Tag Archives: BottleRock 2023
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BottleRock 2023 Day 3: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lil Nas X, 10 other sets we loved on Sunday
Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. NAPA —The final day of a music festival often starts with relaxed vibes. Attendees at BottleRock on Sunday laid out blankets and took advantage of the mild weather. Many…
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BottleRock 2023 Day 2: Duran Duran, Lizzo, 8 other sets we loved on Saturday
Lizzo performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — The impact was quick, if not immediate. The tension and excitement had been building, people jockeying for position and moving in as close to the stage as they could. With…
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BottleRock 2023 Day 1: Smashing Pumpkins, Post Malone, 10 other sets we loved on Friday
Post Malone performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — Thousands of attendees packed the Napa Valley Expo on Friday on the first day of the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival. The weather cooperated for once, with highs in…
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BottleRock Napa announces Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage lineup
Tiffani Thiessen and crew at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 26, 2018. Courtesy. With just a few days before the 2023 festival launches, BottleRock Napa Valley announced its slate of performers tapped for the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage. The lineup is the usual…
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INTERVIEW: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram on being part of the evolution of blues
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, courtesy the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has been around for quite a while. You may have seen him play at the White House in 2014, for example. You may have seen him play at the fictional Harlem’s Paradise on the then-Netflix, now-Disney+ series…
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Navigating BottleRock 2023: An hour-by-hour guide for all 3 days
BottleRock 2022, courtesy. Even if you already know which of the headliners at BottleRock Napa Valley 2023 you’re picking to watch (Post Malone or the Smashing Pumpkins, Lizzo or Duran Duran, Lil Nas X or the Red Hot Chili Peppers), the festival presents many musical options. Because of the relatively small…
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INTERVIEW: Teddy Swims finds the shore on ‘Sleep is Exhausting’
Teddy Swims, courtesy Lindsey Byrnes. It’s tough to pin down Jaten Dimsdale, better known as Teddy Swims, and he’d have it no other way. Whether it’s metal, country or R&B, Dimsdale’s mission is clear: Do whatever you can to be heard. BottleRock Napa Valley 2023 Lizzo, Red Hot Chili…
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Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar to reunite, replace Japanese Breakfast at BottleRock
Dogstar (L-R: Robert Mailhouse, Bret Domrose and Keanu Reeves). Courtesy BottleRock Napa. The promoters of BottleRock Napa Valley this week announced a surprise appearance by rock trio Dogstar, the band founded by actors Keanu Reeves and Rob Mailhouse, as well as guitarist-vocalist Bret Domrose. The band, which includes Reeves…
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Interview: Half•Alive fuses sound and vision on ‘Conditions of a Punk’
Half-Alive, courtesy Yulissa Benitez. The road to Conditions of a Punk was long for Long Beach alt-rock trio Half•Alive. “We really just expected to do a ‘Part 2’ of the first album,” vocalist Josh Taylor said. “Then everything changed, and it just got bigger.” BottleRock Napa Valley 2023 Lizzo, Red…
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BottleRock Napa Valley announces stage times for 2023 festival
Duran Duran performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley have released the set times have been released for the 2023 edition of the festival. Post Malone and Billy Strings will perform on the JaM Cellars main stage Friday…
