Festival Hub: MerleFest
The Scene: Thirty years ago, the legendary Doc Watson founded MerleFest to honor the memory of his son who died in a tragic accident. Now 80,000 fans gather every spring on the campus of Wilkes Community College for America's largest roots festival. Legends mix with newcomers to perform surprising collaborations of bluegrass, folk, and Americana.
- “B” Townes
- Adeem the Artist
- Alexa Rose
- Andy May
- Arkansauce
- Ashes & Arrows
- Banknotes
- Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart
- Bob Margolin
- Brandy Clark
- Buffalo Nichols
- Carol Rifkin
- Carolina Detour
- Charles Welch
- Chatham County Line
- Chatham Rabbits
- Colby T. Helms & the Virginia Creepers
- Corey Harris
- Dan Tyminski Band
- Darin & Brooke Aldridge
- Donna the Buffalo
- Ettore Buzzini
- Evan Honer
- Falling Timber Band
- Goldpine
- Gravity Check Juggling
- Into the Fog
- Jack Lawrence
- Jake Kohn
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jerry Douglas
- JigJam
- Jim Lauderdale
- Joe Smothers
- John McEuen
- Josh Goforth
- Kruger Brothers
- Kyshona
- Larkin Poe
- Laura Boosinger
- Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road
- Lukas Nelson & POTR
- Mark Bumgarner
- Missy Raines & Allegheny
- Mitch Greenhill & Mitch’s Kitchen
- Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
- Nefesh Mountain
- New Dangerfield
- New Found Gap
- Nick Shoulders
- Nickel Creek
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Palmyra
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- Peter Rowan
- Pixie & The Partygrass Boys
- Presley Barker
- Roan Street Ramblers
- Roy Book Binder
- S.G.Goodman
- Sam Bush
- Scythian
- Shinyribs
- Sierra Hull
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- T. Michael Coleman
- The Earls of Leicester
- The Harris Brothers
- The InterACTtive Theater of Jef
- The Langan Band
- The InterACTtive Theater of Jef
- The Local Boys
- The Sensational Barnes Brothers
- The Silent Comedy
- The Sullivan Sisters
- The Tan & Sober Gentlemen
- The Teskey Brothers
- The Waybacks
- Them Coulee Boys
- Tony Williamson
- Turnpike Troubadours
- Twisted Pine
- Uwade
- Wayne Henderson
- Willie Carlisle
- Willie Watson
- Wyatt Ellis
- AJ Lee & Blue Summit
- Alison Brown
- Andy Cohen
- Andy May
- Anna Lynch
- B Townes
- Banknotes
- Bee Taylor
- Black Opry Revue
- Carol Rifkin
- Charles Welch
- Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
- Cole Chaney
- Compton And Newberry
- Dom Flemons
- Donna the Buffalo
- I Draw Slow
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jerry Douglas
- Jim Lauderdale
- Joe Smothers
- Josh Goforth
- Ken Crouse
- Kruger Brothers
- Laura Boosinger
- Little Feat
- Marcus King
- Maren Morris
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mike Lightnin’ Wells
- Miko Marks
- Mitch Greenhill
- Nigel Wearne
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
- Presley Barker
- Roy Book Binder
- Sam Bush Band
- Scythian
- StillHouse Junkies
- T. Michael Coleman
- Tanya Tucker
- Taylor Rae
- Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive
- The Avett Brothers
- The Brothers Comatose
- The Local Boys
- The Local Honeys
- The Waybacks
- The Youngers
- Todd Albright
- Tommy Prine
- Tony Williamson
- Wayne Henderson
- Yasmin Williams
- 49 Winchester
- Alison Brown
- Allison Russell
- Andy May
- Arlo McKinley
- Armchair Boogie
- Banknotes
- Barbaro
- Big Daddy Love
- Carol Rifkin
- Charles Welch
- Colin Hay
- Damn Tall Buildings
- Darrell Scott
- David Childers and the Serpents
- Desure
- Donna The Buffalo
- Dr. Bacon
- Durand Jones & The Indications
- Eli Yacinthe
- Eliza Meyer Band
- Ella & Mary
- Emmylou Harris
- Fireside Collective
- Frank Fotusky
- Grant Dermody
