by Kerry Dougherty

Looks like the Virginia Beach City Council grew a pair.

Finally.

After months of being played by the organizers of Pharrell Williams’ illusive Something In The Water Festival, the city is pulling the plug on the 2025 weekend event that was never going to happen.

The history of the hip hop festival dates back to 2019 when Beach native Pharrell Williams joined the city to turn the most crime-filled weekend of the year – April’s annual Beach College Weekend – into something positive.

It was a success.

Never to be repeated, as it turned out.

In fact, after that first year the event seemed cursed.

First there were the covid years when the then-governor  – an idiot – banned outdoor gatherings. Next came a souring on Virginia Beach by Pharrell after his cousin was shot to death by a police officer. Then commenced a game of cat and mouse between city officials trying to woo the superstar back home.

The festival moved from spring to fall in 2024, but just as tickets went on sale for the October event, Williams abruptly cancelled. Cpntinue reading.