Contests & Events

MerleFest fans have a variety of contests and events to choose from! These include songwriting, guitar, mandolin and banjo championships, raffles and many others!

Click here for a list of the MerleFest 2007, presented by Lowe's, raffle winners

Click here for a list of the 2006 MerleFest Raffle and Silent Auction Winners

The raffles each year at MerleFest give you the chance to win everything from way cool CD’s to magazine subscriptions to footwear to acoustic instruments, today thanks to the generosity of our raffle sponsors. And, of course, entering the raffle provides the chance to score coveted Midnight Jam tickets.

Whatever motivates you to buy MerleFest raffle tickets, your money helps build the infrastructure for MerleFest and Wilkes Community College. Raffle proceeds have helped fund the building of the Watson Stage, improvements in the main seating area, and running utilities to the festival sites.

You can’t beat great prizes benefiting excellent causes at a modest price of just $5 per ticket. You can purchase your tickets at the Raffle Booth, which is right beside the MerleFest Gift Shop.

Per Internal Revenue Service regulations, we are required to notify the IRS of all those who win prizes worth more than $1500.

We wish to thank the many sponsors that help make the raffle such a success. If a particular sponsor in table below has established a Web Site, the image will be linked to their site. We encourage our fans to visit our sponsors' sites as this is one small way to recognize their support of the festival. To visit the site simply click the image.

Raffle Sponsors