Celebrating 16 years, The Staglin Family Vineyard Music Festival is the highest grossing fund-raising event related to wine without an auction, with a fifteen-year total, including grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, approaching $95 million. Last year alone, the event raised over $2 million to support the research and treatment of physiological brain disorders.

The Music Festival begins at 11:45 with a scientific symposium featuring Dr. Pat Levitt, Director, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the University of Southern California, followed by the "world's best cult wine tasting", the exciting musical concert and dinner under the stars. Wine country superstar Richard Reddington of world renowned Redd Restaurant in Yountville, Napa Valley, will delight attendees with passed hors d’oeuvres during the tasting in the Staglin barrel caves.

This year's musical guest is one of country's brightest crossover stars, Dwight Yoakam. Completing the experience, guests will enjoy the absolute finest Texas cuisine under the stars by renowned chef Jon Bonnell of Bonnell's Restaurant in Ft. Worth at the VIP post-concert dinner.

Tickets for the lecture, reception and concert are $750. Tickets for the lecture, reception, concert and exclusive dinner are $5000 with table of ten sponsorships beginning at $50,000. Admission to the seminar only is free. For more information, or to purchase tickets or sponsor tables, please call Cindy Dyar at (707) 963-4038 or email Cindy@music-festival.org or visit www.music-festival.org. All revenues will go to support mental health research projects throughout the nation. 

An American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music Dwight Yoakam has recorded more than twenty-one albums and compilations, has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records.

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