Marc Weinstein on What Happened at the Fyre Festival

In this episode, I talk with Marc Weinstein, who was contracted to help with the Fyre Festival. We talk about what happened on the island, the key people involved, Marc’s views on crypto and the pressures that life can throw at you.
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00:03:57: Introductions
00:05:03: Marc’s Background and involvement with crypto
00:09:06: Introduction to the Fyre Festival documentaries
00:14:03: The beginnings of Marc working with Fyre
00:19:28: The basics of running a music festival and associated timelines
00:24:38: Marc’s first experiences in The Bahamas with Fyre
00:30:35: Red flags that were highlighted by Marc
00:38:02: First Impressions of Billy McFarland
00:42:16: Further examples of significant problems in the run up to the festival
00:47:30: Marc’s experiences of Billy sending fraudulent wires
00:53:47: The situation 2 days before the festival was meant to start
00:56:37: Implications that the weather had on the site and the festival
01:02:29: What happened on the first day of the festival
01:11:04: What was the reaction from the public to Marc?
01:17:21: Marc’s perspective on the cancellation and evacuation
01:21:44: The clean-up operation after the festival had been cancelled
01:26:39: What were the next few weeks and months like for Marc after the festival ended?
01:30:06: The GoFundMe campaigns for Maryann and the day labourers
01:32:01: Further views on Billy McFarland and his crimes
01:38:12: The FuckJerry team and debating their responsibilities
01:41:55: Discussing the documentaries and the “media machine”
01:46:43: Peter’s upcoming interview with SpankChain
01:52:08: Debating issues with the crypto industry at the present time
01:59:31: Marc’s upcoming Podcast
02:05:28: Final comments and ways to stay in touch with Marc
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“If this is not logistically possible, we need solutions, not problems.”
- Marc Weinstein
Interview location: Los Angeles
Interview date: Monday 18th March, 2019
Company: Wave Financial
Role: Principal
The two documentaries on Netflix and Hulu about the Fyre Festival highlight what can go disastrously wrong when you pitch a grand vision which can’t be delivered. The Fyre Festival was sold as the ultimate music festival, situated on a beautiful island with the best artists, food and accommodation.
A highly successful marketing campaign working with influencers created a buzz around the festival, and it sold old almost immediately, but the team did not have the money or means to deliver the vision.
Both documentaries highlight how chaotic the organisation of the festival was and how the lead organiser, Billy McFarland resorted to fraud to try and keep his vision alive.
In this interview, I talk with Marc Weinstein, who featured heavily in the Netflix documentary about what happened on the island and how the team worked around the clock to try and make it happen. Marc reveals what it is like to organise a festival and how ill-prepared the Fyre team was. We also talk about crypto, Bitcoin and the stresses and pressures life can throw at you.

[@pearsemacintyre1728]

He sounds like an eloquent, decent, reasonable guy. Good luck to him

[@k1dn1ce76]

Some of the island locals worked hundreds of hours in the blazing heat and ended up getting no pay for any of it! Disgusting.

[@robbywilson6729]

Event production is by far the craziest job in all of humanity IMO. I have worked 3 on a contract basis (Warped Tour)and I know enough to say I would never do it again no matter what I was paid. It is that nasty. Marc's professionalism in the face of disaster is commendable and I feel genuinely sorry for other staff members who were roped into this calamity and did the best they could under impossible circumstances.Their story is just as tragic as those of the guests, but it is a story that needs to be told.

[@josephzwiek5694]

A great human being. Very humble and responsible. His parents did an amazing job with him. He took on a shitty situation and did his best with what he had to work on.

[@jakegraham7870]

I knew from the first time I saw Marc on the fyre festival doc on netflix that this guy really has his head on his shoulder. Solid dude. I will be following and am going to listen to your podcast.

[@24chataway]

REEEALLY rate Marc. Totally Genuine Totally Honest TOTALLY HUMBLE!

[@RozitaVideo]

Listened to the entire show. Great interview, with lots of good questions.

[@PatPauloMMA]

Great job. I can only imagine the stress he went through. Good luck to him

[@NobHillTheatreSFTV]

Great interview, I liked Marc in the Netflix documentary, and this was definitely insightful.

[@deg6788]

Same

[@colinshea77]

Yeah he seemed like an good dude in the doc. Same feeling after this interview.

[@Lastofus_Gaming]

Great interview! More and more truth seems to be coming out...

[@Simple_Jackass]

Great interview, check out Marc's interview on Mind Pump Podcast here on KZbin also, that one's a video recorded in studio and also very interesting...

[@FromTrishA]

Excellent interview!

[@saracastillo9309]

Great interview!

[@katherinealvarez9216]

I'm glad he's okay

[@thomasmcgregor3302]

Peter, I don’t care who you interview. Always interesting stuff. Keep up your great work

[@philingrouille7198]

The festival attendees were paying $1,200 for the festival, with some paying around $500; did the $500 customers seriously expect a villa with gourmet food. Maybe the Magneses card led them on to expecting great things for much lower prices but did none of them dig a little deeper into it beforehand?

[@SittingWithDogs]

Welcome back to the States bud. I if you ever come to Detroit I will be there to shake your hand and buy you a drink

[@SittingWithDogs]

@@WhatBitcoinDid crypto blood is here, Telos the better version of EOS is here, and probably a lot of your fans. Maybe do a meetup?

[@SittingWithDogs]

@@WhatBitcoinDid Sure Peter. I definitely could get you a gig! Lol

[@andrewvasquez8541]

Good interviewer!

[@garybalatennis]

Fyre! I condemn you to burn! You gonna burn, you gonna burn, you gonna learn! (Remember that song??) Hahaha

[@trinodelpino1]

Can't wait for the Netflix series regarding this event called "Fyre Fucked."

[@thewargodking5463]

I wondered who took that box of keys

[@deg6788]

Themselfses am sure... They got ripped also...

[@susan5978]

hi i ended up her through the youtube rabbit hole and a. great interview, thank you for taking your time and asking thoughtful informed questions and listening to the answers and b. the respect for sex workers in this conversation is gold. I don't understand crypto like at all but at almost 2 hours in you've got me wanting to subscribe

[@VictoriaWonders]

seems like the spirit of pable escobar entered their innocent bodies there.

[@luvhangova]

Everybody keeps giving us these LONG preambles!!!! SHIT just get to the fuckin story!! Let’s get to it dudes! Jeez!!

[@bobbywoods684]

My comment got deleted. I'll say it again. He had blood on his hands like everyone except the locals. He enabled the whole thing.

[@lara4life656]

You can tell so many comments deleted.

[@WhatBitcoinDid]

We don't delete comments. All comments are pre-approved due to the insane levels of spam that target KZbin. We allow all comments through which are not spam or abuse.

[@thomasclark9517]

Here’s what REALLY HAPPENED: young, incompetent dreamers put a big party together with ZERO experience. What could go wrong?

[@chrisfraser9220]

This guy was the guy that leaked the insider info...

[@taopaille-paille4992]

Completely off topic.

[@fropemusic2555]

Tao Paille-Paille but still interesting to hear

[@taopaille-paille4992]

Frope there are many interesting things outside bitcoin

[@rosu5726]

If god forbids? What about Satan?

[@gexpe2003]

Entrepreneurs

[@madisonbitcoin657]

💻🚀

[@fusa0]

hammmm

[@RTC1655]

This guy is a scam magnet.