BottleRock Napa Valley brings rock, hip-hop, pop, and country headliners to the Napa Valley Expo each spring, pairing the music with a Culinary Stage built around the region's chefs and wineries. Launched in 2013 to give wine country a large-scale cultural event of its own, it has grown into one of Northern California's largest annual music festivals.
A destination music and food festival with strong travel identity in Napa Valley.
BottleRock's defining feature is its fusion of a mainstream music festival with the culinary and wine identity of Napa Valley: alongside more than eighty performers across rock, rap, pop, country, indie, funk, and Latin genres, the festival runs a dedicated Culinary Stage where noted chefs cook live and pair dishes with regional wines, a format few large music festivals attempt
Past headliners have included Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pharrell Williams, Neil Young, and Foo Fighters, giving it booking power comparable to major festivals despite being staged in a wine-producing town
Held at the Napa Valley Expo each May, it has become known locally as marking the unofficial start of summer in Napa Valley, its three-day format balancing arena-level production against the surrounding town's smaller scale
The festival's Culinary Stage
pairing celebrity and local chefs with Napa Valley winemakers
is treated by organizers as a founding pillar rather than an add-on
reflecting an intent from its 2013 launch to root a national-caliber music festival specifically in the valley's wine and food identity rather than importing a generic festival format
Dates TBA · Usually May
Napa lodging and shuttles are usually part of the planning problem.
Late May in Napa is typically warm and dry by day, often in the 70s to 80s Fahrenheit, cooling into the 50s at night; lightweight festival clothing, a hat and sunglasses for daytime sun, and...
Keep phone power, water, and a clear meeting point sorted before the main crowd arrives.
Napa or downtown Napa
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BottleRock Napa Valley is listed for Past edition: 22–24 May 2026. Always re-check the official or local source close to travel.
The festival is listed in Napa, United States. The map coordinate is a planning reference, not a guarantee of a ticket gate or exact venue.
3 days is the listed festival span. Add time for arrival, local transport, queues, and any route changes during the event.
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Napa, CA
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