Fyre festival, a refugee camp for the rich

The exclusive festival was promoted as an island packed with celebrities, music, fine cuisine and art. Tickets were priced at about a 1000 euros up to a 10.000 euros.

Famous influencers and models like Emily Ratajkowski en Bella Hadid promoted the event. Participants would be flown in with special Boeing 737 planes from Miami and if you had the exclusive ticket, you could hang out with the models, artists and influencers.

Like all great stories, this one begins with a voyage

A post shared by FYRE FESTIVAL (@fyrefestival) on Dec 12, 2016 at 3:36pm PST

People who arrived, were stranded on an island in the Bahamas without proper equipment, housing wasn’t properly arranged, there was a lack of food and personal properties were being looted from tents.

This is how Fyre Fest handles luggage. Just drop it out of a shipping container. At night. With no lights. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/X5CdZRyJWo

— William N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) 28 april 2017

In case you're wondering, those "cabanas" are actually disaster relief tents.#fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/jaZpkIKVT2

— Matt Halfhill (@MattHalfhill) 28 april 2017

After the site being offline all morning, the Fyre Festival crew posted apologies on their official site.

Fyre Festival set out to provide a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience on the Islands of the Exumas.
Due to circumstances out of our control, the physical infrastructure was not in place on time and we are unable to fulfill on that vision safely and enjoyably for our guests. At this time, we are working tirelessly to get flights scheduled and get everyone off of Great Exuma and home safely as quickly as we can. We ask that guests currently on-island do not make their own arrangements to get to the airport as we are coordinating those plans. We are working to place everyone on complimentary charters back to Miami today; this process has commenced and the safety and comfort of our guests is our top priority.
The festival is being postponed until we can further assess if and when we are able to create the high- quality experience we envisioned.
We ask for everyone's patience and cooperation during this difficult time as we work as quickly and safely as we can to remedy this unforeseeable situation. We will continue to provide regular updates via email to our guests and via our official social media channels as they become available.

-The Fyre Festival Team