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BottleRock boasts great food, wine and a star-studded music lineup which draws people back to the event every year. Andrea Nakano reports. (5-24-24)
BottleRock may be over, but the stages are not going anywhere. Festival La Onda is set to take over Saturday and Sunday at the Napa Valley Expo, bringing the same party atmosphere— and traffic and people and noise — as the weekend prior.
And for the most part, those living nearest to the amplifiers, vendors, and hordes of fans are just fine with that.
L.K. Sleat, who lives near Taylor and Third streets, lives so close by to the stages that she said it was like she was experiencing the concert from her living room.
“For me it was like three free concerts: Stevie Nicks, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran. It was literally like I was sitting there,” she said of BottleRock's three main-stage, prime-time stars. “It was awesome. I’m sure a lot of people don’t feel the same way, but I liked the music.”
While Sleat will be out of town for La Onda, she said she has no problem with two straight weekends of music.
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Other Napans, like East Avenue resident Ashley Leal, also enjoyed being close to the action.
“It was a loud weekend, but it was fun," she said. "I loved hearing the music from my house. I didn’t get to go every day, so it was fun to hear the bands.”
And a few said the festival brought some unexpected benefits. Tom Wheelan, another East Avenue resident, said with non-attendees seemingly avoiding the city altogether, downtown was easy to get around.
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“Downtown, it seemed like a good Saturday night to get into places you normally can’t get into because a lot of people seem to avoid stuff,” he said. “I came back on both Saturday and Sunday at 5 or 5:30 (p.m.), and I was coming back on Silverado to go to Safeway and it looked like it was closed. There were so few people out.”
But Maureen Healy, who lives on Davis Avenue just off Silverado Trail, said five total days of music over two weekend is just "a lot."
"We actually like some of the music, but the vast majority of it was just screaming, pounding, not fun," she said. "And it kind of puts you on edge.”
Festivalgoers aren't always the best guests, Healy said, noting a few relieved themselves in her garden. The year prior, she said, someone faceplanted in from of her home.
Still, she said she appreciated how Napa city officials and California Highway Patrol officers dealt with the street closures, saying residents were able to get in and out of the area without issues.
PHOTOS: BottleRock Napa Valley 2024 Day 3
BottleRock Day Three - Norah Jones
BottleRock Day Three - Norah Jones fans
BottleRock Day Three - Norah Jones
BottleRock Day Three - Queens of the Stone Age
BottleRock Day Three - Festival goers
BottleRock Day Three - Festival goers
BottleRock Day Three - Stephen Sanchez
BottleRock Day Three - Festival goers
BottleRock Day Three - Festival goers
BottleRock Day Three - Rapid rehydration
BottleRock Day Three - Festival goers
BottleRock Day Three - Festival goers
BottleRock Day Three - Spa treatments
BottleRock Day Three - Performers entertain
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring fans
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - Ed Sheeran and The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - Festival goers
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring fans
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - Ed Sheeran and The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - The Offspring
BottleRock Day Three - Queens of the Stone Age
BottleRock Day Three - Late afternoon sun
BottleRock Day Three - Queens of the Stone Age
BottleRock Day Three - Queens of the Stone Age
BottleRock Day Three - Forrest Day
BottleRock Day Three - The Silverado Pickups
BottleRock Day Three - Cannons
BottleRock Day Three - Cannons
BottleRock Day Three - The Tors
BottleRock Day Three - Tors
BottleRock Day Three - The Beaches
BottleRock Day Three - The Beaches
BottleRock Day Three - The Beaches
BottleRock Day Three - Sophia Zamani
BottleRock Day Three - Brittany Davis
BottleRock Day Three - Windser
BottleRock Day Three - Windser
BottleRock Day Three - Bully
Donovan Growney can be reached at dgrowney@napanews.com.
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