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Happy Traum
- Hogslop String Band
- Hubby Jenkins
- Jack Lawrence
- Jake Blount
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jerry Douglas
- Jim Lauderdale
- Joe Smothers
- Josh Turner
- Kaia Kater
- Laura Boosinger
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mitch Greenhill
- Nat Myers
- Natalie Hemby
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Old Salt Union
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- Peter Rowan
- Presley Barker
- rissi palmer
- Roy Book Binder
- Sam Bush Band
- Scythian
- ShadowGrass
- Shannon McNally
- Shay Martin Lovette
- Sister Sadie
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- T. Michael Coleman
- Tenille Townes
- The Arcadian Wild
- The Contenders
- The Earls of Leicester
- The Kruger Brothers
- The Lee Boys
- The Local Boys
- The Nude Party
- The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
- The Steel Wheels
- The Waybacks
- The Wood Brothers
- Time Sawyer
- Tony Williamson
- Trampled By Turtles
- Wayne Henderson
- We Banjo 3
- Willie Watson
- Adam Traum
- Amythyst Kiah
- Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats
- Balsam Range
- Banknotes
- Barefoot Movement
- Bill And The Belles
- Blistered Hearts
- Brittney Spencer
- Cane Mill Road
- Carol Rifkin
- Charles Welch
- Charley Crockett
- Chatham Rabbits
- Cordovas
- Darin and Brooke Aldridge
- Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp
- Donna the Buffalo
- Eli Yacinthe
- Gate 10
- Handlebar Betty
- Hannah Juanita
- Happy Traum
- Hogslop String Band
- Into the Fog
- Iron Horse Bluegrass
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jody Carroll
- Joe Smothers
- Joe Troop
- John Cowan
- Johnnyswim
- Kelsey Waldon
- Ken Crouse
- Ken Crouse
- Laura Boosinger
- LeAnn Rimes
- Los Texmaniacs
- Margo Price
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mary Flower
- Mavis Staples
- Melissa Etheridge
- Mitch Greenhill
- Nefesh Mountain
- Oliver Hazard
- One Fret Over
- Paul Thorn
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- Peter Rowan
- Piedmont Bluz
- Presley Barker
- Rev Robert Jones
- Robbie Fulks
- Roy Book Binder
- Sam Bush Band
- Sam Williams
- Sarah Shook and the Disarmers
- Scythian
- Shinyribs
- Shovels & Rope
- Sierra Ferrell
- Smitty and the JumpStarters
- String Madness
- Sturgill Simpson
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Tedeschi Trucks
- Terrapin Creek
- The Cleverlys
- The Kruger Brothers
- The Local Boys
- The Maggie Valley Band
- The Milk Carton Kids
- The Moore Brothers
- The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
- The Waybacks
- Tommy Emmanuel
- Tony Williamson
- Wayne Henderson
- We Banjo 3
- Wyld Fern
- Yasmin Williams
- Zoe & Cloyd
- American Aquarium
- Amos Lee
- Andy May
- Ana Egge & The Sentimentals
- AZTEC SUN
- Banknotes
- Bob Hill
- Cane Mill Road
- Carol Rifkin
- Carolina Blue
- Catfish Keith
- Charles Welch
- Dailey & Vincent
- David Holt
- David LaMotte
- Dirk Powell Band
- Donna the Buffalo
- Driftwood
- Elephant Sessions
- Elizabeth Cook
- Ellis Dyson & The Shambles
- Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys
- Happy Traum
- Irish Mythen
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jess Morgan
- Jim Avett
- Jim Lauderdale
- Joe Smothers
- Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli
- Junior Brown
- Junior Sisk
- Larry Stephenson Band
- Laura Boosinger
- Lindi Ortega
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mark & Maggie O’Connor
- Maybe April
- Michaela Anne
- Mile Twelve
- Mitch Greenhill and String Madness
- Molly Tuttle
- Nixon
- Blevins
- & Gage
- Pete & Joan Wernick and FLEXIGRASS
- Presley Barker
- Professor Whizzpop!
