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…

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…

Post Malone performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 7, 2022. He’ll perform at BottleRock Napa in May. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. After selling out of three-day tickets in less than two days, organizers for BottleRock Napa Valley released the daily lineups for the annual festival and announced that the…

Red Hot Chili Peppers at BottleRock 2016. Photo: Jon Ching. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lizzo and Post Malone will join more than 75 acts scheduled to perform at BottleRock Napa Valley on Memorial Day weekend. The 10th iteration of the wine country music festival once again features an eclectic…

BottleRock 2022, courtesy. The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley will again sell a limited number of advance tickets to the festival—the 10th annual event—before the holidays. The holiday presale three-day general admission, VIP, Skydeck and Platinum tickets will go on sale on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. Additionally,…

P!nk performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 29, 2022. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. NAPA — Metallica is huge but has played the Bay Area a lot in recent years. Twenty One Pilots have also made recent appearances, and while hip-hop supergroup Mount Westmore was great its…

Twenty One Pilots perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Saturday night’s BottleRock Napa offerings presented, perhaps, as challenging a headliner clash as the fest has ever seen. On one stage was one of the most exciting live bands…

Metallica performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — Taking an informal poll of the 40,000-some attending the opening day of BottleRock Napa Valley on Friday, it was pretty clear who most were there to see. Heavy metal heroes Metallica…

Crowds at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 5, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. Welcome back for the second BottleRock Napa Valley in under a year! After locking down the Napa Valley Expo for more than a year and a half, festival producers are more than making…

Vintage Trouble performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2019. Courtesy. In March of last year, BottleRock Napa Valley CEO Dave Graham didn’t even know when live music might return to the Bay Area, let alone plan for two massive music festivals within…