MerleFest 2026 is coming up in April for four amazing days of music! This year catch Alison Krauss & Union Station, Old Crow Medicine Show, Blackberry Smoke, Charles Wesley Godwin and so many more!
MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of Eddy Merle Watson as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College and to celebrate ‘traditional plus’ music. We are about the MUSIC, MOMENTS and MEMORIES!
For your chance to win a pair of any one day general admission tickets, register below!
March 23, 2026 at 12:00AM US/Eastern through March 30, 2026 at 12:00AM US/Eastern
For the "Win Tickets To MerleFest" online contest, enter between 12:00 a.m. ET on March 23, 2026 and 12:00 a.m. ET March 30, 2026, by clicking the appropriate contest entry link at 987simon.com/contests, and completing the online entry form. On or around 8:00 a.m. ET on March 30, 2026, five (5) entries will be randomly selected, and upon verification, will receive two (2) any general admission tickets valid for any one day each to the MerleFest 2026 concert event, April 23-26, 2026, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC. Each prize is valued at $214.00, courtesy of MerleFest. There will be a total of five (5) winners in this contest. A winner may only win once in this contest. Limit one (1) entry per Entrant email address per calendar day. Redeeming and using the prize(s) in this contest requires for the winner(s) (i) to have a valid email address and an app-enabled mobile device capable of downloading and running a third-party mobile ticketing app (e.g., Ticketmaster, AXS, MLB, etc.); (ii) to install, or have already installed, such mobile ticketing app on their app-enabled mobile device; and (iii) to login into an existing user account or to sign up for a free user account with the third-party operating such mobile ticketing app by completing a form with all required information, including at a minimum first name, last name, and valid email address. THE PRIZE(S) IN THIS CONTEST CANNOT BE REDEEMED OR USED BY ANY MEANS OTHER THAN THE DESIGNATED THIRD-PARTY MOBILE TICKETING APP FOR THIS PRIZE. INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS, ACCESS TO AN APP-ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE AND/OR DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REDEEM OR USE THE PRIZE(S) IN THIS CONTEST SHOULD THEY BE SELECTED AND VERIFIED AS A WINNER, WILL NOT RECEIVE A SUBSTITUTE PRIZE, AND SHOULD NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST. The winner(s) and any guest(s), if applicable, must comply with any and all COVID-19 vaccination, screening, testing, safety and related requirements imposed or required by (if applicable) the Station, the venue, event promoter, sponsors, travel providers, hotels, governmental authorities or others in connection with the receipt, use, and redemption of the prize. Refusal to comply with all applicable COVID-19 requirements will result in forfeiture of the prize and no replacement or alternate prize will be provided. All cancellations are deemed beyond the control of the Station and its sponsors. This includes, but is not limited to, event cancellations due to any pandemic or epidemic constituting a public health emergency, including those subject to government mandated quarantines, travel restrictions, or stay-at-home orders. The Station and/or its sponsors shall in no way be responsible under any circumstances whatsoever for replacing, and/or for reimbursing any winner(s) with any form of compensation for, any prize(s) or portion(s) thereof forfeited due to the refusal of the winner(s) and/or their guest(s) to comply with all applicable COVID-19 requirements and/the cancellation of any event, nor will any alternate prize(s) be provided. Otherwise, WSMW-FM's General Contest Rules apply and can be found HERE.










