Jon Batiste to headline Festival Napa Valley’s opening weekend Arts for All Gala

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Grammy and Oscar-winning artist Jon Batiste will headline Festival Napa Valley’s Arts for All Gala on Sunday, July 13. Submitted photo

Grammy and Oscar-winning artist Jon Batiste will headline Festival Napa Valley’s Arts for All Gala on Sunday, July 13, at Nickel & Nickel Winery.

Crowning the opening weekend of Festival Napa Valley’s summer season July 5 to 20, the Arts for All Gala funds education programs for youth and seniors, music and wellness initiatives, free and affordable concerts and scholarships.

Jon Batiste is known for his genre-defying sound and electrifying performances. His list of accolades includes five Grammy Awards for his 2021 album, We Are, and an Academy Award for Best Original Score for Pixar’s 2020 animated feature, Soul.

An advocate for music’s unifying power to unite and heal, Batiste captivated global audiences as the bandleader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and as the subject of Netflix’s 2023 documentary, American Symphony.

The gala includes a dinner presented by Chef Rogelio Garcia, executive chef of the Michelin-starred Auro at Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley, paired with wines from Far Niente Wine Estates. The evening includes a live auction featuring luxury getaways, performing arts experiences, and collectible wines.

Reservations for the 2025 Arts for All Gala are now open for Festival Passport and Opening Weekend Patron Pass holders and table sponsors.

A limited number of individual passes will be available for $3,000 each. For information, visit https://festivalnapavalley.org/support/arts-for-all-gala/ or call 707-927-3874.

Festival Napa Valley’s Summer Season takes place July 5-20 at venues throughout Napa Valley. Visit www.festivalnapavalley.org.

First looks at Festival Napa Valley’s 2025 Summer Season

Festival Napa Valley transforms Napa Valley into a stage for music, dance and culinary artistry from July 5 to 20 at wineries, estates and resorts.

Events include:

Seven-time Grammy and Oscar-winner Jon Batiste headlines the Arts for All Gala at Nickel & Nickel Winery benefiting education and the arts.
Uytengsu Family Opening Night at Charles Krug features mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and violinist Tessa Lark with Festival Orchestra Napa, conducted by Clelia Cafiero.
The North American debut of the Versailles Royal Opera in Donizetti’s comedic masterpiece, La Fille du régiment, directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini.
The Pacific Symphony and rising star pianist Tianxu An make their festival debut in an Olivia Decker Power of Music concert, performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake, conducted by Gavriel Heine
An Evening of Dance produced by Adrian Mitchell and Elizabeth Fowler, featuring some of the world’s leading ballet dancers, including Tiler Peck
Maria Manetti Celebrates La Dolce Vita! honoring Italian composer Ennio Morricone with Festival Orchestra Napa conducted by Clelia Cafiero.
An art song recital featuring soprano Alexandra Armantrading, baritone Lester Lynch and pianist Kevin Korth
The launch of Festival Napa Valley’s Music & Wellness Symposium with keynote speaker Dr. Daniel Levitin, Ph.D., best-selling author of I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music As Medicine and The Organized Brain
The festival’s signature Taste of Napa celebration of food and wine at The Meritage Resort and Spa
A family-friendly screening of Walt Disney’s animated masterpiece, Fantasia, with live orchestra
An evening of jazz and swing under the stars at CIA at Copia with the LMR Jazz Orchestra
Admission-free Bouchaine Young Artist concerts featuring three young pianists: Harmony Zhu, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, and Maxim Lando
Symphonic Finale with Stéphane Denève conducting Festival Orchestra Napa in Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict Overture, Mendelssohn’s Suite from Midsummer Night’s Dream and Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Classic film screenings featuring Giuseppe Tornatore’s Ennio and Cinema Paradiso and Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars and Once Upon a Time in the West as part of The Films of Ennio Morricone
Daily admission-free Festival Live! concerts at CIA at Copia featuring The Frost School of Music at Festival Napa Valley’s Blackburn Music Academy
Opera Scenes featuring the Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows
Admission-free, family-friendly Novack Concerts for Kids
Access to luncheons, dinners and fashion events at Napa Valley wineries, estates, and resorts through the Patron Experience, raising funds in support of the Festival’s arts for all mission.