'Fyre Festival' brand is up for sale after second attempt at infamous event fails

It was supposed to be a legendary party, in the end there was a prison sentence for the founder and a Netflix documentary about the fiasco. A new edition of the Fyre Festival failed. Now Billy McFarland sells the trademark rights.

After the famously disastrous first festival, things seemed to be falling apart around the second act, and now they're selling the entire brand.

Convicted fraudster from N.J. throws in the towel on Fyre Festival 2. ‘I can’t risk a repeat.’

The destination festival, which is currently postponed, is looking to sell its remaining assets.

Fyre Festival fraudster announces major career move amid second act controversy

Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland announced the sale of the Fyre brand on Wednesday after Fyre Festival 2, which was set to take place in Mexico in late May, was postponed.

Billy From Fyre Fest Says He Just Can't Do it Anymore

Shocking absolutely nobody, the followup to Fyre Fest — the 2017 festival that crashed and burned so hard that it became a metaphor for failed ventures — has turned into an epic dumpster fire as well. The cursed sequel was originally supposed to take place in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in late May. Then last week, organizers announced that the event had been "postponed," promising that a "new date will be announced." Then the announcement mysteri…

Fyre Festival brand is up for sale after second attempt at infamous event fails

Billy McFarland, the creator of the infamous Fyre Festival, announced Wednesday that he and his team are selling the brand after encountering "challenges" while producing Fyre Festival 2.The second festival was originally planned for May 30 to June 2 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.This would have been McFarland's second attempt to host a multi-day music festival after the disastrous event he co-planned in 2017."Making things right," was McFarland's…