Billy McFarland sold the train wreck that is Fyre Festival for over $ 245,000 on eBay after a private deal collapsed.
The Fyre Festival brand, the one that left rich kids crying in FEMA tents, has officially been auctioned off on eBay.
The bidding started at one cent and after 175 bids and 42 people fighting over a brand with more lawsuits than performances, the sale wrapped at $245,300.
The winner of this digital yard sale now owns everything from the Fyre name to its social media accounts, domain names, trademarks, and marketing files.
It also includes old promo footage and even the festival’s SMS and email lists. The lucky buyer also gets the rights to host a celebration in the Caribbean.
McFarland originally attempted to sell all this in a private deal that was intended to generate seven figures. But after five days of talks, that whole plan crumbled.
That’s when he tossed the Fyre brand on eBay like a used blender.
The infamous con man is still buried under $26 million in debt to investors from the first time he tried to throw this disaster of a party back in 2017.
If you somehow forgot, the OG Fyre Festival promised luxury villas, gourmet food, and major acts but ended with people stuck on a remote island eating cheese sandwiches and sleeping on wet mattresses.
McFarland ultimately served nearly four years of a six-year federal sentence for fraud.
And the Fyre Festival II—the sequel McFarland swore was happening in May 2025 in Mexico, was axed after officials said they had no clue what he was talking about.
No word yet on who threw down that quarter-mil for the brand or what they plan to do with it.
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