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 will have a new attraction for 2014. Event organizers have announced they will include a one-time BanjoRama, bringing together some of the top banjo players in the world on one stage.

MerleFest, presented by Window World, will hold its 36th annual festival April 25-28 on the campus of Wilkes Community College. Today festival organizers announced MerleFest pioneering artist John ...

MerleFest concluded its annual spring homecoming this weekend with its ‘Traditional Plus' celebration, drawing both seasoned attendees and newcomers to the campus of Wilkes Community College in ...

WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — MerleFest is back with a stellar lineup for its 2025 festival, taking place April 24-27 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC. This annual celebration of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Sunday marked the close of the 27th edition of MerleFest, the storied “traditional plus” festival in Wilkesboro, NC. Before it ended, I sat down with a person who served as both a personal friend of ...