Back Bay Farms

This review is for the stick figure concert on July 5th 2023.Be aware that this is a small Podunk outskirt of Virginia Beach and there are very few roads in and out so traffic getting in is absolutely horrible.The owners of this small venue must be pretty greedy people because according to all of the other taken down reviews on Google and we'll see what happens. Here they are incapable of running a concert venue and our greedy enough to outsell it in an egregious fashion.There is not nearly enough parking in the town is not organized with very small roads getting in and out, meaning a lot of people park on the side of the road as overspill from the lack of parking for the venue itself.Here's like a man from what I see and what I read elsewhere. Having turned around unable to find parking and being told by the local police that they had oversold the show. Once again we turned around and left very angry.From the other comments I read and having driven all around the small town and the vineyard itself, it did smell funky but having not gone in I cannot verify the source of this.According to other reviews it seems they would all be true. From my one and only experience driving there to try and get in the show. I will never ever go to see another concert or any event there and I highly recommend you do the same. The type of people that run this and would over sell a show and inconvenience So many people.....They are greedy and need to be put out of business...so please do not support them.

First, please look at my other reviews. I prefer to use Yelp as a place to recommend businesses that I can recommend. Unfortunately, I can't say that about this business. And since they have deleted HUNDREDS of negative Facebook comments, and at least 90 negative Google reviews, I am leaving a negative review here. We bought tickets to recent Stick Figure concert. I saw a comment that they sold 8000 tickets, which sounds plausible. And probably about 7000 more than this venue can safely handle. Traffic. This is a rural are with narrow 2 lane roads that are not equipped to handle thousands of cars in an hour. I feel sorry for the neighbors, as the traffic was a disaster for hours. It took us over an hour to travel on hour on Indian River Road, from 6:30 to 7:45.Parking. Our friends had left earlier, and had already parked. They said there was a long line on foot to get in, at least another hour. Oh, and there was no handicapped parking, so our other friend whose leg was in a boot was turned had to leave since she couldn't walk half a mile. Lines. Our friends also told us that the line for the two portable toilets outside was extremely long. Based on the horrible traffic, inadequate parking, long line to get in it was clear that the venue was well beyond its capacity. We made the choice to not risk our safety and just drove past when we got to the "parking" entrance. It took us another 15 minutes to get out of that area. Had something bad happened (medical, fire, criminal) first responders would have had significant challenges. What really bothers me is that the venue has been deleting comments and negative reviews instead of publicly accepting responsibility and apologizing. I do not believe this conforms to the conditional use permit the city issued on 18 OCT 2022. The venue was certainly in violation of #6 and #7. I'd like to see #11 for this event. http://edocs.vbgov.com/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=50879841&dbid=0&repo=CityClerk Page 93

This was the most poorly run concert I have ever attended. The traffic getting in to see Stick Figure was horrible. Parking was disorganized. Then you had to stand in a ridiculously long line of people to get into the concert. We missed the opening bands because the line was so long. There were only 2 porta potties available to all of the people waiting in line. Once we got into the field where the concert was being held, the lines for food and drinks were 45 minutes long. There was no toilet paper in any of the port potties. Whoever planned this concert did an extremely poor job of considering the logistics needed for a positive concert experience for a crowd of this size. Spending $80 per ticket to have such a terrible experience was incredibly disappointing. I would never attend any event at this place again and would rate it at a 0 out of 10.* Update- This business removed the over 200 negative reviews on their Facebook page and then disabled reviews. There was a plethora of negative Google reviews and the business somehow removed all but 10 of them. This fiasco is not being handled with integrity.

This place had 50+ negative Google reviews and they've been deleted. The Stick Figure concert was a mess. Tons of horse poop everywhere and long lines to park and get in. We missed both early shows due to traffic. Small stage for such an amazing band. They deserve better