Organizers of Fyre Fest II—the highly watched sequel to the infamous dumpster fire of a 2017 music festival—are reportedly abandoning their planned location just a month ahead of the event. According to text messages obtained by TMZ, the local government of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, has not issued permits for the festival, leaving organizers feeling betrayed. “As of now we wont be hosting a festival in Playa,” one text message sent by an organizer read. “At this point we’re not doing any event there and we plan on making it very public and showing all of the evidence.” Despite the colossal setback, it’s not the end of the festival, producers insisted. “We will move it somewhere else,” one said in the messages. It’s not the first venue change for the maligned festival—it was originally set at Isla Mujeres, but the local government there also did not issue the required permits. Billy McFarland, the mastermind behind both the first and second Fyre Festivals, served six years in prison for fraud after the first event imploded in spectacular fashion. In an April 5 post on X, McFarland wrote, “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.”
