Why go all the way to Coachella in the desert when great music comes to Wine Country? These six upcoming music festivals in Sonoma and Napa Valley pair top talent with the best wine, food and views around. Click through the gallery for details.
6 Wine Country Music Festivals to Attend This Spring & Summer
These upcoming music festivals in Sonoma and Napa Valley pair top talent with the best food, wine and views around.
There are six unique music festivals taking place throughout Sonoma and Napa Valley between March and September, including the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival at B.R. Cohn Winery. Click through the gallery for details.
Taste of Yountville, Yountville, March 16: VIP passes to this year’s Yountville Live festival are sold out, but the Taste of Yountville event held on March 16 is a great way to get a preview of the festival and hype you up to snag tickets for 2020. (Courtesy photo)
Taste of Yountville: Taking place in Napa Valley’s culinary capital, you’ll spend the day sampling world-class food and wine from more than 100 vendors and enjoying more than a dozen musical performances (Drew Holcomb, Emerson Hart and more) and chef demos by wellness guru Joy Bauer and renowned chefs like Bob Hurley and Anita Cartegena. More info here. (Courtesy photo)
Songwriters In Paradise, St. Helena, March 21-24: Originating in Cabo and Hope Town, Bahamas, the creators of Songwriters in Paradise (SIP) are trading the beach for vineyards as they bring their music festival to Napa Valley for the first time (what could be a better place to host a festival named SIP?). This isn’t your typical music festival. The weekend will pull back the curtain on some of music’s greatest hits with performances by the artists and band members who wrote them for world-famous acts like The Zac Brown Band, Hootie & The Blowfish, Spin Doctors and Jimmy Buffet. (Courtesy photo)
Songwriters In Paradise (SIP): Exclusive and intimate performances will take place at four Napa Valley wineries: Alpha Omega, Silver Oak, Brasswood and Gargiulo Vineyards. SIP host resort Harvest Inn in St. Helena will create an organic setting where you can mingle with the songwriters between performances, get to enjoy a few impromptu bonus jams, and snag an invite to a resort-only event. More info here. (Courtesy photo)
BottleRock Napa Valley, Napa, May 24-26: Wine Country’s biggest music festival is back this coming Memorial Day Weekend. This year’s headliners are Imagine Dragons, Neil Young and Mumford & Sons, plus you’ll be able to catch a bevy of other top acts across multiple stages, like Pharrell Williams, Santana, OneRepublic and Logic. (Courtesy photo)
BottleRock Napa Valley: Beyond the music, BottleRock brings together the best wine, beer, spirits and local food—from top chefs like Morimoto and Thomas Keller—and when your feet are aching from all the dancing, you can visit the Spa. This unique feature on the music festival scene offers massages, facials, hair styling, makeup, hydration therapy and more. More info here. (Courtesy photo)
Huichica: The family-friendly, two-day Huichica festival is smaller and more intimate than the likes of BottleRock, with musicians performing among the vines on GunBun’s four stages, including their outdoor amphitheatre and Old Redwood Barn. The wine will be flowing and an array of vendors will be serving food. More info here. (Courtesy photo)
Huichica: The family-friendly, two-day Huichica festival is smaller and more intimate than the likes of BottleRock, with musicians performing among the vines on GunBun’s four stages, including their outdoor amphitheatre and Old Redwood Barn. The wine will be flowing and an array of vendors will be serving food. More info here. (Courtesy photo)
Festival Napa Valley, Napa Valley, July 12-21: Most festivals hang up the mic after a few days, but Festival Napa Valley goes big with an epic, 10-day cultural immersion that spans symphony, opera, jazz, dance and beyond. The 2019 festival is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. (Courtesy photo)
Festival Napa Valley: While there are more than 60 concerts and events on offer, highlights include Opera at Castello di Amorosa, Stars Wars: A New Hope Live with Orchestra and Taste of Napa, a rock n’ roll dance party featuring local cover band Wonder Bread 5, plus 70 wineries, restaurants and artisans. With a mission to bring music to the masses, there will also be a dozen free concerts held throughout Napa Valley. More info here. (Courtesy photo)
Sonoma Harvest Music Festival, Glen Ellen, Sept. 14-15 and 21-22: Last year, the people behind BottleRock launched the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival right in the middle of the Olive Hill Vineyard at B.R. Cohn Winery. Concerts have long been a staple at B.R. Cohn; founder Bruce Cohn is the former manager for the Doobie Brothers. The first-annual festival featured artists like The Avett Brothers and The Head and the Heart, and while it is presented by BottleRock, this is a smaller, more intimate affair than the Napa production. (Courtesy photo)
Sonoma Harvest Music Festival: Limited to just 3,000 concert goers in 2018, you won’t have to push and shove to get up close and personal with your favorite bands. This year, the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival will take place on two consecutive weekends in September with two different lineups, which are yet to be announced. Keep an eye out for updates and ticket sales in the coming months. More info here. (Courtesy photo)
