Sunday, January 25, 2026
2:00 pm
Music Unites the World:
Film and Live Performance
Join us for an afternoon with Playing for Change, featuring a collection of videos from their annual Peace Through Music global event. This program was created in partnership with the United Nations to share music’s power to break down barriers, connect people, and create positive change in the world.
Ahead of the film, enjoy a live performance by the Napa High School Vocal Workshop, an a cappella group directed by Dave Ruane. This event is part of the Cameo Cinema and Festival Napa Valley's Music Makes the Movie series. Festival Napa Valley is a nonprofit arts organization presenting world-class music and performance in California’s Wine Country. Through festivals, education programs, and scholarships, it makes the arts accessible while enriching the community with its signature summer festival held each July at iconic vineyard venues. Doors open at 1:30 pm. Tickets $20.
Monday, January 26, 2026
5:30 pm
Western Monarch Butterflies: Protecting Our Pollinators
As western monarch butterflies face the risk of extinction, communities across the Western United States are restoring wild and urban habitats—showing that everyone can play a role in conservation and that protecting monarch butterflies also supports many other native pollinators. Filmmaker Ian A. Nelson documents both the butterflies’ dramatic decline and the scientists and communities working to protect them, weaving together stunning imagery, scientific efforts, and personal stories
Stay after the screening for a Q&A with filmmaker, Ian A. Nelson, and Monarch Joint Venture’s Western Program Coordinator and founder of the Western Monarch Society of Napa County, Erin Arnsteen. As you exit, the Western Monarch Society will be giving away free native milkweed plants for guests to take home and plant to help support western monarchs. Tickets $15
Monday, February 9, 2026
5:00 pm
LIVE! Grand Feature Film Orchestra and "Little Shop of Horrors"
Celebrate Valentine’s week with what promises to be an offbeat, scene-stealing event created by Festival Napa Valley and the Cameo Cinema. Roger Corman’s 1960 cult classic, Little Shop of Horrors will be accompanied by a live performance of its iconic score featuring the Grand Feature Film Orchestra. The orchestra is a San Francisco Bay area nonprofit that performs original restored film scores live, synchronizing the performance with the on-screen action. Whether you’re treating your Valentine or indulging in a solo adventure, we promise an unforgettable night of music, merriment, mayhem and botanical chaos! This event is part of our Music Makes the Movie series, created by Festival Napa Valley and the Cameo Cinema. Tickets $35. Doors open 4:30 pm.
This film tells the story of a Skid Row flower shop that becomes famous when the shop's schmuck of a delivery boy, Seymour, breeds a colossal new strain of plant nicknamed "Audrey Jr." Store owner Mushnick is more than happy to capitalize on the plant, not realizing that the secret to its growth is the fresh human flesh Seymour feeds it nightly. Fans love Jack Nicholson’s first feature film appearance in the tiny but unforgettable role of the masochistic dental patient, Wilbur Force. Festival Napa Valley is a nonprofit arts organization presenting world-class music and performance in California’s Wine Country.