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  • MerleFest 2023 report

    May 3, 2023 | by Gina Elliott Proulx

    Laura Orshaw, Julian Pinneli, Rob McCoury, and Jason Carter at MerleFest - photo © Gina Proulx I been thinking a lot about the 100th birthday anniversary of the late great Doc Watson. 100 years is certainly a long time. I looked

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  • My Name Is Merle documentary debuts at MerleFest ’23

    April 3, 2023 | by John Lawless

    MerleFest has some big news to announce as they celebrate their 35th year in 2023, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Doc Watson, who launched the festival in 1988 in memory of his son, Eddy Merle Watson, who

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  • MerleFest celebrates two major milestones in 2023

    February 9, 2023 | by John Lawless

    The venerable MerleFest, held in April each year in Wilkesboro, NC, is set to celebrate two meaningful anniversaries at the 2023 festival. First off, this will be the 35th annual MerleFest, and this year marks what would have been the

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  • Photos from MerleFest 2022

    May 2, 2022 | by Guest Contributor

    Sam Bush at MerleFest 2022 - photo © Michael Freas Many thanks to the good folks at MerleFest, who shared these photos from the grassier side of the 2022 four-day music festival. The event has been held since 1988 in memory of

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  • MerleFest 2022 offers a nice welcome for first-timers Sister Sadie

    February 23, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Some folks would say that Lindsay Craven has the best job imaginable. After all, as the Artist Relations Manager for MerleFest, she's the person responsible for booking the artists that play that fabled festival year after year. Still, while some

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  • Acoustic Kids returns to MerleFest – expanded eligibility in 2021

    July 7, 2021 | by John Lawless

    MerleFest has announced that not only will Andy May's Acoustic Kids showcase return to the festival this year, eligibility has been expanded for 2021 only to allow young artists to perform who were unable to do so last year during

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  • MerleFest Chris Austin Songwriting Contest entries open today

    April 15, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Like so many things in our lives these days, the calendar for MerleFest is a bit twisted this year. After canceling the 2020 festival, organizers have moved this year's to the late summer with an eye towards remaining uncertainty about

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  • MerleFest moves 2021 festival to September

    August 10, 2020 | by John Lawless

    MerleFest, the annual mega-fest of acoustic and roots music held each spring on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC, has announced a one-time date change for their 2021 event. The 2020 festival had been postponed until next year

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  • Chris Austin Songwriting Competition announces finalists

    March 30, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Despite the cancellation of the 2020 MerleFest, the first round of judging for their annual Chris Austin Songwriting Competition was recently concluded. Since submissions had already been accepted when Wilkes County, NC officials restricted public gatherings of more than 100

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  • Chris Austin Songwriting Contest update from MerleFest

    March 16, 2020 | by David Morris

    MerleFest officials said Monday that the acclaimed Chris Austin Songwriting Contest will held, in a slightly altered format, even though MerleFest itself has been canceled for 2020 because of the coronavirus. The first contest judges waded through a record 1,065 entries

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