The worker stated the venue is unlikely to open earlier than 2026 amid monetary pressure and ongoing allow points.
Hopes of the Brooklyn Mirage reopening in 2025 are persevering with to dwindle after an nameless Avant Gardner worker advised BKMAG that the venue “positively isn’t opening this 12 months, and it’s trying very probably it received’t open subsequent 12 months both.”
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 what was presupposed to be its marquee summer time season.
Now, after months of hypothesis and a gradual drip of canceled exhibits, the reopening seems farther away than anybody anticipated. Metropolis data recommend Avant Gardner is shifting focus to 2026. A current submitting for a Short-term Place of Meeting Certificates requests activation starting June 1, 2026, suggesting the venue received’t relaunch operations for roughly one other 12 months.
“The entire thing is a catastrophe,” the unnamed worker added.
Because the 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-about Brooklyn Mirage the cynosure of New York’s EDM scene, its precarious standing raises issues about whether or not the venue can ever regain its footing. For now, Avant Gardner’s web site at present lists a slew of upcoming Mirage exhibits together with August performances by Black Espresso, Wooli and DJ Snake, which is able to virtually definitely be cancelled.
