Fyre Fest Pop-Up Kicks Off In Lincoln Park

CHICAGO — A Fyre Festival pop-up has opened its doors in Lincoln Park this week, inspired by the infamous event that's now the subject of several recent documentaries. Hosted by Replay Lincoln Park, and scheduled for May 3 to May 19, the Fyre pop up has re-created the festival's now-iconic mayhem.

The festival — known for its processed cheese and lettuce "sandwiches," its rain-soaked mattresses and its broken white dome tents — failed miserably in April 2017. The event's advertising, complete with the world's top supermodels and paradisaical videos, was far too successful — drawing thousands of festival-goers who forked out the big bucks, only to be stranded on an island with no water and no proper accommodation in a Lord of the Flies-type scenario.

Replay owners promise their pop-up will do things better, with gourmet cheese sandwiches, spiked frozen drinks and even (gasp) bottled water — something the festival-goers didn't have.

Tickets, which include a Fishbowl Cocktail, are $21.97.

Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland was sent to prison for fraud over the horrific failure of an event, which has inspired two recent documentaries.