Blue Note Jazz Fest Returns To Napa With Robert Glasper, Jazmine Sullivan, The Roots Headlining

Blue Note Jazz Festival and Robert Glasper’s Black Radio Experience is coming back to the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, California, on Labor Day weekend with a loaded lineup that includes Glasper, Jazmine Sullivan, The Roots, Questlove, Hiatus Kaiyote, Esperanza Spalding and more.

Glasper, a five-time Grammy musician and artist in residence, curates the music festival taking place Aug. 29-31, which boasts over two dozen acts, including Willow, D-Nice with Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane featuring Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Terrace Martin with Kenyon Dixon, The Soul Rebels featuring Warren G and Goapele, Little Brother, Saba, Baby Rose, Kim Burrell, Infinity Song, Aneesa Strings and J. Ivy. The event will be hosted by Say and Heater B.

“Black Radio Experience and Robtober are the platforms I use to bring all my favorite artists and collaborators together as one big family reunion, and this year is no different!” Glasper said in a statement. “I’m honored to be part of such an amazing community and bring that community back together for another dope weekend in Napa.”

Fan presales begin today, May 7, at 9 a.m. PT, followed by the general onsale, which begins May 9 at 9 a.m. PT. For more information about the event and tickets, visit the festival website, bluenotejazz.com/black-radio-experience/.

Glasper will also host an exclusive opening dinner and concert to kick off the festival, and tickets for that special event can be purchased here.

On top of owning New York’s premier jazz club and others around the world, Blue Note has organized festivals on both coasts for over a decade. The Blue Note Jazz Festival started 14 years ago in New York and then expanded into Napa in 2022 with Glasper curating a multiday event highlighting jazz, hip-hop and R&B. Glasper and Blue Note teamed up for a spinoff festival they called The Black Radio Experience in 2024. Blue Note also partnered with the Hollywood Bowl for a jazz festival in Los Angeles.