Media Releases

Festival Napa Valley’s signature tasting event, Taste of Napa, will offer two opportunities in 2026 to savor Napa Valley’s renowned wines and hospitality. Expanding to Southern California in partnership with The Meritage Collection, Taste of Napa will take place at Paséa Hotel & Spa in Huntington Beach on Sunday, April 12, 2026, and returns to its Napa Valley home, The Meritage Resort and Spa, on Saturday, July 11, 2026. Tickets for both dates and locations are on sale now, with early bird pricing available through January 19, 2026. 

Festival Napa Valley announced the election of three new members to its board of directors: healthcare executive Darryl B. Curry, arts advocate Jane Inch, and financial services executive Mona Tavss. Steven Stull, president and founder of Advantage Capital, has been elected Board Chairman.

 Festival Napa Valley’s popular MusicTime in the Library program is expanding to American Canyon, Calistoga, and St. Helena beginning this fall.  

Festival Napa Valley is proud to celebrate the grand opening of the Brannan Center, a new performing arts and community cultural hub in Calistoga, by collaborating with the Center in the presentation of specially curated performances on the Festival Napa Valley Showcase Stage on Saturday, October 4, during the Center’s inaugural weekend. 

Festival Napa Valley’s Arts for All Gala raised a record-breaking $5 million on Sunday, July 13, further cementing its place as one of the nation’s leading fundraisers for education and the arts. 

 Festival Napa Valley has unveiled an unparalleled collection of travel and wine experiences to be auctioned at its 2025 Arts for All Gala, one of the nation’s premier fundraisers for education and the arts. The Gala takes place on July 13 at Nickel & Nickel, a part of the House of Far Niente.

Festival Napa Valley expands its Summer Season programming with the debut of a Music & Wellness Symposium. This one-day gathering explores the transformative impact of music on health and wellbeing. On Sunday, July 6, from 10:30 am – 4 pm at CIA at Copia in Napa, the symposium brings together leaders in neuroscience, music therapy, and the performing arts to explore music’s role in brain health, senior care, and youth mental health.

Taste of Napa, the signature tasting event presented by Festival Napa Valley, is set to take place Saturday, July 12, from 12pm to 3pm at The Meritage Resort in Napa. Sponsored by J.P. Morgan, this year’s grand tasting will feature more than 90 wineries, restaurants, and culinary artisans, music by LMR Jazz Orchestra and DJ Lady Ryan, interactive games, and more. 

Festival Napa Valley Announces 2025 Summer Season Lineup, July 5-20
Featuring more than 200 international and emerging artists, the North American debut of the Versailles Royal Opera, a special appearance by the acclaimed Pacific Symphony, Walt Disney’s Fantasia with live orchestra, a tribute on stage and screen to Ennio Morricone, a new Music & Wellness Symposium, Taste of Napa at The Meritage, cutting-edge visual arts, and more than 60 classical music, opera, dance, contemporary, jazz, film, culinary, and wine events at iconic venues throughout Napa Valley.