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BottleRock 2025 — The Festival That Ages Like Fine Napa Wine!

From Napa Valley with love.

Lauren Hernandez

May 23, 2025

Arizona State University

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BottleRock 2025 — The Festival That Ages Like Fine Napa Wine!

Rob and Lauren Hernandez

Rise and shine — it is officially the start of BottleRock weekend! I, for one, am ecstatic to spend yet another year covering this thrilling and unique music and culinary festival in the charming city of Napa.

I've had the privilege of living in Northern California my whole life and have always loved Napa Valley. Now, as an attendee and media journalist at the event since 2018, I can call myself somewhat of an aficionado.

BottleRock serves festival goers a unique experience that can be described as the city's first taste of summer! Check out this year's lineup below.

BottleRock Napa Valley Lineup 2025BottleRock Napa Valley

BottleRock Napa Valley Culinary Lineup 2025BottleRock Napa Valley

Before entering festival grounds, I am looking forward to walking around Downtown Napa and driving through the luxurious views of the vineyards. The heavenly views, freshest and finest wines, and glamorous aesthetics of the city are the reasons so many tourists choose to vacation, host weddings, and go wine tasting in the city.

After trying some new restaurants and looking at the alluring boutiques, I plan to photograph and enjoy as many musical and culinary acts as possible on Friday and Sunday. The unique festival offers dozens of food and liquor vendors yearly, and I cannot wait to try all the new additions.

What I will be doing differently this year is on Saturday, I will be attending BottleRock Napa Valley's After Dark show in San Francisco at August Hall to see Vacations, an incredible band I have had the pleasure of seeing with Last Dinosaurs.

Below, I am sharing a few artists I am most looking forward to seeing, including Dope Lemon, Vacations, Cage The Elephant, Khruangbin, etc. Additionally, I am excited to see many culinary guests, including Bobby Flay, Serena Williams, George & Claire Kittle, Kyle & Kristin Juszczyk, and more.

- YouTubeListen to "Midwest": https://vacations.ffm.to/midwest Connect: https://www.instagram.com/vacationsband_ ...

- YouTubeOfficial music video for ”Cigarette Daydreams” by Cage the Elephant Listen to Cage the Elephant: ...

- YouTubeBuy, Download or Stream Home Soon by Dope Lemon taken from the album Honey Bones https://UMA.lnk.to/DopeLemonYT ...

- YouTubeTime (You and I)” by Khruangbin from the album 'Mordechai', out now on Dead Oceans, in association with Night Time Stories, ...

To keep up with my festival coverage, feel free to follow my Instagram (@28laurentaylor) for daily updates on my story. Additionally, when the festival is over, I will be writing a review of the event with pictures, and I will be posting a photo gallery on my website, which will be linked at the end of the final article.

Lastly, I invite you to read my past coverage of the event here on my The Odyssey Online profile.

For more info, please visit https://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com/.

From Napa Valley with love!

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