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BottleRock drops daily lineup for Memorial Day weekend music festival

The Foo Fighters and Backstreet Boys are scheduled to headline the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival over Memorial Day weekend for 2026, the festival announced.

Other headlining acts include Lorde, Teddy Swims, LCD Soundsystem, Sombr, Lil Wayne and Zed, the festival said Tuesday.

Performances by Ludacris, Papa Roach, Busta Rhymes, Chaka Khan, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Kool and the Gang, Men at Work and Natasha Bedingfield also are slated.

Rev Run, Better than Ezra, Paris Jackson and Treach are among the other acts scheduled to perform.

General admission tickets went on sale Wednesday. Single day tickets will go on sale Friday, Jan. 16.

When are acts appearing?

On Thursday, BottleRock Napa Valley released the daily schedule of performances for the three-day festival.

Scheduled to appear Friday, May 22, are Lorde, Teddy Swims, Lil Wayne, Papa Roach, John Bellion, Chaka Khan, Tash Sultana, Men at Work, Natasha Bedingfield, Rev Run, Treach and others.

The lineup for Saturday, May 23, is scheduled to include the Foo Fighters, LCD Soundsystem, Zedd, Rilo Kiley, AJR, Busta Rhymes, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Bush, Flipturn, Maoli, Better than Ezra, Arrested Development, Paris Jackson and others.

Scheduled to appear Sunday, May 24, are the Backstreet Boys, Sombr, Ludacris, Mt. Joy, Slightly Stoopid, Bigxthaplug, Kool & the Gang, and others.

What to know about BottleRock Napa Valley

BottleRock Napa Valley is an annual three-day music and food festival held over Memorial Day weekend, falling on May 22-24 in 2026, at the Napa Valley Expo in Napa County.

Tickets went on sale Wednesday at $475 for three-day general admission passes. VIP and Skydeck tickets are already sold out. Single-day tickets start at $252.

The festival features music acts, culinary stages, and local food, wine and craft beverages. It runs from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day.

In 2025, the festival featured performances by Green Day, Justin Timberlake, Public Enemy, Ice Cube and Flo Rida.

The Napa Valley Expo is about 50 miles southwest of Sacramento.

This story was originally published January 13, 2026 at 8:37 AM.

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Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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