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MerleFest
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
April 23 — April 26, 2026
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The Experience
A beloved roots music festival on the campus of Wilkes Community College, founded in memory of Eddy Merle Watson and celebrating Americana and bluegrass music since 1988.
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Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas·Old Crow Medicine Show·Charles Wesley Godwin·Blackberry Smoke·Molly Tuttle·Railroad Earth·The Infamous Stringdusters·Joy Oladokun·Ketch Secor·Sam Bush·The Jerry Douglas Band·Steep Canyon Rangers·Peter Rowan & The Walls of Time Band·Maggie Rose·The Castellows·AJ Lee & Blue Summit·The Jack Wharff Band·Blue Highway·Fireside Collective·The Creekers·Sister Sadie·Jake Shimabukuro·Lamont Landers·Hogslop String Band·Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper·Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires·Scythian·Donna The Buffalo·Jim Lauderdale·Kruger Brothers·The Waybacks·Buffalo Traffic Jam·Jason Scott & The High Heat·Trey Hensley·Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band·Liam St. John·Melissa Carper·The Wilder Blue·Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra·The Band Loula·Broken Compass Bluegrass·Amelia Day·Andy May·B. Townes·Banknotes·Carbon Harry·Carol Rifkin·Carolina Detour·Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition·Charles Welch·Compton & Newberry·Corey Harris·Denim & Plaid·DownRiver Collective·Dug·Eleanor Ellis·Flattop·Full Steam Bluegrass Band·Jack Lawrence·Jeff Little Trio·Joe Smothers·Ken Crouse·The Knackered Ramblers·Laura Boosinger·Leon Timbo & The Family Band·The Local Boys·Mark Bumgarner·Mitch Greenhill & Mitch's Kitchen·Mo-Grass·Myles Gee·Nick Wade·Pete & Joan Wernick·Presley Barker·Reid West·Roy Book Binder·Seth Mulder & Midnight Run·Shelby Means·Smitty & The Jumpstarters·T. Michael Coleman·Tony Williamson·Valley Flower·Wayne Henderson·West Texas Exiles·Wyatt Ellis·Zoe & Cloyd
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DatesApr 23 — Apr 26
LocationWilkesboro, North Carolina