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MerleFest
Record-breaking crowd at MerleFest during Avett Brothers performance
Genre
"Traditional plus"
bluegrass
folk
old-time
country
gospel
blues
Americana
rock
jam band
world music
Dates
last weekend in April
Location(s)
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Years active
1988 to present
Founded by
Doc Watson
Website
www.merlefest.org
MerleFest is an annual "traditional plus" music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on the campus of Wilkes Community College. The festival, which is held the last weekend in April, was hosted by Grammy Award winner Doc Watson prior to his death and is named in memory and honor of his son, Eddy Merle Watson,[1] who died in a farm tractor accident in 1985.
^"MerleFest’s Richard Watson dies Monday". Wilkes Journal-Patriot.
MerleFest is an annual "traditional plus" music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on the campus of Wilkes Community College. The festival, which...
Wilkes counties. The college is best known as the site of the annual MerleFest music festival. The main campus located in Wilkes County is 152 acres...
he had done for several previous festivals. Watson hosted the annual MerleFest music festival held every April at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro...
multiple times at other major festivals, e.g., Bonnaroo Music Festival, MerleFest,: 2000 : 2004 : 2008 : 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Hardly Strictly...
2006, Rebecca won the MerleFest mandolin contest. At 15 years of age, she was the youngest person (and only woman) to win a MerleFest instrument competition...
Sticky Fingers, and the Beatles' Abbey Road at the Hillside Album Hour at Merlefest. They have performed with a wide array of artists, including Bob Weir...
and 2010 summer tours.[citation needed] Landreth took the main stage at MerleFest in 2011.[citation needed] Landreth appeared on HBO's Treme, Season 3,...
Philadelphia Folk Festival, Pickathon, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Rooster Walk, MerleFest, and the Omagh Bluegrass Festival. Watchhouse was the featured artist...
Mahal and, in 2011, Bob Dylan. They have performed on Mountain Stage, MerleFest, and at the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention. Additionally they have performed...
Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. Washburn entered a songwriting contest at MerleFest (a bluegrass music festival in North Carolina),[when?] winning second...
Radio (2015) Out in the Open (2018) North Carolina Songbook (LIVE at MerleFest) (2019) Be Still Moses (w/ Asheville Symphony) (2020) Arm in Arm (2020)...
Telluride Bluegrass Festival, The Cambridge Folk Festival, Bonnaroo, MerleFest, The Austin City Limits Festival, and Farm Aid. They have toured North...
the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, RockyGrass in Lyons, Colorado, and MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina began to attract acts from outside the bluegrass...
Celtic Colours festival in Cape Breton, Celtic Connections in Scotland and MerleFest in the United States. MacMaster is the daughter of Alex and Minnie (née...
Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers appeared at the New Orleans Jazzfest, Merlefest Bluegrass Festival in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, at Bonnaroo Music Festival...
Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ. (2009) MP3s: The David Bromberg Quartet at MerleFest, April 29, 2006 (2006) David Bromberg & Angel Band at Philadelphia Folk...
her father back to hear them. Doc invited them to play in his annual MerleFest music festival in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The gig proved to be a big...
the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-05-22. Merlefest Live: the 15 Anniversary Jam, DVD. Merlefest, 2003. "Jens Kruger". Archived from the original...
Years Eve 1977 (2006) FestivalLink.Net presents: Levon Helm Band MerleFest Ramble (MerleFest, NC 4/26/08) Ramble at the Ryman (2011) The Midnight Ramble Sessions...
"Jim Avett". Jim Avett. February 7, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2012. "MerleFest 2017: 11 Best Things We Saw at the Roots Music Festival". Rolling Stone...
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