BottleRock Napa Valley has released its 2026 lineup.
And it’s one of the best in the storied history of the festival.
That has so much to do with the inclusion of Lorde, the incredibly talented modern rock/pop entertainer whose latest release, “Virgin,” came in at No. 1 on our list of the best albums of 2025. Lorde also put on one of the top concerts we saw last year — back in October at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
The second BottleRock Napa headliner that really has us excited is the Backstreet Boys, the legendary “boy band” known for such glistening pop hits as “I Want It That Way,” “Bye Bye Bye” and — ranking in as one of the finest ballads of the ’90s — “Quit Playing Games (with My Heart).”
Other top names on the bill include Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters — which is making its third appearance at BottleRock, following headlining slots in 2017 and 2021 — as well as Teddy Swims, LCD Soundsystem and SOMBR.
Further down the bill, you’ll find plenty of other cool acts — Lil Wayne, Chaka Khan, Rilo Kiley, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, etc. — which combine to make this one of the strongest BottleRock bills in years.
The complete lineup is listed below.
Tickets for this three-day music (and so much more) festival — which runs May 22-24 at the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa — start at $475 per person and go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 14, BottleRockNapaValley.com.
No word on when, or if, single-day tickets will be released. Individual daily lineups will be announced in the weeks to come.
The lineup for the festival’s popular Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage — hosted by the amazing Liam “Foodie Chap” Mayclem — will be announced at a later date.
BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 lineup:
Lorde
Backstreet Boys
Foo Fighters
Teddy Swims
LCD Soundsystem
SOMBR
Lil Wayne
Zedd
Ludacris
Papa Roach
Mt. Joy
Slightly Stoopid
Rilo Kiley
AJR
Busta Rhymes
BigXthaPlug
Jon Bellion
Chaka Khan
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Bush
Tash Sultana
Kool & The Gang
flipturn
Del Water Gap
Børns
Maoli
Men at Work
Matt Maeson
Natasha Bedingfield
Tom Morello
Rev Run (of Run DMC)
Cut Copy
Larkin Poe
Better than Ezra
The California Honeydrops
The Beths
Sons of the East
Arrested Development
almost monday
Good Neighbours
The Warning
Midnight Generation
Paco Versailles
Chevy Metal
Treach (of Naughty by Nature)
Buffalo Traffic Jam
Absolutely
Melt
Nilüfer Yanya
Paris Jackson
The Return of Jackie and Judy
The Heavy Heavy
Charlotte Lawrence
DJ Pauly D (Silent Disco)
Meredith Marks (Silent Disco)
Jess King (Silent Disco)
The Paper Kites
The Paradox
Zinadelphia
Penelope Road
Saxsquatch
New Constellations
Hannah Cohen
Izzy Escobar
Girl Tones
Folk Bitch Trio
Indy
The Alive
Moonalice
The Chin Chins
Nat Myers
Alec Shaw
Betty Taylor
Khatumu
Malick Koly
Jake Zimma
The Rookie5
The Silverado Pickups
DJ Umami
Bettina Maureenji
Napa Valley Youth Symphony.
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