DCist: Incensed By Ticket Prices, D.C. Activists Plan Competing Concert To Pharrell’s Something In The Water

By Editor On May 9, 2022 Last updated May 9, 2022

D.C. residents were understandably excited when megaproducer Pharrell Williams announced that he would be bringing some “happiness” to the District on Juneteenth by relocating Something in the Water, his major Virginia Beach music festival, to Independence Avenue. But the feeling soon faded for some once they saw the ticket prices, and now local activists are planning a competing music festival and protest at Freedom Plaza in hopes that more Washingtonians can attend — and afford — to celebrate the holiday.

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