Anticipation Builds For ApeFest 2022 As Many Memes Mock The Bored Ape-Themed NFT Event

Ticket requests for ApeFest 2022, which will take place in New York City from June 20th to the 23rd, opened Wednesday morning, leading to a flurry of Bored Ape memes online, some celebrating the upcoming event and some mocking it.

READY MY SECOND APE FEST! Thank you Pizza_Later</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">BoredApeYC pic.twitter.com/AGSwHLigws

— cat5.eth (@category5music) June 8, 2022

MAYC and BAYC guys wearing their merch on Ape fest pic.twitter.com/NUy5QedpoK

— SeZer_NFT (@Sezerded) June 8, 2022

The event, which will be a four-day festival at Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan, is open only to owners of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs and their plus-ones. It is part of how Yuga Labs promotes the line of NFTs and membership in the “Yacht Club,” which a Bored Ape buys you entrance into. The line-up of artists performing at the festival has yet to be announced, but the website of the event does indicate that food at the venue will be free for Ape holders and alcohol will also be served.

BAYC holders with their Apefest +1 pic.twitter.com/TgjLBZ8Cj4

— OMGᵍᵐ 👀 (@nftomg_) June 8, 2022

BAYC owners & their +1 for ApeFest pic.twitter.com/AqFjn0Gmjh

— JAMIΞ (@jamiebxne) June 7, 2022

ApeFest is gonna be a movie 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/5CASI1kpAn

— Nicole RichieRich (@ParisShiltonNFT) June 6, 2022

Many on social media platforms like Twitter mocked the ApeFest, anticipating that the event would be a “sausage fest” full of NFT dudes and crypto boys.

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ape fest about to be the biggest sausage fest of the century pic.twitter.com/KyHJ490Mcj

— tmas.eth 🍌 (@itstylersays) June 8, 2022

I’d imagine this is how ape fest will look like for a lot of you pic.twitter.com/EPubStBxWw

— tmas.eth 🍌 (@itstylersays) June 6, 2022

Tickets for the event are purportedly difficult to come by, as you must own an Ape, which generally costs at least six figures to buy, and there's also a limited supply of tickets. The FAQ section of the ApeFest site states that even among owners of apes “we can’t guarantee everyone will get a ticket.”

MAYC holders in line outside Ape Fest without a ticket pic.twitter.com/j14elUJMiw

— bill spacman 📈 (@BillSPACman) June 8, 2022

Another one of the FAQs asks, “Can I be a jerk?,” to which the answer is a resolute “Please don’t.”

90% of mfs at ApeFest will look just like this pic.twitter.com/BFrlbhuuu0

— Alan Carroll (@alancarroII) June 6, 2022

Despite the requirements for entry, many joked about trying to sneak into ApeFest and how it might be done.

everyone at nft nyc scheming on how to sneak into ape fest pic.twitter.com/96XQv9hvZF

— Ali (@officialalim) June 6, 2022

The ApeFest ticket announcement comes days after another hack of the Bored Ape Discord, in which around $360,000 worth of Apes were reportedly lost. Hacking has been an increasingly prevalent problem in the NFT community, with Ape owners like Seth Green losing their assets this year.

#rektguy confessions:

I have been investing in NFTs for me and my brother for the last year. In March I got stupidly hacked for our MAYC, 2xAzuki and rare Invisible Friend – about $100k. I haven't had the courage to tell him yet.

This weekend he asked if he could go to Apefest.

— rektguy (@rektguyNFT) June 6, 2022