Billy McFarland on July 13, 2023. Photo:
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Fyre Festival 2 has been postponed, according to the organizers, per ABC News and NBC News.
Fyre Festival 2 tickets went on sale in February, with general tickets starting at $1,400. The festival was supposed to take place in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, from Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2.
But on Wednesday, April 16, ticket holders received a message that the event was postponed. “The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced. We have issued you a refund. Once the new date is announced, at that time, you can repurchase if it works for your schedule,” the message said, per ABC News.
“FYRE Festival 2 is still on,” the message said, per NBC News. “We are vetting new locations and will announce our host destination soon. Our priorities remain unchanged: delivering an unforgettable, safe, and transparent experience.”
Fyre Festival promo. YouTube
Billy McFarland, the organizer of the initial Fyre Festival in 2017 and the 2025 festival, announced in August 2023 that the festival would be returning.
“I’m sure many people think I’m crazy for doing this again. But I feel I’d be crazy not to do it again,” McFarland, 33, previously said, per NBC News. “After years of reflection and now thoughtful planning, the new team and I have amazing plans for FYRE 2.”
The festival was originally slated to take place in Isla Mujeres, but in early March, the government of Isla Mujeres denied that the event was taking place there.
Weeks later, McFarland said at a late March press conference that the new event would occur in Playa del Carmen. On Thursday, April 3, the city denied that the music festival is happening there, according to a press release translated by Rolling Stone.
However, in a Friday, April 4 Instagram statement, McFarland said the event organizers have been working with the city of Playa del Carmen since March to secure permits for the music festival. He also included various photos of alleged documents — such as tourism permits, environmental permits and receipts of payments made to the Playa del Carmen government — all filed or submitted over the past month.
The Fyre Festival Instagram account did not mention the postponement on Wednesday, but it did promote a sweatshirt in its Stories with the logo “Fyre 2 is Real.”
Fyre Festival organizers did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Fyre Festival in Bahamas. Splash News
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The original Fyre Festival, which compared itself to Coachella, took place in April 2017. Attendees paid upwards of $1,500 for tickets for a festival in the Bahamas with performances from Blink-182 and Migos promised, along with big-name models and influencers.
Upon arrival, guests learned that the promised luxury accommodations were no more than makeshift tents and folding chairs. It later inspired two documentaries, Netflix’s FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened and Hulu’s Fyre Fraud.
McFarland was later found guilty of two counts of wire fraud in relation to the failed festival and served time in prison from 2018 until 2022.
