The long-awaited lineup for the 2020, 4-day legendary music festival, MerleFest, has just been announced, on Dec. 9. Legendary band, Willie Nelson & Family, along with veteran musicians, John Prine and Alison Krauss, are some of the few prestigious names performing at this festival.

Aside from Willie Nelson & Family, John Prine and Alison Krauss, other big-name artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, Charley Crockett and Colin Hay will be playing the festival. Over 60 artists will be playing throughout the weekend, divided up by the days they are assigned to play on. Acts such as Willie Nelson & Family and Alison Krauss, will be performing on Thursday, Apr. 23, while artists like Peter Rowan and Rev. Robert Jones, will be performing on multiple days.

The attendees will also have the chance to shop around the hundreds of food and heritage craft vendors which are featured at the music festival. The festival is also hosting a songwriting competition, the application for the contest opened on Oct. 1, and will close on Feb. 1, 2020. The winners of the contest will perform the winning song on the Cabin Stage, on Friday, Apr. 24, and will also perform a 12-13-minute set on the Cabin Stage, Saturday, Apr. 25.

The festival will be held between the dates of Apr. 23-Apr. 26, 2020, in Wilkesboro, NC, on the campus of Wilkes Community College. Tickets are sold according to the number of days the concert-goer plans to attend in categories such as general and reserved seating. Tickets for backstage tours, river’s edge camping and on-campus RV parking are also available for purchase.