Fyre Festival. It was supposed to be a luxury music festival unlike anything ever. A Coachella in the Keys. A Burning Man in the Bahamas. It turned out to be Lord of the Flies for millennials.
Using the social media accounts for his satirical pseudonym William Needham Finley IV, attendee Seth Crossno covered the debacle in real time. His posts from the island received over 55 million impressions in the month after Fyre Festival. He’s done countless interviews, including both Hulu and Netflix documentaries.
The Dumpster Fyre Podcast explores everything from McFarland’s schemes to the events on the island and the aftermath. This is the inside story of how Fyre Festival became the biggest dumpster fire ever.