MerleFest adds Stringdusters, Railroad Earth, The Castellows

Monday, December 8, 2025 – MerleFest added Railroad Earth, The Infamous Stringdusters, Joy Oladokun, Maggie Rose, The Castellows and AJ Lee & Blue Summit to its 2026 lineup.

Taking place April 23-26 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C., the annual celebration of North Carolina music legends, Doc and Merle Watson, hosts previously announced headliners Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Charles Wesley Godwin and Blackberry Smoke, plus newcomers The Jack Wharff Band, Blue Highway, Fireside Collective.