Press Kit

It started with a simple guiding principle: support arts for all by assembling the greatest in performing arts in the place with the best food and wine in the country. Twenty years later, Festival Napa Valley has grown into one of the nation’s leading nonprofit arts organizations with year-round performances hosted throughout the world. 

From San Francisco to Monterey, Oakland to Napa, the Bay Area loves an outdoor music-food-drink situation. Live jazz, pop, reggae, punk, and classical music are warm-weather traditions that never gets old—especially when the musical acts are H-O-T.

As Festival Napa Valley enters its 20th anniversary season, it has transformed from a local summer gathering into a premier global cultural destination. This year’s festivities, running from July 4-19, take on a deeper historical meaning, as they happen alongside the 250th anniversary of America and the 50th anniversary of the “Judgment of Paris,” the 1976 tasting that revolutionized the world’s perception of American wine.