First festival experience
by Disappointed on 5/3/23Virginia Beach - Ocean Front - Virginia BeachI was really looking forward to this festival due to it being my first festival ever. I was disappointed with the line up when it was released, I felt like a few more artists could have been placed on the list instead of others. Also, the Phriends portion of the festival was very mediocre. The few names that were released as part of the Phriends portion was essentially most of the friends. Not something I would have paid much money for, and I’m very grateful for the refund. Also, I purchased VIP passes and the entrance for VIP was 6th street. To get there, you had to pass 3 other GA entrances, which didn’t seem “VIP” ish. I think VIP should be the first entrance, and GA, be the entrances that follow. The stages were also really far from one another. I was told that the first year the stages were not that far apart. I wish the stages were closer so folks could get to different performances quicker There also needs to be a better way to exit the festival. If someone wanted to harm the beach, they’d succeed because there are no quick exit areas once the festival has ended for the night. We were packed like sardines trying to get to the street. Definitely not safe. Also, the shuttle was a great idea! If there’s anyway SITW can partner with the parking garages and sell tickets to park, that would also be great! They were charging wild prices to park for one day between 4th st and 9th st due to the fact that they are right at the beach. I’d pay a flat price for 3 days rather than almost $100/per day