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Festival Napa Valley is introducing a "Choose Your Price" ticket model for the 2025 Summer Season, a first in the region. This new option, launching in March with single-ticket sales, advances the Festival’s Arts for All mission by allowing attendees to select ticket prices that fit their budgets.

Festival Napa Valley announced today the appointment of Steven Stull as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and the election of Tim Busch to the Board, joining an impressive roster of vintners and community leaders who guide California wine country’s flagship festival, the largest nonprofit cultural institution in Napa County.

Jan Isaac Shrem, a founding benefactor of Festival Napa Valley whose generosity and passion for the arts helped shape the organization and its mission to bring the arts to all, peacefully passed away at the age of 94 after a long illness. Jan was a tireless champion of the Festival, and he and his wife Maria Manetti Shrem played an instrumental role in transforming Festival Napa Valley into one of the world’s premier cultural destinations.

Festival Napa Valley raised a record-setting $4.5 million at its Arts for All Gala on Sunday, July 14. Proceeds fund inspiring education programs, free and affordable concerts, and scholarships. To date, the annual Gala has raised over $28 million, making it one of the nation’s most impactful fundraisers for education and the arts. 

As a centerpiece of Festival Napa Valley’s Arts for All Gala, taking place July 14, 2024 at Nickel & Nickel Winery, the Festival is auctioning off a bespoke all-electric Maserati GranCabrio Folgore “Tignanello”. The luxury automobile was created for Marchesi Antinori exclusively for Festival Napa Valley’s Arts for All Gala.

The lineup of Festival Napa Valley’s annual Taste of Napa has been announced. Festival Napa Valley’s signature celebration of exceptional food, wine, and music is set to take place on Saturday, July 13 from 12pm to 3pm on The Meritage Resort's Grand Reserve lawn. The event features offerings from more than 70 wineries, breweries, restaurants, and culinary artisans, plus live music, games, activities, and the chance to explore wines of the world through a special international showcase of wines from Great Britain and Italy.

Highlights include tributes to Sophia Loren and Henry Mancini, opera, dance, jazz, film, classics, a grand tasting of food and wine, and more than 60 concerts and events at iconic venues throughout Napa Valley

Gordon Getty, a legend of the arts world and one of Festival Napa Valley’s founding benefactors, will be presented the Angels of the Arts Award in a gala ceremony at the San Francisco War Memorial Green Room on Thursday, March 7, 2024. The elegant evening includes intimate musical performances, a gourmet dinner, Napa wines, and tributes from vintners and world-renowned artists. 
The Angels of the Arts Award is Festival Napa Valley’s highest honor, celebrating outstanding contributions to the arts. 

Festival Napa Valley is pleased to announce that international superstar Lionel Richie will headline the Arts for All Gala at Oakville’s Nickel & Nickel Winery on Sunday, July 14, 2024.