Fyre Festival, A Documentary On Netflix
The Fyre Festival was one of the biggest festival failures in festival history. It was ran by Entrepreneur Billy McFarLand and hip-hop artist Ja Rule. I decided to do a post on the festival because of the recent documentary Netflix has released that is a must-watch.
The Fyre Festival was a festival planned to be one of the most exclusive festivals ever offering tickets for up to $250.000. The festival was promoted by the world’s most powerful influencers and it blew up really quickly. 95% of the tickets to the festival were sold out in the first 48 hours of them being released for purchase. Some tickets included a private yacht, a villa ect, but those things were never actually there for the festival to sell in the first place.
The advertising campaigns also stated that the festival would take place on one of Pablo Escobar’s islands. This as stated in the documentary was not supposed to be announced and the person who sold the island to FYRE immediately kicked them off it. FYRE had to find another island to host the festival in a very short amount of time and they managed to rent a small part of the Great Exuma Islands.
People thought they would be staying in luxurious tents and villas on the beach, with all the necessities included. I mean i would expect that as well if i paid $50.000+ for a ticket. The situation at the islands though was not quite meeting the expectations. Guests that arrived at the campsite were faced with tents that were not even close to luxury.
An outrage was bound to happen and it did. People were screaming, crying, asking for refunds, basically asking for a solution to this whole mess as they were not able to either leave the islands or find another place to stay. Nobody was around to help anyone and it was a complete mess. So many workers that worked on building the campsite and handling the food were never paid. Artists and investors were never paid either, this leading to the bankruptcy of Billy McFarLand and finally his imprisonment. He is currently serving 6 years in federal prison.
Fyre: The Greatest Festival That Never Happened, is an amazing documentary on Netfiix showing you what not to do when planning any kind of festival.
