How to keep the current customers happy while also attracting newcomers? It’s a bit unflattering and unfair to think of MerleFest as a product and its attendees as customers, but the MerleFest moniker ...

MerleFest, presented by Window World, will hold its 38th annual festival April 23-26, on the campus of Wilkes Community ...

MerleFest wrapped up its 37th annual celebration with a romp-roaring tribute to the music and community that folk icon Doc Watson championed throughout his life. Over the course of four vibrant days, ...

MerleFest, presented by Window World, has added Railroad Earth, The Infamous Stringdusters, Joy Oladokun, Maggie Rose, The Castellows, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, and more to its 2026 lineup. Taking place ...

MerleFest has announced its complete lineup for the spring festival happening on April 24-27, 2025 at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C. The announcement offers diverse additions to the ...

MerleFest returns to Wilkesboro, North Carolina for the 36th year. Old Crow Medicine Show, Turnpike Troubadours, and more are on the initial lineup. The four-day event will take place on the campus of ...

WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — MerleFest has been canceled amid coronavirus concerns, according to the festival’s website. Festival officials released a statement about the cancellation, saying: “In response ...

GENERATIONAL APPEAL: Carol Rifkin, pictured left with Doc Watson at the 2011 MerleFest, has performed at nearly 30 of the annual events. For sisters Whitney and Caroline Miller, right, of The Maggie ...

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