Festival on 8th — Attraction in Virginia Beach

I had hoped to leave a raving review but unfortunately my daughter wedding fell apart and festival on 8th was of no help. My daughter wanted to get married ON the beach. I was given info for all vendors associated with this and paid my deposit to festival. Upon securing the venue we learned from the city of Va beach that a reggae concert was taking place that weekend which not only affected the wedding but the hotel rooms booked. We hit every roadblock possible and the only way to fulfill the weeding on the beach was to get married several blocks from the venue BUT also chairs had to be dropped at waterman’s so we had to carry chairs 10+ blocks for setup and take down. And with a 2 hours timeframe from start to finish. No one informed us of this in advance of taking our money. The venue, the hotel, etc. My daughter decided to settle on an indoor wedding but as time grew closer she didn’t love the idea. Ultimately she canceled the wedding. I sucked up fact that I lost a ton of money and have been waiting for my refund since 5/4, it is now 6/5. After 10 days and no refund I began calling to see if we could put the money toward the shack instead since we’d already be there for the week. We could celebrate after her elopement. To date, not a single returned call. I called today to see if I could escalate my complaint and was told by a waterman’s employee that this option doesn’t exist. It seems they plan to keep not just my non refundable money, but all of it and are dodging my calls. My deposit check had no issues reaching them in record time. But somehow my refund is lost in thin air. Had we known a a concert was going to take place spanning 10 blocks I’d have never paid the deposit in the first place. Reggae concerts and wedding just don’t mix and cost me thousands of dollars. We eat at these establishments every night while vacationing. I really expected more and feel terrible I even recommended this place to my daughter who will now elope and never have...

Highly recommend Festival on the 8th for your next event. We celebrated my husband's 30 military retirement party at The Shack's Festival on the 8th on August 1, 2025 It was prefect! We originally were going to have it outside at the back Shack, but decided to move it inside at the last minute because of the heat (no additional funds needed). Isabell our planner was great, she provided everything we needed for the perfect party! The staff and bartenders were very polite and attentive to our guests. Our friends and family raved, with so many compliments about how awesome the food and venue were. Thank you so much Isabell, for making Dano's retirement party a memorable event for years to come! PS... We got him on the mechanical bull what a way to celebrate such an epic event....

Had my wedding here March 30, 2019 and it was awesome! Lovvvve the way they redid the inside. Don't judge it by the looks of the outside because it just doesn't give it the justice it deserves. From industrial looking open vented ceilings, to the brick walls with great accent lighting, to the cement colored, raw flooring, everything looks great and goes so well together. Food was amazing, catered by Waterman's (which is Festival on 8th sister company). The coordinators, Catalina and Jen, were easy to contact and always helpful and...