This morning, Fyre Festival — a new music festival that was billed as a multi-day "luxury experience" in the Bahamas, with some packages selling as high as $250,000 and glossy Instagram advertisements by models like Emily Ratajowski — was officially postponed until further notice.

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The festival was supposed to have started on Thursday afternoon, but reports from people who made it there via the charter jet (included in the ticket price) showed a scene far more dystopian than what had been promised. Pictures posted on Twitter showed lots of unfinished tents, herds of people looking lost, and one very depressing looking cheese sandwich.

In an email to guests sent out on Friday morning, Fyre Festival wrote, "Fyre Festival set out to provide a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience on the Islands of the Exumas. Due to circumstances out of our control, the physical infrastructure was not in place on-time and are unable to fulfill on that vision safely and enjoyably for our guests. The festival is being postponed until we can further assess if and when we are able to create the high-quality experience we envisioned." The Bahamian government issued a statement on Twitter this morning, writing, "We are extremely disappointed in the way the events unfolded yesterday with the Fyre Festival." (Representatives for Fyre Festival were unavailable for further comment.)

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I was supposed to attend the festival this weekend, but never boarded the plane in Miami. Around 9:30 p.m., a flight attendant got on the loudspeaker and told the passengers, "There's no room in the Exumas. There are no accommodations there for you." The crowd, which included concert goers from two other scheduled earlier planes, was mostly calm and a little drunk, and a lot were worried about getting their money back. Johann, a 23-year-old New Yorker who said he spent over $3000 on the weekend before he even got there, was trying to figure out how he could afford to stay in Miami for another night. Other wealthier groups of friends tried concocting elaborate schemes to get to the Bahamas by morning: "If we leave on his boat by four," someone said, "we can catch the sunrise on the water and not miss anything."

But for the people who got to the Exumas on Thursday morning and afternoon, things were apparently not quite as chill. One festival-goer who wished to remain anonymous gave The FADER a play by play of the day's events.