The Failure of Fyre Festival

The story of Fyre Festival, an event so bad the organiser is probably going to jail.

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[regularsherlock]

“With no food, they started giving out free tequila”

That... that is a very short term solution to that problem

[phosphoros]

Imagine you're working at the American Embassy in the Bahamas and all of a sudden dozens of your countrymen show up who look like they've been human-trafficked there.

[kendall]

my favorite part of the whole fyre festival mess was the photo that had the dashcon ball pit photoshopped into it

[mhomer]

"But... let's please have one failed festival that has a sequel"

When the world needed it the least, it returned.

[falseking]

$500 with EVERYTHING included on a private island for 2 weeks?!?! That sounds like an excerpt from a Nigerian prince scam.

[gotmilk]

For anyone who’s wondering about Billy.

On October 11, 2018, McFarland was sentenced to six years in federal prison. McFarland is currently incarcerated at FCI Elkton, in Lisbon, Ohio.

[HairofQuestionableorigin]

This entire situation is made 10x worse by the fact that now Billy's out of prison he's decided that the best course of action is to do Fyre festival 2.0

[grugg]

People: hungry, angry, and tired
Administration: lets give them liquor

[twiceineverymoment]

It's worth mentioning that they did actually rent out Norman's Cay, but the owners expressly forbid them from mentioning Pablo Escobar, which Billy started doing almost immediately, causing the contract to be cancelled.

[candiigurl]

"...we got hit by a big storm."

A storm called "Failure".

[WarlordPete]

For those coming back to watch this.
Yes, Billy is out and Fyre Festival is back....

and yes, We're hoping for a second one from Internet Historian.

[jaytothelu]

I revisit this video every few months to remind myself no matter how badly I fail at least I didn’t create Fire Festival.

[r.a.fgattaiguy]

> no food
> free tequila
Oh boy that sure sounds like a great idea

[owenwalters]

This is the Fallout 76 of music festivals.

[ultimateninjaboi]

Honestly, its a blessing this didnt take place on a private island. Cuz imagine all this, but there were no services to get you the hell out. This would go from people having a horrific time to a body count.

[joecaljapan]

Update: apparently Billy McFarland is writing a book about this disaster and amazingly planning another Fyre Festival after his prison sentence is over. I think he has fully gone insane while behind bars.

[themandownstairs]

Broke: Fyre Festival

Woke: Tropical Dashcon

[MapleLeafAce]

I like how paying Kendall Jenner to tweet about it cost more than the festival.

[JasminLeblanc]

What I like the most about Historians take on all of these stories is the somewhat grounded view of human behaviour and energy spent to uncover the truth. He goes time and time again out of his way to point out the opposite of what general lies and social narrative would have us believe. 1200$, all expenses paid for a a 2 week trip in the bahamas does sound like a great deal. Not all of the party goers were rich entitled brats. Alot of them were tricked by what appeared to be a great deal. Same for the cruise ship concordia. While he did have a giggle at the captain's expense, he <also did go out of his way to point out that it wasn't all his fault and took time to humanize the character. Which is much more than most media ever did for these events. Sensationalize, point finger, laugh, refuse to elaborate, leave.

Thanks Internet Historian

[Cybermat]

“Once owned by Pablo Escobar.”

Haven’t been this excited since I went to Osama bin Laden’s cave.