According to local station WBCK, the ball was not an official Netflix event. The streamer does have a touring event called The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience. According to the event’s sparse, two-page website, this was the “Detroit Bridgerton Themed Ball.” Tickets were priced from $150 to $1,000.

On Twitter, one fan revealed the disaster they faced when attending the “ Bridgerton Ball” in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday (September 22). And the post thread has already drawn comparisons to the infamous Willy Wonka popup “experience” that went viral for all the wrong reasons as well as the Fyre Festival disaster.

A group of super fans of Netflix’s hit show "Bridgerton" say they were left with a bad taste in their mouth after a themed event in Detroit turned out much different than what was advertised. The event was originally set to take place last month on August 25th but was canceled just a few days before because of a venue issue.