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Billy McFarland, sitting in front of a lit blue background, looks forward and frowns.
Finance
Fyre Festival sells on eBay for $245K, a sum so low it wouldn’t have been able to afford disgraced founder Billy McFarland some tickets at his own event
By Sasha RogelbergJuly 16, 2025
Billy McFarland, in a black T-shirts, sits in front of a patterned blue background.
Lifestyle
Fyre Festival 2 tickets are on sale for up to $1.1 million after founder served prison time for defrauding investors of the first event
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 26, 2025
Fyre Fest 2 tickets on sale for $1.1 million include scuba diving with disgraced founder Billy McFarland
Success
Fyre Fest 2 tickets on sale for $1.1 million include scuba diving with disgraced founder Billy McFarland
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 10, 2024
The crowd standing in front of an illuminated stage at Electric Zoo
Lifestyle
Now NYC has its very own ‘Fyre Festival 2.0’ after thousands storm the gates of the ‘EZoo’ EDM festival: ‘Thank God people lived’
By Paige HagySeptember 6, 2023
Billy McFarland on March 2, 2014 in New York City.
Lifestyle
Fraudster Billy McFarland says $500 tickets for Fyre Festival II have already sold out
By Chloe TaylorAugust 23, 2023
Billy McFarland and Fyre Festival survivor, Andy King.
Success
Disgraced Fyre Festival founder says he’s going to do it again despite being hit with a 6-year fraud sentence after the first event’s blistering failure
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 11, 2023
Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland
Finance
Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is out of prison and he’s trying his luck as a marketing consultant: ‘Want to learn my method?’
By Tristan BoveJanuary 30, 2023
The founder of the infamous Fyre Festival is planning another business venture
Finance
The founder of the infamous Fyre Festival is planning another business venture
By Chris MorrisJanuary 24, 2023
Ja Rule
Arts & Entertainment
Ja Rule Escapes Fyre Festival Lawsuit—For Now
By Isaac FeldbergJuly 11, 2019
fyre festival hulu netflix documentary
Arts & Entertainment
Hulu and Netflix Could Face Subpoenas Over Their Fyre Festival Documentaries
By Polly Mosendz and BloombergApril 17, 2019
New York Screening Of Netflix's "FYRE: THE GREATEST PARTY THAT NEVER HAPPENED"
Tech
Data Sheet—How Unregulated Social Media Fed the Fyre Festival Scam
By Aaron Pressman and Adam LashinskyApril 1, 2019
Skype’s New Feature Blurs Video Backgrounds to Hide Your Messy Life
Tech
Skype’s New Feature Blurs Video Backgrounds to Hide Your Messy Life
By Laura Stampler/TIMEFebruary 7, 2019
Bahamas Canceled Festival
2 Fyre Festival Attendees Awarded $5 Million in Lawsuit Against Co-Founder
By Sarah GrayJuly 3, 2018
The 23rd Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction
Fyre Festival Founder Charged With Selling Fake Tickets to Big Events While Out on Bail
By Sarah GrayJune 14, 2018
Bahamas Canceled Festival
Arts & Entertainment
Promoter of Disastrous Fyre Festival Pleads Guilty to Fraud
By Emily PriceMarch 8, 2018
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