Jess King Brought Her DJ Skills to BottleRock Napa Valley 2026

Peloton instructor Jess King added another dimension to her already diverse career when she performed as a silent disco DJ at one of California’s most celebrated music festivals. On Sunday, May 24, King took to the Silent Disco stage on the closing day of BottleRock Napa Valley 2026, marking one of the most high-profile DJ appearances of her career. The performance showcased her multifaceted talents and underscored the broader trend of Peloton instructors expanding into entertainment and lifestyle ventures.

What Is BottleRock Napa Valley?

BottleRock Napa Valley is a three-day music, wine, craft brew, and culinary festival held in the heart of Napa at the Napa Valley Expo. The 2026 lineup featured over 80 musical acts, with headline artists including Foo Fighters, Backstreet Boys, Lorde, Teddy Swims, LCD Soundsystem, and SOMBR. Beyond the main stages, festival-goers could enjoy a silent disco, wine cabanas, a beer bend, a botanical bar, and a culinary garden with Napa Valley food offerings. Over the course of three days, an estimated 120,000 fans gathered at the Napa Valley Expo to celebrate music, food, wine, and community. It’s a festival that celebrates more than just music, making it a natural fit for someone like Jess King, who has always sat at the intersection of energy, culture, and community.

What Is a Silent Disco?

A silent disco is a unique live music experience where, instead of sound pumping through traditional speakers, attendees wear wireless headphones and tune into one of several DJ channels simultaneously broadcasting in the same space. Each channel is color-coded on the headphones, so you can see at a glance which DJ your neighbors are dancing to, and switch between them at will. From the outside, a silent disco looks surreal: a crowd of people dancing enthusiastically in near-total silence. Step inside with a pair of headphones, though, and it becomes one of the most immersive and social experiences a music festival can offer. The format has grown in popularity precisely because it allows multiple DJs to perform at once without noise conflicts, and it creates an intimate connection between the DJ and their audience that a traditional main stage rarely replicates.

The Set on Closing Day of BottleRock

The Silent Disco at BottleRock featured attendees wearing wireless headphones to dance to different DJs, with Jess joining DJ Pauly D and Meredith Marks as the three performers across the festival weekend. Her slot landed on the final day, Sunday, May 24, as thousands flocked to the third and last day of BottleRock 2026, with the past two days having already seen performances from Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, Lorde, Zedd, and more than 30 other artists spread across five stages. Festivalgoers poured onto the Allianz stage on Main Street to dance in the hours before Sunday evening’s headliners took the stage.

JK’s Background

Jess King is a certified life coach, working DJ, and mother of two who started her career as a professional dancer, appearing on So You Think You Can Dance and touring with Cirque du Soleil, before finding enormous success as a Peloton instructor. Her DJ journey began when she made her live debut at the Highside Workshop in New York, performing under the stage name DJ Yass King in direct support of Jelly Club, a band helmed by her wife, Sophia Urista. A self-described diehard fan of dance music, King launched her “EDM EDU” series on Peloton to educate members on the stylistic differences within the genre – long before she ever stepped behind a DJ booth in public.

A Busy Year for Jess

BottleRock was the culmination of a notably active stretch for Jess King’s DJ career. In November 2025, she hosted a live DJ ride on Peloton alongside legendary producer Armin van Buuren, as part of Peloton’s global residency with Armada Music. Then in May 2026, just weeks before BottleRock, she led a 45-minute Electric Daisy Carnival ride for Peloton, produced in partnership with Insomniac Music Group, featuring music pulled directly from the EDC lineup and official compilation. That class celebrated the 30th anniversary of EDC Las Vegas and helped establish Jess as a credible voice in the electronic music world and not just a fitness instructor with a good playlist. BottleRock then gave her the chance to take that energy off the screen and into a real festival crowd.

Why This Moment Was Important

Jess King’s silent disco performance at BottleRock represented a genuine milestone in her evolution as an entertainer. For the Peloton community, it created a rare opportunity to experience a beloved instructor in a completely different setting, this time, surrounded by 120,000 music fans in the heart of Napa Valley wine country. If her on-bike or on-tread energy is anything to go by, the Sunday silent disco crowd was in very good hands.

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