Hopes of the Brooklyn Mirage reopening in 2025 are persevering with to dwindle after an nameless Avant Gardner worker instructed BKMAG that the venue “definitely isn’t opening this year, and it’s looking very likely it won’t open next year either.”
The Mirage has remained shuttered since present process a $30 million redesign earlier this 12 months. Security inspection failures and unresolved allow points have saved the famed East Williamsburg digital music venue closed by way of what was presupposed to be its marquee summer time season.
Now, after months of hypothesis and a gentle drip of canceled reveals, the reopening seems farther away than anybody anticipated. Metropolis information counsel Avant Gardner is shifting focus to 2026. A latest submitting for a Non permanent Place of Meeting Certificates requests activation starting June 1, 2026, suggesting the venue will not relaunch operations for roughly one other 12 months.
“The whole thing is a disaster,” the unnamed worker added.
For the reason that ousting of former CEO Josh Wyatt in Could, the corporate has largely maintained public silence, as a substitute primarily counting on artists and ticketing platforms to speak a rolling collection of cancellations. These embody performances by high-profile acts like Alesso, Subtronics, The Chainsmokers and EDM.com Class of 2024 star Sara Landry.
For followers who as soon as thought of Brooklyn Mirage the cynosure of New York’s EDM scene, its precarious standing raises considerations about whether or not the venue can ever regain its footing. For now, Avant Gardner’s web site at the moment lists a slew of upcoming Mirage reveals together with August performances by Black Espresso, Wooli and DJ Snake, which is able to nearly actually be cancelled.
