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MERLEFEST 2025

MerleFest 2025: The Usual Suspects

Nancy Posey
All the planning leading up the MerleFest brings a balance of new artists and regular favorites to the four-day festival in Wilkesboro, NC, established 37 years ago by Doc Watson in memory of his son Merle. Now held on a dozen stages across the Wilkes Community College campus, the festival......
MERLEFEST 2023

DAY 2 OF MERLEFEST 2023: “LET IT RAIN, LET IT POUR”

Nancy Posey
Day two of MerleFest offered the same dilemma festival-goers face every year: so many stages, so many choices. With storm clouds threatening, early arrivals had an opportunity to catch several MerleFest favorites, as well as some first-time performers with multiple appearances. Banjo icon Alison Brown, whose album “On Banjo” was......