MerleFest has announced the initial lineup for its 2017 festival, which will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event and will feature music from Zac Brown Band, Del McCoury Band and many more.

Also joining the 30th anniversary lineup are Jim Lauderdale, Sam Bush Band, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan, Mountain Heart and Jim Avett (father of The Avett Brothers), among others. More artists additions are expected in the coming months.

MerleFest 2017 will take place at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC. Tickets for the festival are available now at MerleFest.org.

MerleFest 2017 Lineup

(in alphabetical order)

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
T. Michael Coleman
The Contenders
J.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
he 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