Second Acts: Napa’s Midlife Dreamers Reinvent Downtown with Grit and Music | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Second Acts: Napa’s Midlife Dreamers Reinvent Downtown with Grit and Music | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Nora Murphy is on stage. Minutes earlier, Mariposa metal band JNX closes their set with Black Sabbath’s “Crazy Train.” Now, a sweaty but happy crowd leans in to hear who won this year’s contest.  It’s late July at the second annual Battle of the Bands in downtown Napa’s SoFi District—three blocks of music, 21 bands, five stages, including the Uptown and Folklore. An estimated 4,000 people fill the streets, drinking wine, dancing and punting the …