- Radney Foster
- Roy Book Binder
- Salt & Light
- Scythian
- Sean McConnell
- Shane Hennessy
- Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steve Poltz
- T. Michael Coleman
- The Avett Brothers
- The Black Lillies
- The Brother Brothers
- The Casey Kristofferson Band
- The Del McCoury Band
- The Gibson Brothers
- The Harris Brothers
- The InterACTive Theatre of Jeff
- The Kruger Brothers
- The Local Boys
- The Milk Carton Kids
- The Trailblazers
- The Waybacks
- Todd Albright
- Tom Feldmann
- Tony Williamson
- Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
- Wayne Henderson
- Webb Wilder and Yarn
- Steep Canyon Rangers with Steve Martin
- Kris Kristofferson
- Jamey Johnson
- The Mavericks
- Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
- Robert Earl Keen
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Jerry Douglas and Tommy Emmanuel
- Sam Bush
- The Devil Makes Three
- Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller, and the North Mississippi Allstars
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jerry Douglas Band with John Medeski
- Jerry Douglas
- Mandolin Orange
- Elephant Revival
- Mission Temple Fireworks Revival
- Alison Brown
- Rodney Crowell
- Brandy Clark
- Shinyribs
- Peter Rowan
- Balsam Range
- Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble
- Kruger Brothers
- The Mastersons
- We Banjo 3
- Town Mountain
- Barefoot Movement
- Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
- Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
- Hubby Jenkins
- David Holt
- Donna the Buffalo
- Doolin
- Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive
- Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers
- Jeffrey Foucault
- Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
- My Bubba
- The Po Ramblin’ Boys
- Robin & Linda Williams
- The Lonely Heartstring Band
- Sideline
- Carol Rifkin, Jeanette Queen, Mark Queen
- The Cleverlys
- Scythian
- Andy May
- Banknotes
- Bob Hill
- B Townes
- David Holt and Josh Goforth
- Bryan Sutton
- Charles Welch
- Happy Traum
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- Joe Smothers
- Laura Boosinger & The Midnight Plowboys
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mitch Greenhill
- String Madness
- Pete Wernick
- Roy Book Binder
- T Michael Coleman and Imagine Possums
- The InterACTive Theatre of Jef
- The Waybacks
- Lindsay Lou
- Tony Williamson Band
- Wayne Henderson
- Aaron Burdett
- Si Kahn & Joe Jencks
- Cicada Rhythm
- Dead Horses
- Jayme Stone’s Folklife
- Jeanette Williams Band
- The East Pointers
- The Way Down Wanderers
- The Lonesome Ace Stringband
- Unspoken Tradition
- Hannah Shira Naiman
- Rosie & The Rivets
- Andrew Collins Trio
- Nu-Blu
- Susana and Timmy Abell
- The Note Ropers
- Richie And Rosie
- Sarah Jane Scouten
- Smitty and the JumpStarters
- Lillian Chase
- Lori King and Junction 63
- Mike Aiken Band
- Wesley Bright & The Honeytones
- Wayland
- Fireside Collective
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- Piper Jones
- Savannah Smith and Southern Soul
- Tennessee Jed Fisher
- Ted Olson
- The BattleAxe Band
- Jody Carroll
- Ari Eisinger
- Richard Ray Farrell
- Erin Harpe
- Gunner & Smith
- Cane Mill Road
- Junior Appalachian Musicians Band
- The Local Boys
- Whitewater Bluegrass Company
- Alberti Flea Circus
- Ashley Heath and Her Heathens
- Brynmor
- Flatland Harmony Experiment
- Horsemen Let’s Ride
- Hummingbird Crossing
- Lauren and Lane
- The Hackwells
- The Lang Sisters
- The Midatlantic
- The New River Drifters
- Clinton Ross
- The Wildmans
- Bill Mathis
- Ken Crouse
- Flattop
- Alberti Flea Circus
- Todd Albright
- Darin & Brooke Aldridge
- Jim Avett
- Banknotes
- The BattleAxe Band
- Bethel University Renaissance Bluegrass Band
- Roy Book Binder
- The Bluegrass Experience
