Preview | My Name Is Merle
Preview: 3/21/2024 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
The past, present and future of MerleFest, a bluegrass and roots music festival in NC.
Go behind the scenes of MerleFest, an annual bluegrass and roots music festival that attracts thousands to Wilkesboro, an unassuming town in the North Carolina foothills. Learn how a garden fundraiser organized by music legend Doc Watson in honor of his late son Merle evolved into a four-day festival that draws people from across the country and around the world.
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PBS North Carolina Presents is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Preview | My Name Is Merle
Preview: 3/21/2024 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Go behind the scenes of MerleFest, an annual bluegrass and roots music festival that attracts thousands to Wilkesboro, an unassuming town in the North Carolina foothills. Learn how a garden fundraiser organized by music legend Doc Watson in honor of his late son Merle evolved into a four-day festival that draws people from across the country and around the world.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[upbeat music] - This is the part of the country where the banjo from Africa ran head on into the fiddle of the British Isles and Western Europe.
[upbeat music] - We went from the one band, one-night concert to a multi-day, multi-venue festival with over 100 artists.
[upbeat music] - They come from all over the United States, usually close to 50 states and 10 to 20 foreign countries every year.
[upbeat music] - We make it run.
We make it run smoothly, and the reason why we do that is because we take so much pride in what we do.
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