Media Releases

Festival Napa Valley, recognized for transforming California Wine Country into a cultural destination, is pleased to announce that 8-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Carrie Underwood will headline the Arts for All Gala at Oakville’s Nickel & Nickel Winery on Sunday, July 16, 2023.

Festival Napa Valley is pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Harlan Maltas and Tracy Sweeney to its Board of Directors. The largest nonprofit cultural institution in Napa County, Festival Napa Valley is a leader in transforming the world famous wine region into a cultural destination.

Festival Napa Valley concluded its 16^th summer season with record-setting audiences and an unprecedented 60 artistically diverse concerts, events and programs including 20 admission-free concerts, and raising $3.9 million at its Arts for All Gala headlined by multi-Grammy Award winner Trisha Yearwood.

Proceeds from the event provide free and affordable access to Festival concerts, inspiring educational programs and original programming for youth, and scholarships for talented young artists.

Festival Napa Valley welcomes audiences to its summer 2022 season, July 15-24, with a wide spectrum of programs from symphonic concerts, opera, dance, and the visual arts, to chamber music, jazz, wine tastings, and concerts for families with young children.

Festival Napa Valley Announces New Board Members and Appointment of Alpha Omega Vintner Robin Baggett as Chairman of the Board.

Festival Napa Valley is honored to announce the creation of the Olivia Decker Power of Music Series.

 Roaring back into action with 60 outdoor, sold-out concerts and events over two weeks, Festival Napa Valley capped its 15^th summer season by raising a record-breaking $2.8 million at its Arts for All Gala, headlined by global superstar Jennifer Hudson.

Festival Napa Valley pays tribute to the legendary Tony Bennett with a very special tribute concert on July 21, 2021, at Charles Krug. The performance features a star-studded lineup of Emmy and Grammy Award-winning musicians in an encore of the 2017 PBS Special filmed when the Library of Congress presented Bennett the Gershwin Prize in Popular Song.