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Merlefest is an annual Americana music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The festival was founded in 1988 as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College and is named in memory after Eddy Merle Watson, Doc Watson's late son. It now attracts crowds in excess of 85,000 people, making it the largest folk music festival in the United States.
The music is spread across 15 different stages and offers listeners the very best in bluegrass, contemporary acoustic, blues, folk, old-time music, Cajun, jazz, and singer-songwriter combo music. The festival also offers a mix of traditional and contemporary roots music, called "traditional-plus", which is what many consider as a key to this festival's uniqueness.
Event Dates:
April 26th-29th, 2012
Phone:
800-343-7857 or 336-838-6267
Address:
1328 S. Collegiate Drive, Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697
Web Site:
http://www.merlefest.org/
Directions:
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From North via I-81 and I-77
Interstate Highway 81 to Interstate 77 South (65 miles) to US Highway 421 North. Travel 21 miles on 421 North to Highway 268 West in Wilkesboro, NC.
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From South via I-85 and I-77
Interstate Highway 85 to Interstate 77 North at Charlotte, NC. Travel I-77 North (63 miles) to US 421 North. Travel 21 miles on 421 North to Highway 268 West in Wilkesboro, NC.
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From East via I-40
Interstate Highway 40 to Highway 421 North at Winston-Salem, NC. Travel 49 miles on 421 North to Highway 268 West in Wilkesboro, NC.
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From West via I-40 and I-77
Interstate Highway 40 to Interstate 77 North at Statesville, NC. Travel I-77 North (23 miles) to US 421 North. Travel 21 miles on 421 North to Highway 268 West in Wilkesboro, NC.
Continue 1/2 mile west past the entrance to Wilkes Community College to the Blue Lot parking and shuttle.
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