Festival Napa Valley is an annual music, dance, and theater event, taking place at various venues throughout California's Wine Country. The festival features over 200 musicians, including renowned and aspiring artists. Innovative performances take place at Napa Valley's best wineries and theaters as well as resorts and restaurants.
Events & Activities
The festival's social events include daily Vintner's Luncheons and Patron Dinners, where guests, performers, the Valley's top chefs, and vintners can mingle in beautiful settings of the Valley's best wineries. The festival's highlights include The Arts for All Gala, held on the first Sunday of the festival's summer season every July, which features an alfresco dinner, live performances, surprise guests, and a charity wine auction offering unique lifestyle experiences.
The Taste of Napa showcases wine and culinary delicacies from approximately 80 local wineries, restaurants, and food artisans, many of which are rarely open to the public. The festival also includes wellness events, such as conversations led by health practitioners and a 5K/10K Sun Run, with proceeds supporting the Napa County Alliance for Arts Education. Also, Festival Napa Valley holds about 20 free concerts, taking place in the parks and other public spaces of Napa Valley.
History of Festival Napa Valley
Festival Napa Valley draws about 10,000 attendees annually, who are attracted by its diverse program, from classical music to jazz. The festival offers about 100 events in 10 days. It previously hosted classical musicians like Piotr Anderszewski, Joshua Bell, Regina Carter, Vadym Kholodenko, Sarah Chang, Chad Hoopes, Midori, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Franc D'Ambrosio, David Daniels, Matt Haimovitz, Nina Kotova, Kevin Olusola, James Galway, and many more. Festival Napa Valley featured the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Concord Jazz All-Stars, the Emerson String Quartet, the Havana Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Napa Valley Symphony and Festival Orchestra Napa. In addition, famous Cirque du Soleil, American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin, and Stuttgart Ballet have been performing at the festival over the years.
