Napa’s festival machine is about to crank back up, with BottleRock’s 2026 lineup set to be unveiled Tuesday and three-day passes following on Wednesday, setting up another high-speed ticket scramble at the Napa Valley Expo. The festival is returning as a three-day run at the fairgrounds, and organizers have been teasing would-be attendees across their channels with cryptic artist hints ahead of the official poster drop. Fans who missed out in earlier presales will be watching closely when the curtain finally lifts.
As first reported by Daily Republic, the lineup poster is scheduled to land on Tuesday, with general ticketing slated to begin the following day. That report notes that organizers have been posting clues on the festival’s Facebook page and that online speculation has swung from classic-rock reunion wishful thinking to contemporary pop headliner chatter and even AI-generated fantasy posters.
When and where
Official ticket listings show BottleRock is set for May 22-24, at the Napa Valley Expo, according to Front Gate Tickets. The event pages lay out the Expo’s address along with the basic day-by-day structure for the three-day weekend.
Lineup timing and ticket details
BottleRock’s homepage bluntly promises “lineup coming 1.13,” signaling that the official poster is dropping this week, according to BottleRock Napa Valley. The festival’s PayPal ticket page tells buyers to have PayPal or Venmo ready and states that three-day general-admission tickets are scheduled to go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT, with a limited $25 cash-back offer for the first 500 PayPal or Venmo checkouts, per BottleRock’s payment page.
What the weekend looks like
Event listings promote 75-plus bands across five music stages, along with a celebrity culinary stage and local wine partners, keeping with BottleRock’s familiar blend of music and food experiences, according to Front Gate Tickets. Premium options such as VIP, Skydeck and Platinum routinely move during presales, and the current ticket pages show several of those tiers already limited or sold out from earlier rounds.
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