Like a fine wine, BottleRock returned for its 13th year over Memorial Day Weekend with a refined blend of music, food, wine and drinks that has made it a destination festival for over a decade.
The festivities started Friday with the biggest act of the weekend — a headlining set from Green Day that spanned the Bay Area trio’s catalog for more than an hour and a half.
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong admitted to the large crowd that he never thought he would be onstage shouting out Napa. But here we are — East Bay punk in all its glory in front of an audience that ranged from kids getting their first taste of live music to retirees in polo shirts, and everything in between…