Napa Valley, California is well-known for its beautiful scenery, endless wineries, and world-class, delicious food and wine. But it somehow gets even better in the summer with the Festival Napa Valley Summer Season. Over the course of 15 days, visitors can enjoy fine wine, delectable cuisine, live music and so much more in the stunning backdrop of Napa Valley. Held by Festival Napa Valley, the summer events help support the charitable organization, which is committed to enriching the vitality of the community through innovative performances and inspiring education programs. Fun events in a beautiful backdrop with delicious food and wine, plus supporting a great organization, make the Festival Napa Valley Summer Season events a must-attend event each year.
One of the highlights of the Festival Napa Valley Summer Season is the Taste of Napa, which features the best of Napa Valley, including exceptional food, wine and music. Attendees can sample wine and food from more than 70 local wineries, restaurants and top artisans. Plus, there are exclusive wine tastings in private settings and live music.
Festival Napa Valley has a primary mission to make arts accessible to everyone, and the Arts for All Gala is an arts charity event that helps bring the mission to life. Taking place at HALL Winery in St. Helena, an art-filled estate with the Mayacamas Mountains as the beautiful backdrop, gala attendees will enjoy an elegant dinner paired with extraordinary wines from HALL, WALT and Domaine Carneros.
Each of the dining events for Festival Napa Valley is set in various wineries throughout the region, featuring cuisine from acclaimed chefs and excellent local wine. Enjoy amazing, world-class food paired with delicious wines, in beautiful and unique Napa Valley wineries and settings at the Founders Dinners, Patron Dinners and Vintner’s Luncheons.
The Charles Krug location for the festival will have water filling stations for refillable water bottles. Food vendors are also present at most of the festival event locations.
The events at the Festival Napa Valley Summer Season take place throughout the Napa Valley and St. Helena area at multiple venues.
While you can’t camp directly at the Festival Napa Valley events, you can still park your RV at a campground nearby, such as a campground in Santa Rosa. Some top area campgrounds and RV parks include:
• The Sonoma County Fairgrounds: The campground at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds is open for campers year-round, and it's conveniently located off of Highway 12. Electrical hookups are available, and there's a dump station that you may use too.
• Spring Lake Park: The campground at Spring Lake Park is in a secluded area with lake access. It’s pet-friendly and has pull-through campsites plus electrical hookups for RVs.
• Mirabel RV Park: Located on the Russian River, Mirabel RV Park is in a forested area that is 15 minutes away from downtown Santa Rosa. Electricity is provided at every campsite, and there are free showers for camping guests to use.
Here are some tips to keep in mind when camping for the Festival Napa Valley events:
• If you plan on having some wine at the festival, be sure to plan on having safe transportation back to your campsite. Rideshare drivers are available in the area to book for transportation as needed.
• Pets are not allowed at the festival events, so be sure to leave them at home or in your RV. Keep in mind that some campgrounds do not allow pets to be left unattended at your campsite, so plan your trip accordingly.
• The Napa Valley area is home to tons of California state parks and national sites. Consider stopping by some of the parks in between the festival events to go hiking and enjoy outdoor recreation.
If you’d prefer to stay at a hotel near the festival, you have some additional options, such as:
• Rancho Caymus Inn: This hotel is surrounded by wineries, and is off of US-29. It’s also close to Lake Hennessey, the Silverado Trail, and Nickel & Nickel, which hosts the Arts for All Gala of the Festival Napa Valley.
• Napa Farmhouse Inn: This Inn is off of CA-128, and it’s a bed and breakfast set on a three-acre farm. It’s got free Wi-Fi, free parking, and a golf course on-site.
You’ll find all of the event venues for this festival scattered throughout the Napa Valley region. The nearest airports include the Charles M. Schultz-Sonoma County Airport, Napa County Airport, and Sacramento International Airport.
Parking availability may vary for each event, but most venues allow free parking for event attendees.
Tickets to Festival Napa Valley Summer Season events can be purchased online. Tickets can be purchased for all events as a package, or you can purchase tickets for singular events.
Set in the unique and stunning backdrop of the Napa Valley, wine, food and music lovers will love the Festival Napa Valley Summer Season. Consider staying in the area in an RV to attend all of the festival events and explore nearby historic sites and state parks. For more updates about Festival Napa Valley, check out the event's Facebook page.
Please note, this is not the official source of the event information. While we try to be as comprehensive as possible, some details may have changed since the time this article was written. Please confirm final details with the official event page .
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