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Festival Napa Valley Awards $300,000 to Schools and Arts Organizations
October 2, 2017
Festival Napa Valley Awards $300,000 to Schools and Arts Organizations

Festival Napa Valley held its annual Arts for All grant ceremony awarding $300,000 to continue its support of school-based programs and nonprofit organizations that increase access to arts and arts education. Through its Arts for All initiative, Festival Napa Valley has invested more than $1,500,000 into its community programs and partnerships over the past six years.

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Hamilton Cast to Headline Arts for All Gala
June 19, 2017
Hamilton Cast to Headline Arts for All Gala

Festival Napa Valley, the organization recognized for transforming California’s wine country into a cultural destination, announced the San Francisco ‘Hamilton’ cast will headline its Arts for All Gala on Sunday, July 16 at HALL St. Helena. 

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Tuition-Free Summer Conservatory Announced
March 1, 2017
Tuition-Free Summer Conservatory Announced

Festival Napa Valley introduces a tuition-free music academy for emerging professional musicians as part of its 2017 summer season. The Academy will welcome 60 musicians representing many of the country’s most esteemed conservatories and music schools.

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Season 12 Lineup Announced
February 7, 2017
Season 12 Lineup Announced

Festival Napa Valley, the annual summer celebration recognized for transforming California’s wine country into a cultural destination, announced the lineup for its 12th edition, July 14 – 23, 2017.

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Arts for All 2016 Grant Recipients
September 26, 2016
Arts for All 2016 Grant Recipients

Festival Napa Valley continued its support of public school arts education awarding $225,000 in grants at its annual Arts for All Grant Ceremony. 2016 grant recipients include Arts Council Napa Valley Education Alliance, Napa Valley Education Foundation, Napa County Office of Education, Napa Valley Youth Symphony and Lincoln Theater’s Artist in Residence Program.

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Napa County's First-Ever Arts Education Master Plan Unanimously Approved
June 3, 2016
Napa County's First-Ever Arts Education Master Plan Unanimously Approved

Arts Council Napa Valley (ACNV), along with partners Festival Napa Valley and the Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD), is proud to announce the Napa Valley Unified Board of Education’s unanimous approval of the Arts Education Master Plan (AEMP), a five-year visual and performing arts initiative to provide opportunity, access and equity to all students.

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Imaginarium : The Annual Festival Gala at Meadowood Napa Valley To Feature Host Wayne Brady and Cirque du Soleil
May 19, 2016
Imaginarium : The Annual Festival Gala at Meadowood Napa Valley To Feature Host Wayne Brady and Cirque du Soleil

Festival Napa Valley is pleased to announce that Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated entertainer Wayne Brady will star as host and emcee of Imaginarium: The Annual Festival Gala. Fresh from his leading role in the Broadway sensation Kinky Boots, and famed for TV’s improvisational series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the actor, singer and comedian will conduct the Sunday, July 17 festivities from the dramatic tented stage on the fairway lawn at Meadowood Napa Valley.

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Season 11 Star Studded Lineup Announced
March 3, 2016
Season 11 Star Studded Lineup Announced

Festival Napa Valley (formerly Festival del Sole), one of America’s premiere summer destination events, presents its Eleventh Season, July 15-24, 2016. The ten-day fete features exclusive engagements by preeminent classical, opera, jazz and dance artists paired with intimate food and wine affairs hosted by the region’s top vintners. Through its free programming and arts education initiatives, the festival seeks to bring the transformative power of the arts to all.

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Festival Napa Valley Dedicates 2016 Season to Margrit Mondavi
October 27, 2015
Festival Napa Valley Dedicates 2016 Season to Margrit Mondavi

Napa Valley Festival Association has announced that Festival Napa Valley’s 2016 season will be dedicated to Margrit Mondavi, a festival board member and longtime advocate of the arts, philanthropy and the Napa Valley.

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