Mark Your Calendar
January - April
Napa Valley Mustard Festival
Celebrate the food, wine, art, and the rich, unique agricultural and cultural bounty of the Napa Valley! The Mustard Season offers a full palette of food, wine, art, entertainment, and cultural activities staged throughout the world-famous grape growing region when fields, vineyards, and hillsides are vibrant with wild mustard in bloom.
March
Napa Valley Marathon & Marathon Expo
The Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon boasts one of the most beautiful courses in the world. The course runs the length of the famed Napa Valley wine-growing region. It begins in Calistoga, famous for its geysers and curative waters, and winds south along the historic Silverado Trail to finish at Vintage High School in north Napa. Except for the last half-mile, the entire course is rural. Runners are treated to panoramic views of the valley, flowering fruit trees, and dormant vineyards carpeted with golden mustard flowers.
May – September
Chef’s Market in Downtown Napa
Every Friday night from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Napa’s favorite way to spend Friday evenings with fresh produce, food, wine and beer, kids’ activities and musical entertainment.
This Event is consistently voted the Best Wine Country Event by the listeners of the local KVON/KVYN radio stations.
First Street is closed to through traffic at 2 PM on Fridays.
June
Auction Napa Valley
Auction Napa Valley is the world’s largest charity wine auction, having raised more than $60 million in 25 years for Napa County health, youth and housing nonprofit organizations.
July
Festival del Sole
Napa Valley’s Festival del Sole is a weeklong event in July featuring a combination of concerts and exhibitions by internationally acclaimed musical and visual artists, discussions with top literary figures and culinary delights with the finest chefs and winemakers. It is the sister event to Italy’s annual Tuscan Sun Festival, which is held every August in Cortona. The Del Sole Foundation for the Arts and Humanities sponsors both events.
July – August
Wine Country Film Festival
Imagine yourself in California’s world famous vacation spot! Napa and Sonoma Valleys, where locals and visitors alike converge during wine country’s oldest and biggest celebration of world cinema, just 45 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. You are sitting under the stars in an open-air theater venue, sipping good wine, savoring seasonal cuisine, and socializing with new and old friends. Dozens of festivities range from open-air film screenings to educational symposia, informal receptions with guest celebrities to over a dozen cooking demos, live entertainment, barrel tastings and fun for all ages.
September
Napa Wine and Crafts Fair
Start personal and Christmas shopping now at the Fair, featuring 200 art and crafts vendors. Enjoy a variety of Napa Valley wines and live entertainment. This event draws 15,000 people, more than any other one-day event in Napa. First Street is closed from Main to School all day.
Napa Valley Harvest Festival
The Annual Napa Valley Harvest Festival by Kiwanis Club of Napa at Charles Krug Winery on Hwy. 29 in St. Helena includes samplings of 40 wineries and 30 restaurants, fabulous art exhibitions featuring the finest local/regional artists with items for sale, silent auction, BBQ, live entertainment and much more. Don’t miss Napa Valley’s best-kept secret!
Annual River Festival
Please join us for one of Napa’s most celebrated musical events. This Labor Day weekend tradition continues with an evening concert on the banks of the river with the Napa Valley Symphony, delicious food, fine wine, and glorious fireworks. The Napa Valley Symphony performs from 7 to 9 pm, and the fireworks explode at 9:05 pm. Proceeds from the event support the Friends’ mission of restoration, conservation and responsible development of the river.
October - December
Napa Valley Blues Festival
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Live Music: Downtown Blues - Various blues artists perform at locations downtown throughout the day. Free to the Public. Other scheduled concerts are available for a fee. Food, wine & beer booths will be present.
18th Annual Festival of Lights
Yountville’s annual holiday fair features food, wine and entertainment town-wide. Enjoy visits with Santa Claus, carolers and horse-drawn carriage rides. In the evening, Yountville is set aglow with thousands of twinkling lights adorning trees and shops along Washington Street. Vintage 1870 will be open until 8pm for holiday shopping. For information call the Yountville Chamber of Commerce at (707) 944-0904.
Napa’s Home for the Holidays Parade
Family Fun: If a parade ever exemplified hometown fun, this is it! The parade will begin on First St. between School and Seminary St. Down First to Main then on to Second St. Visit Santa in the Napa Town Center Rotunda.
