Wilkesboro Raceway Park Races this Weekend

Date: October 10
Event: Wilkesboro Raceway Park Races Test & Tune Gates open at 4 PM on Saturdays with Qualifying at 5.30 and eliminations around 6.30-7.00 PM. General admission on regular races (points races without booked in shows are $10) Booked in events are $15 for adults. Spectators ages 11 thru 15 receive a $5 discount on all events with paying adult. Thursday nights Test and Tunes is still only $10 to watch or race - 6-9:30 PM.

Date: October 11
Event: Wilkesboro Raceway Park Races Race of Champions and Gamblers Race Gates open at 4 PM on Saturdays with Qualifying at 5.30 and eliminations around 6.30-7.00 PM. General admission on regular races (points races without booked in shows are $10) Booked in events are $15 for adults. Spectators ages 11 thru 15 receive a $5 discount on all events with paying adult. Thursday nights Test and Tunes is still only $10 to watch or race - 6-9:30 PM.

Date: October 12
Event: Wilkesboro Raceway Park Races Race Against Cancer Gates open at 4 PM on Saturdays with Qualifying at 5.30 and eliminations around 6.30-7.00 PM. General admission on regular races (points races without booked in shows are $10) Booked in events are $15 for adults. Spectators ages 11 thru 15 receive a $5 discount on all events with paying adult. Thursday nights Test and Tunes is still only $10 to watch or race - 6-9:30 PM.

Get liks for complete visitor information and lidging on the Wilkesboro NC Visitor Guide.  

Father's Day Weekend Event: Candle Light Ghost Tours

June 15   Show Dad a howling good time at the  Candle Light Ghost Tours  in Wilkesboro NC.  Experience an evening of tales, mystery and haunts at the Candle Light Ghost Tours. Learn about the ghosts that haunt the old buildings that make up downtown Wilkesboro.

Visit a cemetery where Civil War Soldiers are buried, stand in the jail cell Tom Dooley spent his last days, and listen to the stories of the haunted Smithey Hotel. Tickets will be sold on the Courthouse lawn at the museum and at the Wilkesboro Open Air Market the Friday before. Tours start at 8 PM.

Learn more about Wilkesboro NC HERE.

MerleFest 25 This Weekend in Wilkesboro

April 26-29   MerleFest 25 Celebrate spring and help kick off festival season at MerleFest 25, considered one of the premier music festivals in the country. MerleFest is held on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro NC. The four-day festival features over 90 artists performing on 14 stages, including Doc & Richard Watson, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and the Tedeschi Trucks Band.

MerleFest  began in 1988 and is the primary fundraiser for Wilkes Community College.   The Music of MerleFest is "traditional plus" as Doc Watson best describes it.  Traditional   plus means the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other stylesthe musicians are  in the mood to play.

The Fest includes  unique shopping experiences. The Shoppes at MerleFest,  a centrally located shopping village, features  commercial vendors, official MerleFest memorabilia, and services such as first aid, lost and found, overnight storage and internet access. The Heritage Crafts Tent offers some of the region's finest  artisans  selling and demonstrating  handicrafts.

Get more local information on the Wilkesboro NC Visitor Guide.