- Laura Boosinger & The Midnight Plowboys
- Mark
- “Brink” Brinkman
- Zac Brown Band
- Andy Buckner
- Mark Bumgarner
- Sam Bush Band
- Chatham County Line
- Michael Coleman
- The Contenders
- P. Cormier
- Counterclockwise String Band
- Dear Brother
- Pat Donohue
- Jerry Douglas
- John Doyle
- Eric Ellis
- Flando Calrissian
- Scott Freeman
- Front Country
- The Gravy Boys
- The Green Grass Cloggers and Strictly Strings
- Mitch Greenhill
- Virgil Harden & the Appalachian Countdown
- Nate Harris and Spice Creek Ramblers
- Wayne Henderson
- Bob Hill
- David Holt
- The Hook & Bullet
- I Draw Slow
- The InterACTive Theatre of Jef
- Steve James
- Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- The Local Boys
- Locust Honey String Band
- Lydia Luce
- Claire Lynch
- Bill Mathis
- Andy May
- Del McCoury Band
- Pat McInerney
- Mountain Heart
- Megan Nash
- Carol Rifkin and Jeanette Queen
- Roanoke
- Peter Rowan
- Scythian
- ShadowGrass
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- Joe Smothers
- Ed Snodderly
- The Stray Birds
- String Madness with Mitch Greenhill
- Surry Line
- Bryan Sutton Band
- Swift Creek
- 10 String Symphony
- Ken Tizzard
- The Trailblazers
- Happy Traum
- Uncle Joe and the Shady Rest
- The Waybacks
- The WBT Briarhoppers
- Charles Welch
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- Uncle Ted White
- Tony Williamson
- Andy May
- Annie Moses Band
- April Verch
- Ash Breeze
- Banknotes
- Becky Buller
- Bill Mathis
- Billy Strings and Don Julin
- Blue Mafia
- Bob Hill
- Bonnie Logan
- Britt Gully
- Bryan Sutton
- Carbon Leaf
- Carol Rifkin with John Fowler and Jeanette Queen
- Charles Welch
- Clyde’s on Fire
- Commonwealth Bluegrass Band
- Dave Rawlings Machine
- David and Valerie Mayfield
- Donna the Buffalo
- EmiSunshine
- Fireside Collective
- Foghorn Stringband
- Fruteland Jackson
- Grace & Tony
- Happy Traum
- High Plains Jamboree
- Holt and Coleman
- In With The Old
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jeff Scroggins & Colorado
- Jeni & Billy
- Jerry Douglas
- Jim Avett
- Joe Smothers
- John Prine
- Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys
- Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
- Kacy & Clayton
- Karl Shifflett & Big Country Show
- Kenny and Amanda Smith
- Kristy Cox
- Laura Boosinger
- Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
- Liz Frame and The Kickers
- Liz Vice
- Lou Reid & Carolina
- Love Canon
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mark Tobolosky
- Penny and Sparrow
- Pete & Joan Wernick
- Roy Book Binder
- Salvador
- Sarah Potenza
- Scythian
- Seth Walker
- Shannon Whitworth
- Sherman Lee Dillon
- Shinyribs
- Sierra Hull
- South Carolina Broadcasters
- Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- String Madness with Mitch Greenhill
- Susie Glaze & the Hilonesome Band
- Sutton
- Tellico
- The Barefoot Movement
- The Bros. Landreth
- The Brothers Comatose
- The Buck Stops Here
- The Commons
- The Contenders (Josh Day & Jay Nash)
- The InterACTive Theatre of Jef
- The Kruger Brothers
- The Local Boys
- The Slocan Ramblers
- The Waybacks
- The Whiskey Gentry
- The Williams Brothers
- The Wood Brothers
- Tom Feldmann
- Uncle Ted White
- Wanamaker Lewis
- Wayne Henderson
- We Banjo 3
- Westwend
- Will Overman Band
- Wood & Wire
- Zoe & Cloyd
- Alberti Flea Circus
- Andy May
- Baillie and The Boys
- Bandit’s Roost
- Banknotes
- Bayou Diesel
- BearWallow
- Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
- Bethel University Bluegrass Bands
- Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys
- Bill Mathis
- Bill Mize
- Blind Boy Paxton
- Blu-Bop
- Blue Highway
- Blue Ridge Heritage Cloggers
- Bob Hill
- Bobby Miller and The Virginia Dare Devils
- Brandon Whyde and The Devil’s Keep
- Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis
