Download the MerleFest Mobile App to Start Planning Your Weekend Pre-Order 2026 Festival Merch Through the Online Store Acoustic Kids Pre-Registration Open Now Through March 15 Tickets on Sale Now for April 23-26 Event March 9, 2026 (Wilkesboro, NC) –– MerleFest, presented by Window World, will hold its [...]

Tickets on Sale Now for April 23-26, 2026 Festival 11th Annual Band Competition Finalists Announced Acoustic Kids Showcases Return – Pre-Registration Open Now Through March 15 February 9, 2026 (Wilkesboro, NC) –– MerleFest, presented by Window World, has revealed a star-studded roster joining its highly [...]

School Day, Acoustic Kids, and Silent Auction Programs Announced for April 23-26, 2026 Event Volunteer Applications Open Tickets on Sale Now January 19, 2026 (Wilkesboro, NC) –– As MerleFest, presented by Window World, prepares for its April 23-26 festival at Wilkes Community College, the beloved annual event [...]

Infamous Stringdusters, Railroad Earth, Joy Oladokun, Maggie Rose, and More Added Old Crow Medicine Show to perform Big Iron World and O.C.M.S. albums in their entirety for 20th anniversary set Late Night Jam guest list taking shape with artists [...]

Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Charles Wesley Godwin, Blackberry Smoke, Molly Tuttle, Ketch Secor and More Old Crow Medicine Show to Host Late Night Jam Saturday Night Tickets on Sale Now [...]

Adds I’m With Her, Leftover Salmon, Stephen Wilson Jr., The Steel Wheels, and More Announcing the Return of the Late Night Jam, Hosted by Sam Bush With Special Guests Peter Rowan, Tony Trischka, Woody Platt, T. Michael Coleman, and More [...]

The Avett Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, The Dead South, Watchhouse to Perform Plus Wyatt Flores, The War And Treaty, The SteelDrivers, Sam Bush, Asleep at the Wheel, The Lil Smokies, and More Tickets on Sale Now Download the MerleFest Mobile App [...]

Old Crow Medicine Show, Turnpike Troubadours, The Teskey Brothers, Nickel Creek to Headline; Joined by Steep Canyon Rangers, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and More Tickets on Sale Now – Click Here From left to right: Old Crow Medicine Show, Turnpike Troubadours, [...]

Festival set to honor founder Doc Watson’s 100th birthday on April 27-30, 2023, in Wilkesboro, North Carolina; download the MerleFest app ahead of time; Mega Raffle tickets still available  The wait is almost over! MerleFest, presented by Window World, kicks [...]

MerleFest archives find a home at Appalachian State University and more Festival set to honor founder Doc Watson’s 100th birthday on April 27-30, 2023, in Wilkesboro, North Carolina; Volunteer applications are open until April 15th; Acoustic Kids registration open until [...]