticket holders reported receiving refunds, while the festival announced it was scouting new locations.
Fyre Festival 2 was announced in 2023. Promotional materials once again touted an ultra-upscale event, in stark contrast to the dusty campgrounds which have come to be expected at competing festivals.
McFarland claimed at the time he had already secured funding. An initial round of tickets, priced at $499, sold out the first day they were available.
In February, organizers said the event would take place on Isla Mujeres, off the coast of Cancun, Mexico. However, they did not provide a lineup of musical artists, and the island’s government said the necessary permits had not been requested.
By late March, the location had changed to Playa del Carmen, a mainland town near Isla Mujeres. Once again, the local government said it had not been contacted.
The haphazard lead-up has drawn parallels to the 2017 disaster which landed McFarland in prison. In both cases, organizers appear to have sold tickets without establishing the feasibility of their plans. At the first festival, however, attendees did not discover the truth until they arrived in the Bahamas.
The website for Fyre Festival 2 still states that the event will begin May 30. Tickets range from a $1,400 “general access” pass, to a $1.1 million “Prometheus” package, which includes chauffeur service, a charter plane, and stage access for eight people.
