MerleFest returns to Wilkesboro, North Carolina from April 23-26, 2026, featuring four days of premier bluegrass, americana, country, folk, and progressive bluegrass music. The festival lineup is headlined by Grammy-winning Alison Krauss & Union Station, rising country star Charles Wesley Godwin, southern rock favorites Blackberry Smoke, and beloved string band Old Crow Medicine Show. Notable performances will also include acclaimed guitarist Molly Tuttle and progressive bluegrass innovators The Infamous Stringdusters. With 76 total artists performing across the four-day event, MerleFest offers one of the most comprehensive celebrations of American roots music in the Southeast.

MerleFest is a four-day standalone music festival.