Virginia Beach is moving on from hosting the festival after organizers failed to announce a lineup and commence ticket sales by the Monday deadline set by city leaders.

After officially canceling SITW for 2025, officials say over the next few months City Departments in Virginia Beach will brainstorm ways to attract visitors.

Although the Something in the Water music festival will not happen April 26-27, Virginia Beach city leaders are open to another weekend.

The city will officially send festival organizers a termination notice and will begin to explore alternative programming for the weekend of April 26 and 27.

The city of Virginia Beach will likely move on from hosting Something in the Water after organizers seemingly failed to ...

Something in the Water Festival (SITW) was set to return to Virginia Beach Oceanfront in April 2025, but issues between organizers and the city may end up canceling the famous annual event.

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The Something in the Water Festival (SITW) will return to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on April 26 and 27, 2025, with certain stipulations from the City of Virginia Beach as outlined in their ...

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He moved the festival to Washington, D.C. in 2022. SITW returned to the Oceanfront in April 2023, but recurring problems with inclement weather led to the decision to move the 2024 festival to ...