Heath Miller (promoter)
American concert promoter and talent buyer
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Heath Miller is an American concert promoter, best known as the head talent buyer at Webster Hall in New York City from 2011 to 2017. Miller has also managed bands such as Senses Fail, Boys Night Out, and Halifax in the 2000s, owns the Coral View Beach Resort[1] on Utila, Honduras, which hosted the Fyre Coral View Pop-Up and PHNX Festival (formerly Fyre Festival II) in late 2025.[2][3][4]
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Career
Booking and management
Miller began his career in the punk and hardcore scene in New Jersey in the late 1990s as a live sound engineer and promoter. At age 17, he booked and promoted a Dropkick Murphys show at the Teaneck American Legion.[5] In 1999, he founded Excess dB Entertainment, which produced concerts at venues in New Jersey and New York City.[6][5] In July 2004, Miller served as co-promoter for Hellfest 2004,[7] which featured the Misfits, the Ataris, the Juliana Theory, Converge, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Life of Agony, and Fear Factory.[8]
Miller also managed bands in the 2000s,[9] including Boys Night Out and Halifax.[10][11] Miller recorded the first demos for Outline, Jack Antonoff's first band, and booked the earliest shows for all four of Antonoff's major projects: Outline, Steel Train, Fun, and Bleachers.[12]
Miller joined Webster Hall in 2011 to book the Studio at Webster Hall, a smaller room within the venue, and was eventually promoted to Vice President and head talent buyer. In 2014, under Miller's direction, Webster Hall ended its exclusive booking arrangement with the Bowery Presents and brought all concert booking in-house.[13] During his tenure, at Webster Hall, Miller programmed artists including Nine Inch Nails, Muse, LCD Soundsystem, Metallica, Ed Sheeran, Halsey, Green Day, Travis Scott, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Chance the Rapper.[6][14][15] Miller also oversaw the Ally Coalition's "Talent Show" at Webster Hall, a charity event organized by Jack Antonoff.[16]
Following Webster Hall's sale and closure for renovation in 2017, Miller become the talent buyer for White Eagle Hall, Stage 48, Highline Ballroom, Le Poisson Rouge, and the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center.[3][17][18] In 2019, Miller became Director of Booking at the United Palace in Manhattan.[19][20]
Fyre
Miller owns the Coral View Beach Resort on Utila, Honduras, a property his family acquired in the 1990s. He took over operations of the hotel following the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
In 2025, Miller partnered with businessman and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland to host events under the "Fyre" brand at the resort.[4] After plans for a large-scale "Fyre Festival II" in Mexico were cancelled, Miller and McFarland pivoted to a smaller "pop-up" concept.[21][22] The resort hosted the Fyre Coral View Pop-Up in September 2025, followed by the PHNX Festival (formerly Fyre Festival II) on the weekend of December 5, 2025.[23]
Nonprofit
Miller is the founding director of Support Utila, a nonprofit organization focused on development, infrastructure, and preservation on Utila, Honduras.[24][25][26]
Miller is a member of the James Beard Foundation Young Professionals Committee,[27] and is associated with the foundation's "Greens" program.[28] Miller is also the Events Chair for the "Leaders on the Horizon" program of Safe Horizon, a non profit organization that supports for survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, and human trafficking.[29][30]