MerleFest

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MerleFest
Record-breaking crowd at MerleFest during Avett Brothers performance
Genre	"Traditional plus" bluegrass folk old-time country gospel blues Americana rock jam band world music
Dates	last weekend in April
Location(s)	Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Years active	1988 to present
Founders	Doc Watson
Website	www.merlefest.org

MerleFest is an annual "traditional plus" music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on the campus of Wilkes Community College. The festival, which is held the last weekend in April, was hosted by Grammy Award winner Doc Watson prior to his death and is named in memory and honor of his son, Eddy Merle Watson,^[1] who died in a farm tractor accident in 1985.