BOTTLEROCK PUSHES FESTIVAL TO 2021 DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Dave Matthews, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Nicks remain headliners
BottleRock Napa Valley won’t take place in 2020.
As long expected, organizers behind this incredibly popular festival have pulled the plug on this year’s event due to ongoing concerns with the coronavirus pandemic. They announced today that they are pushing the eighth installment of the festival to Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30, 2021.
Headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews Band and Stevie Nicks are still on the bill. The rest of the lineup will be released at a later date.
“While we had hoped to share our festival’s great music, wine, food and incredible Napa Valley hospitality this year, we know this is the best decision for everyone involved,“said Dave Graham,
one of the partners of BottleRock Napa Valley. “We are happy that our headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews Band and Stevie Nicks are confirmed for the 2021 festival.
“We are also confident that not only will we be able to present much of the same lineup, but we’ll be announcing some additional surprise acts for this coming May. We are looking forward to Memorial Day Weekend 2021.”
This is the second time that this eighth edition of the festival has been rescheduled due to the coronavirus.
It was originally set to take place back in May, over Memorial Day Weekend 2020, but it was postponed to October in hopes that the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic would have improved that enough to allow
for large gatherings. But that timeline proved to be too optimistic with what’s going on with the spread of the virus in California and elsewhere.
“Although Napa County has one of the lowest COVID-19 case counts in the Bay Area, we are not ready for a large public gathering such as BottleRock Napa Valley in 2020,” stated County Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Relucio. “Events like BottleRock fall under Governor Newsom’s Stage 4 plan for reopening, which we will not achieve prior to October. These decisions are not taken lightly with the knowledge that many people will be impacted. Our first priority is the health of the community.”
All passes purchased for the 2020 festival will be valid for the new 2021 dates. Details about possible refunds and such was not immediately available. But more information about the 2021 will be posted on the festival website, www.bottlerocknapavalley.com.