Fyre Festival 2 Organizer Billy McFarland Shares Planning Timeline for Music Event

• Fyre Competition 2 organizer Billy McFarland is sharing alleged documentation that signifies the music pageant’s planning is underway — regardless of claims from the federal government of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, stating in any other case
• McFarland was discovered responsible of two counts of wire fraud in relation to the unique Fyre Competition in 2018 and served time in jail till 2022
• McFarland has claimed that the brand new pageant is about to happen in late Could/early June 2025, however no musical performances have been introduced

Fyre Competition 2 organizer Billy McFarland is sharing updates and alleged documentation displaying that the planning course of for the occasion is underway — regardless of stories that the second iteration of the controversial music pageant is just not going to occur.

In a press release shared on Instagram on Friday, April 4, McFarland, 33, and the official Fyre Competition account wrote that the organizers have been working with town of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, since March to safe permits for the music pageant — which McFarland beforehand mentioned is deliberate for late Could/early June 2025.

“FYRE has been working directly with the government of Playa del Carmen (PDC) and their officials since March 5, 2025, to ensure a safe and successful event,” the assertion reads. “All media reports suggesting our team has not been working with the government of PDC are simply inaccurate and based on misinformation.”

“FYRE has operated as a good partner with PDC government and has followed the proper processes and procedures to lawfully host an event,” the assertion provides.

Additionally included within the Instagram submit are varied photographs of alleged paperwork — corresponding to tourism permits, environmental permits and receipts of funds made to the Playa del Carmen authorities — all filed or submitted over the previous month.

Regardless of McFarland’s claims, town of Playa del Carmen denied that the music pageant is occurring there, writing in a press launch translated by Rolling Stone that the occasion “does not exist.”

“Neither this event nor any event with its name will occur in our city,” the federal government shared in a statement on April 3. “After looking over the information around the situation, we can confirm that there have been no registrations, planning or conditions to indicate that this will happen in our municipality.”

In accordance with Today, McFarland mentioned at a press convention final week that the brand new occasion would happen in Playa del Carmen — though the organizer beforehand claimed that the pageant can be happening in Isla Mujeres, situated about an hour north of Playa del Carmen. The federal government of Isla Mujeres additionally denied that the occasion was happening there.

Within the Instagram submit, McFarland additionally shared partially-redacted screenshots of emails claiming to point out invites asking musical artists to carry out on the pageant, though commenters had been fast to level out that no performances have been introduced at this level.

“Imagine getting permits for a festival weeks before it happens,” one commenter on Instagram wrote. “As an events professional, watching this unfold is hilarious and is really the only news I’m enjoying at the moment.”

“What happened to ‘lineup next week’? Next week is over,” one other added.

In accordance with its web site, Fyre Competition 2 is about to happen Could 30 to June 2, with general tickets starting at $1,400. One ticket bundle for eight individuals can be being bought for greater than $1 million.

The unique iteration of Fyre Competition passed off in April 2017. Attendees paid upwards of $1,500 for tickets for a pageant within the Bahamas with performances from Blink 182 and Migos promised, together with big-name fashions and influencers. The occasion had in contrast itself to Coachella.

Upon arrival, friends realized that the promised luxurious lodging had been not more than makeshift tents and folding chairs. The occasion was disorganized, upset attendees and even impressed two documentaries in regards to the chaos: Netflix’s FYRE: The Best Get together That By no means Occurred and Hulu’s Fyre Fraud.

McFarland was later discovered responsible of two counts of wire fraud in relation to the failed pageant and served time in jail from 2018 till 2022.

In September 2024, McFarland revealed a few of the first particulars about his controversial follow-up pageant, eight years after the unique occasion.

He instructed Today‘s Savannah Sellers {that a} manufacturing firm had been secured and the pageant can be happening on an island.

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“We’ve got a personal island off the coast of Mexico within the Caribbean, and now we have an unbelievable manufacturing firm who’s dealing with every part from soup to nuts,” McFarland mentioned on the time.

He added that the precise island had but to be revealed, however they had been aiming to make use of a location that already had lodging and locations to eat. “We are developing and building out the private island for the actual festival festivities” with the assistance of the unnamed manufacturing firm, McFarland mentioned.