Blue Note Jazz Festival — Napa 2025

While Blue Note Entertainment Group, owners of the venerable Blue Note Jazz Club in Greenwich Village among many other venues around the world, have hosted a multi-venue, Spring jazz festival in New York City for many years, their Napa, California, festival began in 2022. Curated by Robert Glasper, it explores the influence of jazz on hip-hop with a lineup that is an absolute embarrassment of riches from those 2 genres, as well as soul/R&B, featuring legendary performers and some of the best among contemporary artists. For 2025, it takes place at Meritage Resort & Spa, South of downtown Napa, in the heart of wine country. Glasper has dubbed the theme of the festival as The Black Radio Experience, something he has explored in his own recordings and the lineup consists of like-minded artists. There are separately ticketed after parties on Friday and Saturday nights.