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- Full name MerleFest 2025
- Dates Apr 24 - 27, 2025
- Location Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, North Carolina
- Line up TBC
- Tickets Get Tickets
MerleFest has officially been confirmed for another year! The long-running "traditional plus" music celebration will make a return to its home of Wilkesboro, North Carolina on April 24 - 27 in celebration of its 37th year.
The 2025 line-up, presented by Window World, has now been announced, with The Dead South and Wyatt Flores headlining alongside Bonnie Raitt and The War And Treaty, The Avett Brothers and Watchhouse.
Joining them will be a who's who of Bluegrass and Roots music, with The Steeldrivers, Brent Cobb, Peter Roan, Sam Bush and The Lil Smokies all joining 2025's stacked line up.
Here, we'll have all the up-to-date news on new line-up announcements, the latest ticket and festival pass details, and any further exciting info and details for the 2025 event.
For the full line-up and day splits announced to date so far, see below:
Thursday April 24:
The Dead South
Wyatt Flores
The Steeldrivers
Brent Cobb
Donna The Buffalo
Roy Book Binder
Woody Platt and The Bluegrass Gentlemen
Friday April 25:
Bonnie Raitt
The War And Treaty
Tony Trischka's Earl Jam
Peter Rowan
Scythian
Donna The Buffalo
Jim Lauderdale
Kruger Brothers
Big Richard
Woody Platt and The Bluegrass Gentlemen
The Waybacks
East Nash Grass
Mattie Schell
Saturday April 26:
The Avett Brothers
Sam Bush
Asleep At The Wheel
Della mae
Alison Brown
Tophouse
John R. Miller
John McEuen and The Circle Band
The Waybacks
Sunday April 27:
Watchhouse
The Lil Smokies
Peter Rowan
DATE TBA:
Andy May
B. Townes
Banknotes
The Barefoot Movement
Carol Mallett Rifkin
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer With Chao Tian (From China To Appalachia)
Charles Welch
Damn Tall Buildings
Flattop
The Interactive Theater of Jef
Jack Lawrence
Jeff Little Trio
Joe Smothers
Josh Goforth
Laura Boosinger
The Local Boys
Mark Bumgarner
Mitch Greenhill & Mitch's Kitchen
Muireann Bradley
Paul McDonald
Pete & Joan Wernick
Presley Barker
Rev. Robert Jones
Roy Book Binder
T. Michael Coleman
Todd Albright
Tony Williamson
Wayne Henderson
Tickets for MerleFest 2025 are on-sale now and are available to purchase at the link below:
The most recent installment of the festival saw Turnpike Troubadours, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Teskey Brothers and Nickel Creek all headline the long weekend event.
Brandy Clark, Evan Honer, Lukas Nelson & POTR, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, S.G. Goodman, and Nick Shoulders also graced the festival's action-packed four days.
They were joined by the likes of Steep Canyon Rangers, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, The Earls of Leicester, Shinyribs, Peter Rowan, Scythian, Donna the Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, Kruger Brothers, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Chatham County Line, Chatham Rabbits, John McEuen, Willi Carlisle, Adeem the Artist, The Sensational Barnes Brothers and many more.
To support Holler, book your stay for MerleFest 2025 below:
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