Mayor Bobby Dyer said the city is “moving on” from the Something in the Water music festival this year, but didn’t rule out bringing the event back in the future. Tuesday morning, City Manager Patrick Duhaney sent members of the festival team an email terminating the sponsorship agreement for 2025,

City staff will begin making alternative plans for the weekend of April 26-27, when Something in the Water was scheduled, according to Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer. It’s unclear if the

The mayor has officially signaled he wants to give festival organizers five days to announce ticket sales and a lineup, or else to find alternative programming.

After Something in the Water organizers missed deadlines to announce performers and ticket sales for what was supposed to be an April festival, the city of Virginia Beach has canceled it and will try to find another event to take its place.