- Cahalen Morrison and Eli West
- Carol Rifkin and Friends
- Charles Welch
- Chatham County Line
- Del Barber
- Donna the Buffalo
- Doug MacLeod
- Earls of Leicester
- Emory Lester
- Farmer Jason
- Front Country
- Glenn Bannerman
- Happy Traum
- Hot Rize
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little
- Jesse and Noah Bellamy
- Jim Avett
- Jim Lauderdale
- Joe Smothers
- Joe West and The Santa Fe Revue
- JohnnySwim
- Laura Boosinger
- Lee Ann Womack
- Lee Bidgood
- Locust Honey String Band
- Logan Brill
- Loose Strings Band
- Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road Band
- Mark Johnson
- Mipso
- Mitch Greenhill
- Moore Brothers Band
- Mountain Park Old Time Band
- Nashville Bluegrass Band
- New Country Rehab
- North Mississippi Allstars
- Paul Thorn
- Pete and Joan Wernick
- Peter Rowan
- Richard Watson
- Robert Earl Keen
- Roy Book Binder
- Sam Bush Band
- Scythian
- Sons Of The South Bluegrass Band
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- Sutton, Holt and Coleman
- Ted White
- The Avett Brothers
- The Black Cadillacs
- The Black Lillies
- The David Mayfield Parade
- The Del McCoury Band
- The Gibson Brothers
- The Grassifieds
- The Gravy Boys
- The Honey Dewdrops
- The Honeycutters
- The InterACTive Theater of Jef
- The Jason Lee McKinney Band
- The Kruger Brothers
- The Larry Stephenson Band
- The Local Boys
- The Marshall Tucker Band
- The Ragbirds
- The Sheets Family Band
- The Spinney Brothers
- The Stray Birds
- The Two Man Gentlemen Band
- The Waybacks
- Time Sawyer
- ToneBlazers
- Tony Williamson
- Trampled By Turtles
- Tut Taylor
- Underhill Rose
- Unspoken Tradition
- Veronika Jackson
- Wayne Henderson
- Whitewater Ramble
- William Ritter and Sarah Ogletree
- Alan Bibey and Grasstowne
- Alan Jackson
- Alison Brown Quartet
- Balsam Range
- Buncombe Turnpike
- Carolina Chocolate Drops
- Chris Jones and The Night Drivers
- Dailey and Vincent Quartet with Jimmy Fortune
- Darin and Brooke Aldridge
- Del Rey
- Della Mae
- Donna the Buffalo
- Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
- Eleanor Ellis
- Fiona Boyes
- Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen
- High Valley
- I Draw Slow
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jerry Douglas
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jon Stickley Trio
- Josh Farrow
- Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice
- Keller Williams
- Kim Robins and 40 Years Late
- Larry Keel and Natural Bridge
- Laura Boosinger
- Lonesome River Band
- Mandolin Orange
- Mark Bumgarner
- Mark Johnson and Emory Lester
- Mark Newton and Steve Thomas
- Mary Flower
- Missy Raines and The New Hip
- Misty River Band
- Moore Brothers Band
- Mountain Feist
- My New Favorites
- Nashville Bluegrass Band
- Niall Toner Band
- Nick Chandler and Delivered
- Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
- Nu-Blu
- Overmountain Men
- Paul’s Creek Band
- Pete and Joan Wernick
- Peter Rowan
- Red June
- Richard Watson
- Riley Baugus
- Roland White
- Rory Block
- Roy Book Binder
- Sam Bush Band
- Sanctum Sully
- Scythian
- Shannon Whitworth
- Sheila Kay Adams
- Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- Sutton, Holt and Coleman
- Tal Naccarato
- The Banknotes
- The Claire Lynch Band
- The Cockman Family
- The Deadly Gentleman
- The Duhks
- The Fox Fire
- The Hillbenders
- The Kickin Grass Band
- The Kruger Brothers
- The South Carolina Broadcasters
- The Steel Wheels
- The Steep Canyon Rangers
- The Travelin’ McCourys
- The Waybacks
- Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott
- Time Sawyer
- Timmy and Susana Abell
- Todd Snider
- Toneblazers
- Town Mountain
- Tut Taylor
- Volume Five
- Wayne Erbsen
- Wayne Henderson
- WBT Briarhoppers
- Zephyr Lightning Bolts
