Best Music Festival: Merlefest | Strange Carolinas Best Of NC Awards 2019
After nearly five weeks of voting, the readers of Strange Carolinas have named Merlefest North Carolina's Best Music Festival. Heavy R...

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After nearly five weeks of voting, the readers of Strange Carolinas have named Merlefest North Carolina's Best Music Festival. Heavy Rebel Weekender came in second place and Carolina Rebellion/Epicenter Festival came in third place.
For two weeks, readers of Strange Carolinas were invited to nominate their favorite North Carolina music festivals. From February 25th to March 15th, readers were invited to vote for their favorite music festivals from the ten entries that received the most votes during the nomination period.
Here were the ten finalists as determined by the readers of Strange Carolinas:
- Art Of Cool Festival (Durham)
- Carolina Rebellion/Epicenter Festival (Rockingham)
- Carrboro Music Festival (Carrboro)
- Gears & Guitars (Winston-Salem)
- Heavy Rebel Weekender (Winston-Salem)
- Hopscotch Music Festival (Raleigh)
- Merlefest (Wilkesboro)
- Moogfest (Durham)
- North Carolina Folk Festival (Greensboro)
- Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival (Pittsboro)
