MerleFest Announces 2027 Lineup

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MerleFest has unveiled the lineup for its 2027 event, set for April 29–May 2 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings are set to return in 2027, alongside Toy Factory Project, The Avett Brothers, and Wynonna Judd. Also slated for the festival’s 39th installment is a special MerleFest “Delebration,” Del McCoury@88, honoring the bluegrass patriarch with Del McCoury & The Travelin’ McCourys. The lineup also features legacy pickers Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, The Earls of Leicester, and Alison Brown, on-the-rise ensembles including Mountain Grass Unit, Magoo, and The Brudi Brothers, as well as Donna The Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, and many more. Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

For next year’s Late Night Jam, The Travelin’ McCourys will present The Grateful Ball. The Late Night Jam continues to foster the spirit of collaboration, spontaneity, and shared musical discovery that has long defined the MerleFest experience. The separately-ticketed, after-hours event offers up a night of groundbreaking, “only at MerleFest” moments.

A Silent Auction, featuring a variety of exciting, high-quality items and the Mega Raffle, with over $120,000 in cash and prizes to be awarded, also return in 2027. General admission passes, as well as covered patio seating, reserved seating, camping, parking, and more, are available at merlefest.org/purchase.

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