Oyster, Art & Fiddle Fest 2026!
Join Us for the Nimbus Arts Oyster Art & Fiddle Fest
An afternoon of Brine + Beauty + Kinship in support of Community Arts!
Sunday February 22, 2026 Noon – 4:00pm
Brasswood Estates 3111 Main St. St Helena, CA 94574
Tickets go on sale January 30th. at 10 am
Ages 21+
Ticket Prices
$75 General Admission – includes 4 food & beverage tickets (i.e. 1/2 dozen oysters + glass Wine or beer, or any other food item) *ticket sales for additional food, beverage, & art activity tickets will be available for purchase onsite.
$250 per person “The World is Your Oyster” Pass – all-inclusive food, beverage & activities, no additional ticket purchases required!
Ticket Sales and Information contact: info@nimbusarts.org
Celebrating 21 years of Nimbus Arts!
This treasure of a festival will bring together our community of 250 guests for an afternoon of art, culinary delights, and salty Celtic fiddle playing, shanty sing-a-longs, dancing, general community frivolity, and a 2 -day pop-up art gallery sale!
Culinary Delights
Guests will enjoy boat loads of the briniest oysters from our beloved Hog Island Oyster Co. & special guest Oyster Farmers from Pemaquid Oyster Co. Wet your whistle with select Napa Valley Wines, Bubbles from our exclusive sparkling sponsor JCB by Jean-Charles Boisset, and a special brew from Mad Fritz Brewing Co. Our galley team from Brasswood Bar & Grill will be serving up a seaside sup of fresh Fish-n-chips, Seafood Cioppino, classic Tre Colore Salad, and Basswood’s infamous Hand Pulled Mozzarella! We haven’t forgotten to bring on something for your sweet tooth at our Bakesale Pie Stand! Enjoy pie by the slice from Napa Valley’s own pie masters at Sweetie Pies Bakery!
Arty Afternoon
Saunter through a sea of fine ocean inspired art for sale, all created by local artists far and wide! Find a treasure or two from this Pop-Up Ocean Art Gallery and support creative artists, makers, and Nimbus Arts! Never fear maties! There will be some arty fun & crafts for our guests to enjoy, designed by the Nimbus Arts team of salty inventors of fun! Sea, Salt & Ocean-Themed 2-Day Pop-up Art Gallery Sale will provide a uniquely curated art market featuring a wide range of ocean-themed art representing artists from Coast to Coast! Artwork will be displayed for sale before and during our Oyster Art, and Fiddle Fest, Saturday February 21 – Sunday February 22, Noon – 4pm daily. Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase some inspired artwork supporting local artists and Nimbus Arts!
Mighty Musicians
The line up for this fest will surely “YO HO blow the man AWAY!”
You won’t want to miss the foot stomping, kick-up-your-heels dance party with the famed Celtic punk band, The Walker Roaders from Los Angeles, CA.
As both renowned originators and practitioners of the genre, the supergroup, as it has been described, consists of James Fearnley co-founder of The Pogues on accordion, Ted Hutt co-founder of Flogging Molly on acoustic guitar, and Marc Orrell multi-instrumentalist with Dropkick Murphys on banjo and mandolin. Completing the line-up are storied producer Brad Wood on bass and coveted drummer Bryan Head.
Carter Newel from Damariscotta, Maine has been playing the fiddle for over 50 years in numerous trad bands including the Oystermen, playing Downeast Maritime music and songs, and a contra dance band the Twitchell Hill Fiddleheads with 6 fiddles including his two daughters and 3 grandchildren. He enjoys the down east Maine and Canadian Maritimes fiddle traditions, as well as Celtic and old tine styles. He founded Pemaquid oyster company in 1984 and is CEP of Pemaquid Mussel farms, working most days on either farm or fiddling. mixing traditional acoustic music with songs about oysters, mermaids, and life along the Maine coast as well as some good ol humor.
Carter is joined by Daniel Stienberg & Paul Kotapish, together they form The Shuckers from Mars who have joined us to bring their craft of storytelling, shanty tunes, and fabulous fiddle playing to our shores!
Daniel Stienberg has been a musical performer and teacher for over 45 years, with a particular fascination with the traditional music and dance from diverse cultures around the world. He plays piano and flute with the contra dance band Hillbillies from Mars, with New England fiddler Rodney Miller, with many luminaries of the fiddle music scene, and several Latin American and African ensembles. Inspired by a gospel choir workshop he attended in 1995, Daniel founded community choruses in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has led a chorus workshops at for the past 25 years.
Paul Kotapish plays Mandolin & Guitar, and has performed and recorded with Wake the Dead, Euphonia, Hillbillies from Mars, the Synaesthetics, the Quirks, Kevin Burke’s Open House, the Rodney Miller Band, and many others. His playing is rooted in the vintage rural music traditions of Appalachia, Ireland and beyond, but also embraces rock and country. Over the decades he’s appeared on concert stages and in dance halls throughout the United States and around the globe—from remote fishing villages in Alaska to the Kremlin in Moscow.
Our oyster-full afternoon will surely inspire song, dance, feasting, and frolicking with kin & folk in a lovely garden festival setting.
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