
Lineup
for MerleFest
- Zac Brown Band
- Marty Stuart
- Del McCoury Band
- Sam Bush
- Jerry Douglas
- Peter Rowan
- Kruger Brothers
- Sarah Jarosz
- The Steel Wheels
- Mipso
- Scythian
- Chatham County Line
- I Draw Slow
- Jim Lauderdale
- Mountain Heart
- Bryan Sutton
- Mitch Greenhill
- The Waybacks
- John Doyle
- David Holt
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- T. Michael Coleman
- Banknotes
- Roy Book Binder
- Andy May
- Claire Lynch Band
- Wayne Henderson
- The Contenders
- Happy Traum
- The Stray Birds
- Darin and Brooke Aldridge
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- Carol Rifkin
- Jeanette Queen
- 10 String Symphony
- Laura Boosinger
- Locust Honey String Band
- The Bluegrass Experience
- Pat Donohue
- Steve James
- Tony Williamson
- Ed Snodderly
- Mark Bumgarner
- String Madness
- The Local Boys
- Todd Albright
- Megan Nash
- Ken Tizzard
- Joe Smothers
- Charles Welch
- Bob Hill
- Andy Buckner
- Bill Mathis
- Mark Brinkman
- The Gravy Boys
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- Eric Ellis
- Scott Freeman
- The BattleAxe Band
- Uncle Ted White
- Lydia Luce
- Counterclockwise String Band
- Dear Brother
- The Hook & Bullet
- Nate Harris
- Shadowgrass
- Surry Line
- The Trailblazers
- Virgil Harden
- Swift Creek
- Roanoke
- JP Cormier
- Flando Calrissian
- Front Country
- Pat McInerney
Details
MerleFest, considered one of the premier music festivals in the country, serves as an annual homecoming for musicians and music fans. Held on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of the late Eddy Merle Watson, son of American music legend Doc Watson. MerleFest is a celebration of ‘traditional plus’ music, a unique mix of music based on the traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including bluegrass and old-time music, and expanded to include Americana, country, blues, rock and many other styles. The festival hosts numerous artists, performing on 13 stages during the course of the four-day event.
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