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With a fine vocal cast and a tense production, Gaetano Donizetti's first French opera has made a successful entry into the repertoire. On view through April 12, it will be revived on July 18 at California's Napa Valley Festival.

Napa Valley’s namesake festival is set to present its 2025 Summer Season, July 5 – 20. Jon Batiste, Joyce DiDonato, Versailles Royal Opera, Stéphane Denève, and Tiler Peck lead a lineup that showcases over 200 international stars and emerging talent across classical, jazz, opera, contemporary, and dance productions, paired with Napa Valley’s unparalleled food, wine, and hospitality. 

Richard “Dick” Kramlich passed away at his Napa Valley home on February 1. A groundbreaking leader in international venture capital and contemporary art collecting, Kramlich was also a dedicated member of the Festival Napa Valley board of directors. His warmth and passion for the arts left an indelible mark on countless individuals and institutions.

The occasion was the Lunar New Year, and Festival Napa Valley celebrated the Year of the Snake by marking the first stateside program of its newly launched Festival Napa Valley/China Cultural Exchange. The intimate performance by the Beijing Guitar Duo featured acclaimed guitarists Su Meng and Wang Yameng. The duo’s virtuosic performance was part of the FNV’s Olivia Decker Power of Music series and seamlessly fused Eastern and Western musical traditions.

The Napa County Library and nonprofit Festival Napa Valley have teamed up to challenge the notion that Napa is not kid-friendly through a new music event series geared toward young children, with their next event on Saturday, March 22. 

Travel to Northern California’s wine country for a “celebration of music, art and culinary excellence” with Festival Napa Valley, according to 10Best. See the upcoming events for Festival Napa Valley on its website.

Millions of people attend at least one festival in the U.S. per year — and those numbers are on the rise. With so many events to choose from (and ticket prices in the hundreds, if not thousands of dollars for some festivals), it can be difficult to decide where to spend your time and money.

To find the best, our panel of music festival aficionados nominated essential festivals from coast to coast, where music fans can enjoy several artists (and even genres) in one place. Then, readers voted to crown the winners. Here are the 10 best music festivals in the U.S. for 2025.

“Music, education, culture, and wine: these are powerful unifiers for all of us,” said Festival Napa Valley President and CEO Rick Walker when he announced a multiyear artistic exchange with China. Unveiled December 6 with the signing of an MOU with Beijing Poly Theatre Management Company, which operates more than 80 theaters across China and celebratory concerts at the U.S. Embassy’s Beijing American Center and The Peninsula Shanghai, the Festival Napa Valley / China Cultural Exchange aims to foster collaboration and dialogue through music, education, food and wine events, and cultural tourism.