MerleFest facts

Posted on by Melanie McGee

MerleFest 2005 happens Thursday, April 28, through Sunday, May 1, at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C. General-admission day passes are $35/Thursday, $45/Friday, $50/Saturday and $40/Sunday. General-admission weekend passes are $125/Friday through Sunday, $145/Thursday through Sunday. For information about assigned-seating passes and passes with camping privileges, and to order tickets, get directions, or view a complete schedule, see www.merlefest.org or call (800) 343-7857.

Headliners on Watson Stage

• Thursday

8:10-9:10 p.m.: Loretta Lynn

10:50 p.m.-11:55 p.m.: John Cowan Band

• Friday

7:25-8:25: The Duhks

9 p.m.-10:20 p.m.: Jerry Douglas

• Saturday

4 p.m.-4:55 p.m.: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

6-7 p.m.: Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys Reunion with Peter Rowan, host; Earl Scruggs; Vassar Clements; Bobby Hicks; Del McCoury; Tater Tate; Richard Greene; Jim Shumate; Tony Ellis; and Roland White.

7:25-8:25 p.m.: The Chieftains w/Jerry Douglas; Del McCoury; Buddy Miller; Ricky Skaggs; and Earl Scruggs.

8:50-9:50 p.m.: Sam Bush

• Sunday

3:20-4:20 p.m.: John Hiatt

5-6:40 p.m.: Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas

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