Brooklyn Mirage

More than two months after its planned reopening, the Brooklyn Mirage remains shuttered. And Avant Gardner, the embattled East Williamsburg venue’s parent company, is now reportedly trying to sell the business amid ongoing financial and permitting woes. Avant Gardner’s non-executive Chairman of The Board Gary Richards, also known by his DJ alias Destructo, was overheard discussing…

Brooklyn Mirage is well on its way to scrubbing yet another month’s worth of programming from the books. After relocating a two-day Boiler Room event (now at Under The K Bridge), and pulling the plug on their four-show Black Coffee residency, the venue has now moved a pair of sold-out Excision shows to The Great…

Bad news, Black Coffee fans. The South African DJ and producer’s shows are the latest Brooklyn Mirage casualty. According to DICE, the entirety of Black Coffee’s residency at the venue has been cancelled. And there’s no word yet on whether we can expect a new location or dates for the remaining shows. The ticketing service…

It’s almost been two months since the Brooklyn Mirage failed its final inspection and cancelled its opening weekend. In that time, shows have been relocated, a CEO has been fired, and reminiscences have been shared. And, as the New York Post points out today, ticket holders are still asking if they’ll be able to see…

Another day, another Brooklyn Mirage show quietly relocated. On Friday, June 20, the ticketing platform Dice began to inform stub-holders that Mirage’s upcoming Boiler Room shows on July 11 and 12 will now take place on a different stage. The shows have been moved to Under The K Bridge in Greenpoint, which has absorbed a…

In case you weren’t—or, more likely, have given up on—keeping count, we have officially entered week seven of waiting for Brooklyn Mirage to open its recently expanded dance floors to the public. The venue, initially slated to begin its 2025 season on May 1, has been derailed indefinitely due to a failed safety inspection, which…

Now firmly a month passed due, the Brooklyn Mirage launch (or lack thereof) has inspired its share of scorn from those left holding tickets for shows that have been relocated, rescheduled, or cancelled altogether. But it also has some folks in their feelings, pining for the good old displaced palms of the venue’s glory days….

Brooklyn Mirage CEO Josh Wyatt, hired in October to rebrand and revamp Avant Gardner, was fired on Thursday after a tumultuous and brief tenure at the company that was plagued by four weekends of cancelled shows due to failed safety inspections, unmet construction deadlines, and a worsening relationship with fans. “Effective immediately, Josh Wyatt is…

Hate to say we called it, but alas. Brooklyn Mirage has wiped its calendar clean yet again. All Memorial Day weekend shows have been postponed. Unlike previous delay announcements, this one came from the venue. “We’re sad to announce that our Brooklyn Mirage shows through Memorial Day weekend have been moved to dates in July…

The Brooklyn Mirage is certainly living up to its name. Last week, a third set of shows was cancelled at the venue due to a failed safety inspection earlier this month.  In what was arguably its biggest weekend yet, in terms of artists booked, events featuring Peggy Gou, The Martinez Brothers, and Anjunadeep were forced…

It’s been an unenviable run for Brooklyn Mirage these last few weeks. First, they pull the plug on opening weekend just hours ahead of their first performance. Then, the venue was (presumably) forced to do the same the following weekend. And now, it seems they’ve quietly cleared yet another weekend of programming after failing a…

After Brooklyn Mirage CEO Josh Wyatt pledged to be “100 percent” ready for a May 1 launch, the venue was forced to cancel its opening day performance from Sara Landry just hours before she took the stage. And the weekend’s not looking too promising, either. According to a Brooklyn Paper report, the Department of Buildings put three…

Josh Wyatt has seen the negative comments on Reddit. He’s watched the TikTok videos too. As the first-ever CEO of Avant Gardner, the venue and events company behind The Brooklyn Mirage, he cares deeply about what fans are saying: online, offline, anonymously or not. After a long career in hospitality, Wyatt was hired in October…