Something in the Water 2020: April 24-26

Foos probably play Friday. Major Lazer says Friday on their website, but I could see them playing Sunday.

It looks like 99 Neighbors will be on Saturday.

I’m excited to see the rest of the lineup, which we should be getting in the next week or so. I think they are withholding a good amount of names.

If we are looking at potential names, I think a good amount of them will come from the Coachella lineup. Word around town is that the “Friends” list is “insane”, so we’ll see what entails.

www.wavy.com/living-local/20-more-artists-to-be-added-for-something-in-the-water-2020/

"Pharrell Williams’ production company announced Tuesday that 20 additional personalities and conference speakers are set to be added to the 2020 festival. Robby Wells, who presented the SITW 2020 outlook Tuesday, initially said there would be 20 new artists added, but he later said that he misspoke."

Given that we already know for a fact more artists are being added, I wonder why the backtracking.

I feel like they don’t have enough artists right now to cover 3 stages for 3 days for a festival that is supposedly going to run from noon to midnight every day.

www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/vb-councilman-proposes-increasing-citys-something-in-the-water-contribution-to-about-900k/

Some good news for Something in the Water's longevity! Local officials really want to push to further support it.

Biggest thing is “Artists can't announce festival appearances for the other 45 states in North America until after the Coachella lineup is announced in January, with exceptions made for Austin's South by Southwest, Ultra Miami and the AEG-backed New Orleans Jazzfest.”

Obviously, things change and there are exceptions. However, I believe this part of the cause is still intact. That’s why I’m expecting most of the artists to be added are from the Coachella lineup.

I tuned into the community meeting they had tonight. I don't remember all the relevant takeaways, but a few that stuck out:

3rd stage will be used mostly for the non-music shows/pop up church

They aren't aware when the secondary lineup will be out

Seems like they have a really promising plan to combat traffic issues

Re-entering the fest is allowed

There will be will call, pre-check in, etc at the park n ride locations. Should make lines and getting in go much more smoothly

Pretty basic answer re: Coronavirus. They're monitoring it and have plans in place

Trollies free all weekend



I'll edit this post with anything else I remember. Overall the amount of time and love they're putting into the planning of this has made me gain so much respect. It's corny to say, but I'm so proud of my city & this team, and I really hope this is allowed to happen, for their sake as well.

I feel you though. Specifically whether or not Uzi is going to be there. Would be cool knowing we're getting one of the first few performances of the new album.

They also said something about scheduling being released mid-March, but it's possible they meant specifically the different exhibits happening throughout the week, not the music as well.

Also worth noting they listed who to them are the 12 headliners:
6lack, A$AP, Chance, Foo, H.E.R., Major, Migos, Nelly, Pharrell, Post, Tyler, Usher.
Weird Clipse wasn't one. Think that's been one of the biggest selling points.

A big reason why SITW was created was to eliminate the troubles with beach week. If SITW is cancelled, people won’t feel obligated to act nice and crime will go up.

Man, they better not pull what Ultra did.

I don’t know when they could postpone it to. The summer just seems too hectic. All I would like to know is the new dates ahead of time before it’s officially announced so I can book a cheap room lol.

Damn, they had no other choice. It sucks that Migos got screwed for a 2nd year in a row. Here’s hoping that I’ll be able to get a good deal on a hotel when I’m able to book in a couple of weeks.

I doubt it, but according to Pusha T’s instagram post, it sounds like they’ll be doing a makeup set next year.