What did people wear to BottleRock Napa Valley 2026? Take a look at the festival’s biggest fashion trends

Music festivals have long doubled as fashion shows and BottleRock Napa Valley showed this weekend it’s no different.

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Throughout BottleRock’s three-day run at Napa Valley Expo, festivalgoers embraced a blend of 1990s grunge, early 2000s glittery pop nostalgia and a 1970s-inspired bohemian style. Some attendees bounced from stage to stage in sequins, furry boots and low-rise shorts while others strolled along in flared bell-bottoms, flowy skirts, fringe and cowboy boots.

One of the biggest trends of the year was impossible to miss — leopard print.

As far as the eye could see, festivalgoers roamed the fairgrounds in leopard-print everything — boots, tops, belts and fuzzy jackets. The trend stretched to every corner of the Expo.

For Santa Rosa native Anna Carr and friends Daniella Caesare and Kelsey Wolanin, the look was months in the making.

“We started talking about outfits the minute we bought tickets,” Carr said.

The trio, who have been friends since high school, said they wanted to wear coordinated outfits inspired by early 2000s fashion and pop culture trends popularized by groups such as The Cheetah Girls and shows like “Jersey Shore.”

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“We knew we wanted to match and leopard print just always works,” Caesare said.

The resurgence of Y2k fashion was a testament to some of the festival’s most anticipated performances from Busta Rhymes, who drew a large crowd of millennials singing the lyrics to “Don’t Cha” Saturday evening to Sunday’s headliner, the Backstreet Boys.

Other attendees time-traveled to 1970s Laurel Canyon and donned bell-bottoms or long, flowy skirts paired with cowboy boots and crocheted tops. Wide-brim hats and layered jewelry helped complete the vintage outfits for many festivalgoers.

And, of course, the dad uniform made a strong showing.

Clad in faded Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl T-shirts, men who packed the lawn in anticipation of the night’s headlining set brought back the quintessential Gen X look: a band tee, cargo shorts and tennis shoes — some possibly worn to shows decades ago.

You can reach Staff Writer Anna Armstrong at 707-521-5254 or at [email protected]. On X (Twitter) @annavarmstrongg.

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