San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
BottleRock after-hours shows to include Smashing Pumpkins, Wu-Tang
BottleRock Napa Valley plans to keep the music blasting after curfew with a series of intimate late-night concerts around the festival over Memorial Day weekend.
The BottleRock AfterDark 2023 schedule includes performances by festival artists such as Phantogram, Lucius, Danielle Ponder, Thievery Corporation and members of the Wu-Tang Clan. Even festival headliners Smashing Pumpkins are getting in on the action with a show at the 650-person capacity JaM Cellars Ballroom.
The festival and after-hours concerts are scheduled to run May 26-28 at venues in Napa, San Francisco, Berkeley and Menlo Park, with many of the artists doing double duty with daytime performances at the Napa Valley Expo.
The lineup for BottleRock’s 10th anniversary includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone, Lizzo, Duran Duran, Lil Nas X and the aforementioned Smashing Pumpkins at the top of the bill, among the more than 75 musical acts over the three-day holiday weekend. Other acts set to perform include Leon Bridges, Billy Strings, the National, Caamp, Sheryl Crow, Nile Rodgers and Chic, and Carly Rae Jepsen.
Tickets for BottleRock AfterDark are on sale now at www.bottlerocknapavalley.com.
BottleRock 2023 previews and aftershow
Tuesday, May 23
Meute: The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F.
Thursday, May 25
The Smashing Pumpkins, Great Northern: JaM Cellars Ballroom, 1030 Main St., Napa.
Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs, Mama Said: Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa.
Beach Weather: Cafe du Nord, 2174 Market St., S.F.
Phantogram: UC Theatre, 2036 University Ave., Berkeley.
Lucius: The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
Friday, May 26
Thee Sacred Souls: Uptown Theatre, Napa.
Yung Gravy, Joey Valence & Brae: JaM Cellars Ballroom, Napa.
Danielle Ponder: Cafe du Nord, S.F.
The Wrecks, Paris Jackson: August Hall, 420 Mason St., S.F.
Saturday, May 27
Thievery Corporation:
Uptown Theatre, Napa.
The Struts, Mac Saturn:
JaM Cellars Ballroom, Napa.
Yung Gravy, Joey Valence & Brae: August Hall, S.F.
Raekwon & Ghostface Killah: UC Theatre, Berkeley.
Sunday, May 28
Lucius: Uptown Theatre, Napa.
Cautious Clay, Thunderstorm Artis: August Hall, S.F.
Peter Cat Recording Co.: Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St., S.F.