Tweet Facebook Mail The notoriously disastrous Fyre Festival is, apparently, still getting a sequel. Fyre Festival 2 is set to be held on Mexico's Isla Mujeres between May 30 and June 2, according to the festival's founder Billy McFarland. McFarland described Fyre Festival 2 as a "three-day escape to the Mexican Caribbean where you'll explore by day alongside your favourite talent and come together at night to celebrate with music," in a news release posted to his X page.
READ MORE: Millions to sweat through final summer burst of heat The festival's founder, William 'Billy' McFarland, seen here at the US Federal Court in Manhattan in 2017. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters/File via CNN Newsource) The release also promises "world class accommodations" and "adventures led by international and local talent, taking guests on boundary-pushing excursions by day and uniting for intimate beach-side performances at night." Performers have not been announced.
McFarland is the founder of the original 2017 Fyre Festival that gained popularity after it was heavily promoted on social media by influencers and celebrities before disastrously unfolding. Attendees, who spent thousands of dollars on tickets, were met with mass disorganization, shoddy tented lodging and now-infamous limp cheese sandwiches when they arrived on the island of Exumas in the Bahamas for the festival. Souled Out joins growing list of canned music festivals.
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