Merlefest 2026

Time	School Outreach	Window World Hall	Watson Stage	Cabin Stage	Pickin' Place	Dance Stage	Autograph Tent
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
9:30 AM	Myles Gee - Boomer Ferguson Elementary 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Myles Gee Scott Napier Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer's Old Time Coalition - CC Wright Elementary 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition Carbon Harry - Mt. Pleasant Elementary 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Carbon Harry Carolina Detour - Mtn. View Elementary 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Carolina Detour Full Steam Bluegrass - Mulberry Elementary 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Full Steam Bluegrass Broken Compass Bluegrass - East Wilkes Middle 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Broken Compass Bluegrass Sister Sadie - West Wilkes Middle 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Sister Sadie Wyatt Ellis - Roaring River Elementary 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Wyatt Ellis Pickin' Thistles - North Wilkes Middle 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ( 1h ) Pickin' Thistles
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
11:45 AM
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
12:45 PM
1:00 PM
1:15 PM
1:30 PM	Myles Gee - Moravian Falls Elementary 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Myles Gee Scott Napier Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer's Old Time Coalition - Millers Creek Elementary 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition Carbon Harry - Wilkesboro Elementary 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Carbon Harry Carolina Detour - Traphill Elementary 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Carolina Detour Full Steam Bluegrass - North Wilkesboro Elementary 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Full Steam Bluegrass Sister Sadie - Central Wilkes Middle 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Sister Sadie Broken Compass Bluegrass - CB Eller Elementary 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Broken Compass Bluegrass Wyatt Ellis - Ronda Clingman 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ( 1h ) Wyatt Ellis
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
2:15 PM
2:30 PM					Jammin' at the Pickin' Place 2:30 PM - 8:30 PM ( 6h )
2:45 PM
3:00 PM			Presley Barker 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM ( 45m ) Presley Barker Larry Nixon
3:15 PM
3:30 PM		BGS Session - Charles Wesley Godwin 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM ( 1h 15m ) Charles Wesley Godwin
3:45 PM				Jontavious Willis 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM ( 30m ) Jontavious Willis Larry Nixon
4:00 PM
4:15 PM			The Castellows 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ( 45m ) The Castellows Larry Nixon
4:30 PM
4:45 PM
5:00 PM		BGS Session - Broken Compass 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM ( 1h 15m ) Broken Compass Bluegrass		Jam Campers with Pete Wernick 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM ( 30m ) Pete Wernick Larry Nixon			Presley Barker 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM ( 30m ) Presley Barker
5:15 PM
5:30 PM			Peter Rowan & The Walls of Time Band 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM ( 1h ) Peter Rowan & The Walls of Time Band Cindy Baucom
5:45 PM
6:00 PM							The Castellows 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ( 30m ) The Castellows
6:15 PM
6:30 PM				Banknotes' Bill Young Tribute 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM ( 45m ) Banknotes Cindy Baucom
6:45 PM		BGS Session - The Band Loula 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM ( 1h 15m ) The Band Loula
7:00 PM
7:15 PM			The Infamous Stringdusters 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM ( 1h ) The Infamous Stringdusters Cindy Baucom
7:30 PM
7:45 PM
8:00 PM
8:15 PM				Sister Sadie 8:15 PM - 9:00 PM ( 45m ) Sister Sadie Cindy Baucom
8:30 PM
8:45 PM
9:00 PM			Charles Wesley Godwin 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM ( 1h 30m ) Charles Wesley Godwin Cindy Baucom
9:15 PM
9:30 PM
9:45 PM
10:00 PM						Opening Night Dance with Donna the Buffalo 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM ( 1h 30m ) Donna the Buffalo Gary Miller
10:15 PM
10:30 PM
10:45 PM
11:00 PM
11:15 PM
11:30 PM
11:45 PM
12:00 AM
12:15 AM
12:30 AM
12:45 AM

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