- Alberti Flea Circus
- Andy May
- Banknotes
- Bayou Diesel
- Bill Mathis
- Blind Boy Paxton
- Bob Hill
- Bobby and Blue Ridge Tradition
- Bryan Sutton
- Calico Moon
- Carol Rifkin
- Charles Welch
- Chatham County Line
- Chris Smither
- David Holt
- Dehlia Low
- Della Mae
- Delta Rae
- Â Donna the Buffalo
- Doug MacLeod
- Eilen Jewell
- Enter The Haggis
- French Broad Playboys
- Glenn Bannerman
- Gregg ‘Buffalo’ Barfield
- Happy Traum
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little Trio
- Jerry Douglas
- Jim Lauderdale
- Joe Smothers
- Johnson’s Crossroad
- Kirk Sutphin
- Laura Boosinger
- Matraca Berg
- Michael Martin Murphey
- Misty River Band
- Mitch Greenhill
- Mountain Heart
- Nashville Bluegrass Band
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Orville Hicks
- Patrick Sweany
- Paul’s Creek Band
- Pete and Joan Wernick
- Peter Rowan Band
- Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
- Pokey LaFarge
- Red Molly
- Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
- Richard Watson
- Riley Baugus
- Roy Book Binder
- Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
- Sam Bush
- Scythian
- Snyder Family Band
- South Carolina Broadcasters
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- Susana and Timmy Abell
- Sutton, Holt and Coleman
- T. Michael Coleman
- Ted White
- The Black Lillies
- The Charlie Daniels Band
- The Greencards
- The Honeycutters
- The InterACTive Theater of Jef
- The Kickin Grass Band
- The Kruger Brothers
- The Local Boys
- The Neighbors
- The New Familiars
- The Quebe Sisters Band
- The Sheets Family Band
- The Sigmon Stringers
- The Waybacks
- The Wild Rumpus
- Tift Merritt
- Tom Feldmann
- ToneBlazers
- Tony Williamson
- Tut Taylor
- Wayne Henderson
- Doc Watson
- Richard Watson
- Timmy and Susana Abell
- Alberti Flea Circus
- Assembly of Dust
- Banknotes
- Benedict College Gospel Choir
- Blind Boy Chocolate & The Milk Sheiks
- Roy Book Binder
- Laura Boosinger
- The Boxcars
- Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
- Brooke and George Buckner
- Buffalo Barfield
- Sam Bush
- T Michael Coleman
- Dailey & Vincent
- The Deep Dark Woods
- Dehlia Low
- Donna the Buffalo
- Casey Driessen
- Sarah and Christian Dugas
- Enter The Haggis
- Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
- Mary Flower
- The Gibson Brothers
- Vince Gill
- The Greencards
- Mitch Greenhill
- Stefan Grossman
- John Hammond
- Wayne Henderson
- Bob Hill
- David Holt
- The Honeycutters
- Sierra Hull & Highway 111
- The InterACTive Theater of Jef
- Fruteland Jackson
- Johnson, Phil and Gaye
- Johnson’s Crossroad
- Jubal’s Kin
- Kickin Grass Band
- Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
- The Kruger Brothers
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jack Lawrence
- Jeff Little
- The Local Boys
- Los Lobos
- Lost Bayou Ramblers
- Claire Lynch Band
- Dougie MacLean
- Bill Mathis
- Andy May
- Cliff Miller
- Misty River Band
- Nashville Bluegrass Band
- The Neighbors
- Paul’s Creek Band
- Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
- Joe Sam Queen
- Red June
- Tony Rice Unit
- Carol Rifkin
- Michael Roach
- Peter Rowan & The Free Mexican Airforce
- Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
- Scythian
- The Sigmon Stringers
- Sims Country Cloggers
- Steve and Ruth Smith
- Joe Smothers
- Snyder Family Band
- The Steel Wheels
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- The Stoney Creek Boys
- Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
- Tut Taylor
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- ToneBlazers
- Happy Traum
- Viper’s Dream
- The Waybacks
- Charles Welch
- Pete and Joan Wernick
- Ted White
- The Wild Rumpus
- Tony Williamson
- Wylie & the Wild West
- The Zephyr Lightning Bolts
- Patrick Simmons
- Darrell Scott
- John Cowan