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UPDATE: 1 Arrest, 42 Police Calls Inside Day 3 of BottleRock

Police receive 50 calls outside Expo, including 20 complaints of low-flying news helicopters.

UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013.

Napa Police officers responded to 42 calls for service inside the BottleRock Napa Valley event Friday, the third day of the inaugural five-day music festival.

Napa Police Capt. Jeff Troendly said the calls ranged from public intoxication to minor assaults.

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"Only one arrest was made for public intoxication," he said.

 Troendly said the police department received 50 calls outside of the BottleRock venue.

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Of those, 20 calls were about the news helicopters flying at low altitude, he said.

"Eight calls were made regarding loud music and a handful of calls about parking issues," Troendly added.

He added that traffic delays occurred throughout the day, due to heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic going to and from the BottleRock event. 

"Large crowds are expected today and tomorrow, which will more than likely result in traffic issues on main arterials leading into and out of Napa," Troendly said. 

ORIGINAL STORY: 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013.

The Black Keys, Blues Traveler, The Flaming Lips and so many more bands took over Friday at BottleRock Napa Valley's third day of its inaugural five-day bash.

"I've lived in Napa my whole life," said Troy Bard, 46, a construction supervisor for PG&E, who was up front at The Black Keys show Friday night. "And this is the biggest thing I've ever been to in Napa."

Bard, one of an estimated 35,000 attendees, said he and his group of six family and friends would be at BottleRock much of the rest of the weekend.

"I hope everything goes well, so we can have it every year," he said.

More than 2,000 fans uploaded photos of Friday's performances on CrowdAlbum.com:

http://alpha.crowdalbum.com/gallery/518c9b2e034d2d0200000024/2013-BottleRock-Festival---Friday_20130510

Tameeka Evans, 39, a staff member at Model Bakery in Napa, said she came Friday to hear the Shins and the Black Keys.

"I play them all the time on Pandora at work," she said.

"This is so awesome," Evans said of BottleRock. "It's awesome that this large an amount of people can come to our smal town -- people from all over the country."

Sarah Benham, 33, of Sonoma,  a staff member at Napa State Hospital, said she was looking forward to today's show by Jane’s Addiction.

"I'm a big Dave Navarro fan," said Benham, referring to the Jane's Addiction guitarist.

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Here is today's BottleRock schedule:

Willpower Stage

 

 

Miner Family Winery Stage

Iron & Wine

7:45PM
Jackson Browne 5:45PM
Donavon Frankenreiter 4:00PM
Carolina Chocolate Drops 2:30PM
Tift Merritt 1:00PM
Martin Harley 11:45AM

 

Comedy Closet Pres. By California Closets

Jim Gaffigan

10:15PM
Aasif Mandvi - Behind the Scenes of the Real Fake News 7:00PM
Wyatt Cenac 3:00PM
Nick Rutherford - Hosting Prior to Wyatt Cenac and Jim Gaffigan 1:45PM

 

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