Meet the people who actually went to the ill-fated Fyre Festival

The FYRE Festival was billed as a music festival of untold opulence, but the chaos and epic failure that ensued is what has become legendary. Two documentaries, one of Netflix and one on Hulu, are out and they document what went wrong at the festival that never was.

Here are the details to jog your memory back… Fyre Festival was a music festival scheduled to take place on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma over two weekends in April and May 2017.

Organized by Fyre Media founder Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule as a luxury music festival to promote the Fyre music booking app, the event was promoted on Instagram by "social media influencers" and other media personalities, many of whom did not initially disclose they had been paid to do so.

 During the Fyre Festival's inaugural weekend, the event experienced problems related to security, food, accommodations and artist relations. Eventually, the festival was indefinitely postponed after some attendees had arrived, finding tents and prepackaged sandwiches, instead of the luxury villas and gourmet meals they had been promised when they paid thousands of dollars for admission.

Guest:  Claire Allen

Simi Sara Show Contributor

The FYRE Festival was billed as a music festival of untold opulence, but the chaos and epic failure that ensued is what has become legendary. Two documentaries, one of Netflix and one on Hulu, are out and they document what went wrong at the festival that never was.

Here are the details to jog your memory back… Fyre Festival was a music festival scheduled to take place on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma over two weekends in April and May 2017.

Organized by Fyre Media founder Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule as a luxury music festival to promote the Fyre music booking app, the event was promoted on Instagram by "social media influencers" and other media personalities, many of whom did not initially disclose they had been paid to do so.

 During the Fyre Festival's inaugural weekend, the event experienced problems related to security, food, accommodations and artist relations. Eventually, the festival was indefinitely postponed after some attendees had arrived, finding tents and prepackaged sandwiches, instead of the luxury villas and gourmet meals they had been promised when they paid thousands of dollars for admission.

Guest:  Claire Allen

Simi Sara Show Contributor