La Onda Festival returns to Napa Valley Expo on May 30 and 31, this time with a stacked lineup headlined by Colombian reggaetonero J Balvin; Mexican mariacheño singer Christian Nodal; Mexican rock icons Maná and Californian música mexicana singer Ivan Cornejo.
One of the largest Latin music festivals in the Golden State, La Onda draws around 20,000 attendees per day to the same wine country fairgrounds that host BottleRock the weekend prior.
Mexican musical greats including Los Tucanes de Tijuana are prominent on the intergenerational lineup, but La Onda doesn’t limit itself to one sound or cultural niche. Also on the bill are Colombian salsa giants Grupo Niche; Cuban hip-hop group Orishas; Venezuelan rapper Danny Ocean; and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose “Un Verano en Nueva York” was sampled by Bad Bunny in his smash hit “NUEVAYoL.”…