Fyre Festival will soon be in different hands as the infamous music festival sold for $245,300 on eBay this week. "Fyre Festival is just one chapter of my story, and I'm excited to move onto my next ...

Billy McFarland is onto a new business venture. On Wednesday, April 23, the founder of the controversial Fyre Fest founder revealed that he is selling the brand that made him infamous. McFarland, 33, ...

Billy McFarland, the founder and CEO of the Fyre Festival, said on Tuesday that he has sold the branding rights for the infamous event. McFarland, 33, wrote in a statement on X that he had auctioned ...

When promoter and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland sought to revive his infamous Fyre Festival this year, he wanted to do it "with honesty, transparency, relentless effort, and creativity." Now, ...

"After two years of rebuilding FYRE with honesty, creativity, and relentless effort, it’s time to pass the torch," he shared in a statement. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Fyre Fest founder Billy ...

Billy McFarland, the creator of the defunct Fyre Festival, got candid about defrauding millions for the event from investors in a new interview. On last Thursday’s edition of the Full Send Podcast, ...

Billy McFarland hosted the PHNX 2025 festival over the weekend. McFarland aimed to redeem himself with excursions and a bathroom barge after the failed Fyre Festival. Viral food photos and a modest ...

Aspiring event planner Billy McFarland is throwing in the towel on Fyre Festival. After two failures to launch, McFarland is hoping to sell the brand he made famous — for better or worse — to another ...

A site that is known for selling collectibles and tchotchkes, Billy McFarland has done something pretty surprising. He sold the Fyre Festival on the online auction. And when the proverbial gavel came ...

The disgraced founder said he auctioned off the branding rights for the event on eBay for $245,300. McFarland was ordered to pay $26 million to the investors, concert-goers, and vendors he defrauded.