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Annual Events

JANUARY-APRIL

Napa Valley Mustard Festival
www.mustardfestival.org
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.

FEBRUARY

Crab Feed month in the Napa Valley
Visit the Community Calendar at www.napachamber.com to find out about these popular community events that raise money for many of our charitable organizations.

MARCH

Napa Valley Marathon & Marathon Expo
www.napavalleymarathon.org
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
www.napadowntown.com
Every Thursday night from May to July. Napa’s favorite way to spend Thursday 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 p.m. on Thursday.

JUNE

Auction Napa Valley
www.napavintners.com
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
www.festivaldelsole.com
Napa Valley’s Festival del Sole is a week-long 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
www.winecountryfilmfest.com
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 Faire
www.napadowntown.com
Start personal and Christmas shopping now, at the Faire, 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.

Annual River Festival
www.friendsofthenapariver.org
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 p.m. to 9 p.m., and the fireworks explode at 9:05 p.m. Proceeds from the event support the Friends’ mission of restoration, conservation, and responsible development of the river.

OCTOBER-DECEMBER

Wine Country Cajun Food & Music Festival
www.napadowntown.com
The spirit of Mardi Gras and the flavors of New Orleans come to Napa Downtown with this event in early October. The spirited celebration of Bayou life will feature music by nationally known Zydeco bands, informal New Orleans’-style street parades, Zydeco dancing and New Orleans-inspired food and wines from Napa chefs and wineries. The family-fun event will also include free face painting, palm reading, dance lessons and contests, and roving musicians playing Dixieland jazz, blues and gospel music.

Napa Valley Blues Festival
www.calistogajazz.com
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 and beer booths.

Annual Festival of Lights
944-0904
www.yountville.com
Yountville’s annual holiday faire 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 8 p.m. for holiday shopping. For information call the Yountville Chamber of Commerce.

Napa's Home for the Holidays Parade
www.napadowntown.com
Join your family, friends and neighbors for Napa's Christmas Parade, beginning at 5 p.m. You will be amazed at the creative use of lights used to decorate floats, marchers, even family pets! Hot chocolate, cookies and a visit with Santa await everyone at COPIA, where the parade ends.