With toast-worthy events happening year-round, there’s always something to celebrate in Downtown Napa! Take a peek at what’s coming up and start planning your next adventure.
January 20th - February 18th, 2024
Friday-Saturday 6-10pm | Sunday-Thursday 6-9pm
January 20th - January 28th projection artwork is back and will be displayed on 3
iconic downtown buildings for the first 9 nights of the festival.
The Napa Lighted Art Festival is a celebration of creative arts, technology and lights, and supports innovative techniques using light and light technologies as a growing art medium. This walkable outdoor experience is FREE in Downtown Napa featuring 10 lighted art sculptures for five weeks and projection artwork on three iconic downtown buildings for the first nine nights of the festival. Bring the family and experience the magic of lighted art at the 2024 Napa Lighted Art Festival!
Learn more about the artists and their artwork in person! Several of our artists will be visiting the festival and will be available for a more intimate perspective into their background, artistic process, story behind their installation and any other question you may have for them.
This event is FREE for the community
4:30pm - 6pm Saturday, January 20th
Aerena Gallery
600 Main Street, Napa, CA 94559
House of Cards is beautiful and joyful during the daytime and turns into an exciting lightshow at night. The playful idea of creating a House of Cards is not about fragility, disaster or crumbling. It is about the motivation within every child: to dare, to have courage, to create and to challenge one’s skills by aiming to build as high as possible. This installation reminds us to use determination, patience and skill but also belief, trust and to keep the big vision in mind.
Biotechture is a projection mapping artwork that celebrates the profound connection between nature and architecture. Nature has always been a source of limitless inspiration to human beings. Throughout history, architects have frequently turned to nature for inspiration, creating visionary sketches that seamlessly merge organic aesthetics with functional design, forging a sustainable ecosystem where all elements mutually flourish. This artwork illustrates the fusion of architectural frameworks and organic elements, demonstrating their symbiotic coexistence.
"Touch the Sky" depicts a woman with outstretched winged arms and flowing tail feathers preparing to take flight. The eyes are closed in a serene dreamlike trance. The legs and feet push off against the stylized rock beneath. The sculpture serves as a visual metaphor for taking leaps of faith to achieve our dreams and fly.
Sound the Deep Waters is a projection-based art installation that invites visitors to submit secret messages that are translated into Victorian flower language before their eyes. Participants can scan a QR code onsite to submit anything from love letters and prose to inside jokes. Visitors will watch the screens in front of them as their private words become bold, brilliant, larger-than-life floral compositions associated with their messages' meanings.
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 - 6:30pm
Start & Finish at Oxbow Commons Park
Lantern Creation Station | 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Napa Lighted Art Festival Lantern Parade is a family-friendly "art after dark" experience that takes place in Downtown Napa. This short half-mile loop starting and finishing at Oxbow Commons Park is energized by live music and the featured artist, YOU! We invite community members to participate and create their own unique lantern to carry on the parade route. Lantern designs are to be inspired by your creativity and they are encouraged to be uplifting and imaginative!
This is a free public event for all ages. Strollers are okay but no bikes allowed.
Extend your stay and enjoy all that Downtown Napa has to offer. From boutique shopping to wine tasting rooms and leisure activities, there's plenty to do to keep you pleasantly occupied.
Quent Cordair Fine Art Gallery
Chuck
Williams Culinary Arts Museum
diRosa Center for Contemporary Art
The Hess Collection
Downtown Utility Boxes Art Wraps
Aerena Galleries and Gardens
Funding for the Napa Lighted Art Festival provided by the Napa Lodging Association
Technical Production Provided by A3 Visual and Panasonic
Public Art Division
707-257-9529