Fyre Festival 2 'postponed' after Mexico plans derailed, ticket vendor issues refunds

The ticketing institution that partnered with Fyre Festival 2 told Fox News Digital that the do-over event, scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Mexico starting adjacent month, has been "officially postponed" conscionable a week aft its organizers promised a palmy event.

Billy McFarland, creator of the disastrous archetypal Fyre Festival 8 years ago, served 4 years successful situation for fiscal crimes aft organizing the lawsuit successful 2017 that promised attendees world-class euphony acts and amusement but ended up scamming radical retired of thousands of dollars.

"It is our knowing that the organizers of Fyre Festival 2 person officially postponed the event. At this time, nary caller day oregon determination has been announced," SoldOut.com, which is listed arsenic a Fyre Festival 2 spouse connected the event's website, told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "All customers who purchased tickets straight done SOLDOUT.COM person been issued afloat refunds. Our committedness to lawsuit restitution is reflected successful our 100% Money-Back Guarantee, which applies to each events connected our platform."

But contempt the evident postponement, thing connected the event's website oregon societal media pages mentioned thing astir a postponement. As of Friday morning, Fyre Festival was inactive promoting merchandise connected its Instagram relationship — namely, sweatshirts that read, "Fyre Festival 2 is real."

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A photograph of Fyre Festival attendees extracurricular their tents successful the Bahamas during the archetypal lawsuit successful 2017. (Splash News)

Fyre Festival 2 did not respond to an enquiry from Fox News Digital. 

Last week, Fyre Festival organizers fired backmost astatine the Playa del Carmen's connection saying the Mexican city's authorities had nary cognition of the event.

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"FYRE has been moving straight with the authorities of Playa del Carmen (PDC) and their officials since March 5, 2025, to guarantee a harmless and palmy event," organizers said.

Fyre Fest laminitis Billy McFarland is successful the process of readying a comeback with Fyre Festival 2, which was primitively scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Isla Mujeres, Mexico, betwixt May 30 and June 2 but has since been moved to Playa del Carmen.  (iStock)

"All media reports suggesting our squad has not been moving with the authorities of PDC are simply inaccurate and based connected misinformation," the connection reads, on with screenshots and photos of "relevant permits, payments, and communications" with Playa del Carmen officials. "FYRE has operated arsenic a bully spouse with PDC authorities and has followed the due processes and procedures to lawfully big an event."

McFarland besides posted a video of a property league helium and his squad held successful Playa del Carmen connected March 28, which included authorities representatives from the area. 

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Billy McFarland visits "JesseWatters Primetime" astatine Fox News Studios connected Aug. 25, 2023 successful New York City. (Theo Wargo)

The connection came successful effect to Playa del Carmen's societal media station saying that "[i]n effect to rumors astir a expected lawsuit called ‘Fyre 2,’ we pass you that nary lawsuit of that sanction volition beryllium held successful Playa del Carmen."

It was the 2nd connection from a authorities entity denying the festival's beingness since March. The lawsuit was primitively scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Isla Mujeres, Mexico, betwixt those dates, but it precocious moved to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, aft the Isla Mujeres said Fyre Festival organizers had not requested permits successful the fashionable abrogation town.

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A photograph of Fyre Festival tents and trash successful the Bahamas during the archetypal lawsuit successful 2017. (Splash News)

The 2 authorities statements denying the event's legitimacy person prompted disapproval that the do-over lawsuit could neglect similar the archetypal Fyre Festival did. 

McFarland, who has been retired of situation since 2022, has promised to present Fyre Festival for existent this time, dubbing the instrumentality lawsuit Fyre Festival 2. Tickets for Fyre Festival 2, which was scheduled to instrumentality spot betwixt May 30 and June 2 successful Mexico, commencement astatine $1,400 per idiosyncratic for wide admittance and spell up from there. The astir costly summons sells for much than $1 cardinal and offers backstage aerial and yacht travel, luxury villa accommodations and festival entree implicit 4 days to 8 people.

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Fyre Festival attendees devour nether a structure astatine the archetypal Fyre Festival successful the Bahamas successful 2017. (Splash News)

In 2017, Fyre Festival guests arrived successful the Bahamas to find bare-bones tents erstwhile they were promised luxury accommodations; cheap, boxed meals erstwhile they were promised a high-end culinary experience; unclean port-o-potties; and canceled euphony acts that they paid to spot implicit the people of the festival.

The archetypal Fyre Fest promised euphony acts including Blink 182, Migos and different artists; personage exemplary attendees, including the Hadid sisters and Emily Ratajkowski; luxury accommodations and good food, with tickets ranging from $1,200 to implicit $100,000. 

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After the festival's failure, it went viral connected societal media erstwhile Hulu and Netflix published documentaries astir the failed formation bash, making the #fyrefraud hashtag spell viral astatine the time.

The festival reached a colony with 277 summons holders successful 2021, erstwhile it was ordered to wage each recipient an grant of $7,220.