Festival del Sole

100 California Dr., Yountville  
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Event date: Saturday, July 12–Sunday, July 20
Event location: Various venues throughout Napa (refer to website)

If you rarely make it past your annual obligatory driving-the-relatives-to-Wine Country day trip, do yourself a favor and linger a while to revel in … the music? July 12 is only the first of nine straight days of classical concertizing and dining—aka the Festival del Sole—all over Napa Valley. For the opening gala, pianist André Watts and the Del Sole Festival Orchestra perform at Yountville's Lincoln Theater.