Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa unveils powerful music lineup for 2023
Three hip-hop icons — Mary J. Blige, Nas and Chance the Rapper — are set to headline the second annual Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa.
The three-day festival, set for July 28-30 at the Silverado Resort in Napa, will also feature five-time Grammy winner and artist-in-residence Robert Glasper with special guests De La Soul, Bilal and Lalah Hathaway.
The bill — which Glasper curated — also includes such hip-hop/R&B/soul/jazz acts as Parliament Funkadelic featuring George Clinton, Digable Planets, Ari Lennox, Big Freedia, Cordae, NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge), Gary Clark Jr., Talib Kweli & Madlib, PJ Morton, Smino, Rakim & DJ Jazzy Jeff, DOMi & JD Beck, BJ The Chicago Kid, Cory Henry, Meshell Ndegeocello, the Soul Rebels featuring Keyon Harrold, Terrace Martin, Big Freedia, Adam Blackstone, Madlib (DJ Set), Taylor McFerrin & Marcus Gilmore with Bobby McFerrin, Soulive, Rapsody, J.Period, Nicholas Payton, Derrick Hodge, Yussef Dayes, MonoNeon, Ghost-Note, Kenneth Whalum, Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time and Frédéric Yonnet.
Dave Chappelle will host the event.
“I want to make sure the guests and the performers have unique experiences,” Glasper said. “The festival, like my Blue Note residency, is full of unexpected jams and surprises during one huge musical family reunion with artists and an audience that share a love of the arts.”
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 9 a.m. April 7. There is also a presale for Blue Note subscribers that begins at 9 a.m. April 5. Find more information at bluenotejazzfestival.com.