Media Releases

Festival Napa Valley and Lincoln Theater will co-present the Napa gala premiere screening of André - The Voice of Wine. The film screening is part of the festival’s new Springboard series, coinciding with Arts Council Napa Valley’s ”Arts in April.” Other Springboard events include a concert and educational outreach by The Voice finalist Wé McDonald, and the popular 5k and 10K Sun Run, a fundraiser for the festival’s arts education programs.

Festival Napa Valley announces the lineup for the 2018 summer season, featuring a host of world premieres, debuts and exclusive engagements set in iconic Napa Valley settings. The 2018 season, July 20-29, is dedicated to the first responders who saved lives, homes and properties in the recent Wine Country wildfires.

Festival Napa Valley held its annual Arts for All grant ceremony awarding $300,000 to continue its support of school-based programs and nonprofit organizations that increase access to arts and arts education. Through its Arts for All initiative, Festival Napa Valley has invested more than $1,500,000 into its community programs and partnerships over the past six years.

Festival Napa Valley, the organization recognized for transforming California’s wine country into a cultural destination, announced the San Francisco ‘Hamilton’ cast will headline its Arts for All Gala on Sunday, July 16 at HALL St. Helena. 

Festival Napa Valley introduces a tuition-free music academy for emerging professional musicians as part of its 2017 summer season. The Academy will welcome 60 musicians representing many of the country’s most esteemed conservatories and music schools.

Festival Napa Valley, the annual summer celebration recognized for transforming California’s wine country into a cultural destination, announced the lineup for its 12th edition, July 14 – 23, 2017.

Festival Napa Valley continued its support of public school arts education awarding $225,000 in grants at its annual Arts for All Grant Ceremony. 2016 grant recipients include Arts Council Napa Valley Education Alliance, Napa Valley Education Foundation, Napa County Office of Education, Napa Valley Youth Symphony and Lincoln Theater’s Artist in Residence Program.

Arts Council Napa Valley (ACNV), along with partners Festival Napa Valley and the Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD), is proud to announce the Napa Valley Unified Board of Education’s unanimous approval of the Arts Education Master Plan (AEMP), a five-year visual and performing arts initiative to provide opportunity, access and equity to all students.

Festival Napa Valley is pleased to announce that Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated entertainer Wayne Brady will star as host and emcee of Imaginarium: The Annual Festival Gala. Fresh from his leading role in the Broadway sensation Kinky Boots, and famed for TV’s improvisational series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the actor, singer and comedian will conduct the Sunday, July 17 festivities from the dramatic tented stage on the fairway lawn at Meadowood Napa Valley.