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MerleFest 2023
MerleFest is one of the premier music festivals in the country held as a celebration of traditional plus music, which is a mix of music from the Appalachian region that includes bluegrass, Americana, country, blues, rock, and many other styles. Numerous artists (see line-up below) will be performing on 12 stages throughout the four-day festival. The festival is the primary fundraiser for the WCC Foundation to fund scholarships and other educational needs.
There will also be nature walks, Acoustic Kids Showcases, Little Pickers Area, a Pickin’ Place, and a pleasing variety of food and craft vendors. Buy your Mega Raffle tickets, for which $150,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded! ONLY 3,000 tickets will be sold, you do not have to be present to win, and drawings will be held during the festival.
Parking is free and free shuttle service is provided to and from the lots to the front gates of the festival. The festival is rain or shine. Download the Merle Fest App for the latest info.
Dates:
April 27 - 30, 2023
Hours:
• Gates open on Thursday at 1:30 pm.
• Gates open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 am.
Location:
Wilkes Community College Campus
1328 S. Collegiate Drive
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
MerleFest Box Office
Phone: 1-800-343-7857 or 1-336-838-6260
Email: merlefest@wilkescc.edu
Box Office Hours:
• Monday – Thursday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
• Friday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Line-up:
- The Avett Brothers
- Maren Morris
- Black Opry Revue
- Sam Bush
- Jerry Douglas
- Peter Rowan
- Andy May
- Banknotes
- Carol Rifkin
- Charles Welch
- Donna the Buffalo
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jim Lauderdale
- Joe Smothers
- Kruger Brothers
- Laura Boosinger
- The Local Boys
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mitch Greenhill & Mitch's Kitchen
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- Presley Barker
- Roy Book Binder
- Scythian
- T. Michael Coleman
- The InterACTive Theater of Jef
- The Waybacks
- Tony Williamson
- Wayne Henderson
- Little Feat
- Marcus King
- Tanya Tucker
- Miko Marks
- AJ Lee & Blue Summit
- Alison Brown
- Andy Cohen
- Anna Lynch
- Bee Taylor
- Brothers Comatose
- Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
- Cole Chaney
- Compton & Newberry
- Dom Flemons
- I Draw Slow
- Lightnin’ Wells
- The Local Honeys
- Nigel Wearne
- Stillhouse Junkies
- Taylor Rae
- Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive
- Todd Albright
- Tommy Prine
- Yasmin Williams
- The Youngers
- Brothers of a Feather
- Nickel Creek
- Tommy Emmanuel
- Lori McKenna
- Joshua Ray Walker
- Woody Platt & Shannon Whitworth
- Ali McGuirk
- Bella White
- Ben Chapman
- The Biscuit Eaters
- The Brothers Young
- The Burnett Sisters Band with Colin Ray
- Della Mae
- Gravity Check Juggling
- Henhouse Prowlers
- High Road
- Holt & Cabe
- John Jorgensen Bluegrass Band
- John Paul White
- Laney Lou & The Bird Dogs
- The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
- Pretty Little Goat
- Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
- Songs From the Road Band
- Southbound 77
- Taylon Hope