The annual Napa Valley, CA festival brought its usual mix of great music and great food to northern California over the three-day Memorial Day weekend. In the spirit of NorCal wine country, both the music stages and the culinary stage saw some interesting pairings: some that seemed as natural as wine and cheese, like Dave Grohl joining Chevy Metal–the band started by late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, whose son Shane now mans the drums for the band–while other pairings were surprising but somehow worked, like Teddy Swims joining nu-metal stalwarts Papa Roach for their hit single “Scars.”
The culinary stage saw headliners The Backstreet Boys teamed up with Vanessa Hudgens, John Stamos paired with fellow actor/drummer Fred Armisen, and Emeril Legasse and son joined by Chelsea Handler.
Elsewhere, new bands from familiar faces showed up, like The Return of Jackie and Judy, a Ramones cover band featuring Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney and Fred Armisen on drums. Meanwhile, a big crowd gathered for the Chin Chins, a soulful rock/pop band featuring Sara Rose Wright, and her husband, Green Day drummer Tré Cool, on the drums.
Check out photos from all three days, featuring the likes of Backstreet Boys, Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, Teddy Swims, Sombr, Ludacris, LCD Soundsystem, Zedd, and a whole lot more:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
