In case you’ve ever dreamed of proudly owning a bit of the Fyre Festival model, now’s your probability — once more. Proprietor and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland shared the information by way of Instagram on Monday, July seventh, after a deliberate sale of the model fell via.
“We had a seven-figure deal for the entire Fyre model and IP bundle that fell via this morning,” McFarland defined within the publish. “However now, the chance to personal the Fyre model is again on the desk,” he added, explaining the best way to buy or license the Fyre model on your occasion or product. Watch the complete clip under.
Again in April of this yr, documentarian Shawn Rech introduced he had acquired a number of the Fyre Fest model’s IP and revealed plans to launch a brand new music-focused subscription video-on-demand platform. Apparently, this appears to be the deal that simply fell via.
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And simply final month, McFarland revealed that he was relaunching Fyre as a Caribbean island getaway in Honduras this September, promising “an expertise constructed for adventurers, creators, and the curious.” At the moment, this occasion seems to nonetheless be taking place.
The continued Fyre Fest drama continues after the preliminary 2017 occasion collapsed in catastrophic style, leading to a pair of documentaries and McFarland being charged with a number of counts of fraud.
Nonetheless, in 2023, he put tickets on sale for Fyre Festival 2, on the “First 100” tier worth of $499, which promptly sold out regardless of a scarcity of location, dates or perhaps a lineup.
In 2024, McFarland revealed that the Fyre Fest 2 would happen in April 2025 at an unnamed personal island off the coast of Mexico. Claiming on the time to be constructing out the placement to accommodate 3,000 individuals for a three-day occasion, he touted that the fest could be extra than simply music, and embody such actions as karate fight. Tickets had been priced from $1,400 to an extravagant $1.1 million VIP bundle. No performers had but to be booked.
By February 2025, McFarland shared new dates for the Fyre Fest 2 (Could thirtieth to June 2nd), and revealed a location: Isla Mujeres in Quintana Roo, Mexico. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than these plans had been dashed, nevertheless, when the tourism directorate of Isla Mujeres defined having no knowledge of the event, and that it didn’t exist.
That revelation didn’t deter former NFL star Antonio Brown from saying himself because the first act booked for Fyre Fest 2 shortly thereafter.
In April of this yr, McFarland lastly conceded that Fyre Fest 2 had been indefinitely postponed, promising new dates. That very same month, Fyre Fest spokesperson Nick Lowe accused Mexican officials of “theft,” claiming they’d given cash and been issued permits to proceed with the present.
So for anybody who nonetheless longs to launch just about something underneath the less-than-illustrious Fyre Pageant model (maybe a DIY Ponzi scheme package?), Billy McFarland is able to pay attention.
