Brooklyn Mirage ticket holders left in dark after rescheduled shows as status of venue is in limbo

It’s unclear when The Brooklyn Mirage will reopen as frustrated ticket holders are left without answers from the venue and a slate of scheduled concerts is fast approaching.

The East Williamsburg open-air concert hall — which has been haunted by the deaths of two ravers — hasn’t been given the OK from the city to reopen after it closed for extensive renovations and blew past its planned relaunch on May 1.

But the venue suddenly announced it had cancelled its summer reopening after failing to secure the proper city permits, even cancelling a sold-out show just before a DJ was set to hit the stage.

The last update the venue provided announced shows through Memorial Day weekend would be cancelled and rescheduled for July and August, according to an Instagram post.

“We apologize to our incredible community of fans, artists, crew members, and staff for the delay. Though the Brooklyn Mirage is opening later than anticipated, we are making great progress towards opening our doors… We are working diligently with the City of New York to make sure we meet all regulations and requirements,” the May 20 announcement said.

“If you cannot attend rescheduled shows, you will be given a full refund,” the venue wrote.

A month later, ticket holders and rave-goers are still left without answers — even losing out on plane fare to make it to shows that were rescheduled last minute in June.

Commenters have flocked to the recent announcement to nag the venue for the reopening limbo.

“Did y’all die?” one commenter wrote.

Temple Barros, 47, from the Bronx, has been an “avid concert goer” at Brooklyn Mirage since 2016 — but said his beloved venue’s handling of the reopening has been a “disappointment.”

“I’m not here to bash it because I’ve been going to Brooklyn Mirage since 2016.
I’m an avid goer every other week …
I’ve been going since they just had the white wall and the umbrella over the DJ booth,” Barros said.

“This year has probably been the biggest disappointment. I had a friend flying from Florida to go see Excision, which they said they would be open that week, and they were not.
So he had tickets, flights, and hotels, and I felt bad,” he said.

Barros had also planned to attend a DJ set by Sara Landry, a Netherlands-based techno artist, on May 1 — which was rescheduled at Knockdown Center that evening.

“My friend still complains to this day that she had one eyelash on.
We were getting ready to walk out the door, and we all got the text message an hour before we were supposed to go to the show, and that was crazy.”

Christina P, from Long Island, also had her cousin fly out from Georgia so they could attend a concert for the American DJ/producer duo “Two Friends” on June 13 together.

After seeing the Memorial Day announcement, Christina grew skeptical that the show would go on.

“I called the venue and asked them what was up so my cousin could cancel her flights. They told me that they didn’t have any information, though, that they’d post something on social media and to call back the next week,” she said.

Just three days before the show, the artist announced the event would be rescheduled for Sept. 12 at Summerstage in Central Park.

The Brooklyn Mirage eventually reposted the artist’s announcement on their Instagram story, according to Christina.

“My cousin was not able to cancel her flight. We were still able to hang out, but now she was out the money for her plane ticket,” she said.

“We just want transparency. The venue could’ve been more open about what they were doing. They knew they had problems with permits. They could’ve been more explicit. They didn’t have to waste anybody’s time,” Christina said.

The venue is still undergoing permit problems despite shows on the calendar for the remainder of June.

The Brooklyn Mirage “is currently not permitted to operate as they submitted job filing applications that remain under audit,” the Department of Buildings said in a statement.

A Temporary Place of Assembly certificate, which allows 75 or more people to gather indoors or 200 or more people to gather outdoors, has been requested for the venue’s outdoor area and is still under review, the DOB said.

The venue has been awarded the TPA certificate for The Great Hall, an eating and drinking establishment on The Brooklyn Mirage’s property, according to the department.

The venue’s operator, Avant Gardner, did not respond to requests for comment.

Avant Gardner’s CEO, Josh Wyatt, was also fired amid the Memorial Day reopening snafu, BK Mag reported.

Wyatt had previously assured people the venue would be “100 percent” ready for the May 1 reopening in an interview with the outlet just days before.

“At the end of the day, you can’t do that [cancel] to people that are coming from all miles out of the way,” Barros said.

“This [the Brooklyn Mirage] is our safe space, this is our out … What hurts the most is that the safe space that we thought we had is not here this year.”