March 8, 2021 – Gary Hayes Country

MerleFest, presented by Window World, announces Mega Raffle

Over $127,000 in cash and prizes with drawings held every 2 minutes during a virtual drawing on Tuesday, May 11

March 1, 2021 – Wilkesboro, North Carolina – The Wilkes Community College Foundation is pleased to announce its first annual MerleFest Mega Raffle in support of scholarships at WCC. Net proceeds from the raffle will directly support the Presidential Scholarship and the WCC SAGE Fellows program. The Mega Raffle includes over $127,000 in cash and prizes with drawings held every 2 minutes during a virtual drawing on Tuesday, May 11, from 7:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Tickets are $100 each and will go on sale on the website on Monday, March 1, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. Only 2,500 tickets will be sold. Each ticket purchased entitles the ticketholder to two entries into the drawings. For more information on the benefactors, official contest rules, prize list, or to purchase tickets, please visit www.merlefest.org/megaraffle.

You, my dear readers know that I cover over 275 festivals each year, and I have spent the last few days catching up with each one of them. Some of them have canceled and many more plan to continue on…this is one of them.

NOT ONLY are they going to move forward with their plans, but they are one of ONLY TWO festivals right now holding a contest. The other festival is ROMP right here in my home state of Kentucky.

What MerleFest does for their local community is absolutely amazing, and they bring a lot of bands and artists to the front line, and it garners many new fans that will hopefully support music in every way.

I’m not really sure if anything on the live music world will ever come to fruition this year or not. It’s not really anybody’s guarantee that festivals will or will not ever come back at all? In either event, this is one of them that always exceeds my expectations as a music fan, and I plan to further promote them, and cover them.

MerleFest Mega Raffle
Wilkes Community College (WCC) Foundation will hold its first MerleFest Mega Raffle to support scholarships at Wilkes Community College. The MerleFest Mega Raffle drawings will take place virtually on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at merlefest.org/megaraffle**Prizes**
2021 Ford Bronco • 2021 Nissan Rogue • Two MerleFest Gold Patron Packages • PS 5 Gaming Package • Santa Cruz Tony Rice Guitar • Samsung 55″ TV and Bose Sound System • Nintendo Switch Gaming Package • Apple Watch Series 6 • Custom-Designed Ring • Giant Bike • Nine $1,000 Cash Prizes • $2,500 Cash Prize • $5,000 Cash Prize • $7,500 Cash Prize • $15,000 Cash Prize

Winners will be announced during the live event and will be notified via phone or email to confirm their prize. Additionally, winners will be listed on the MerleFest website.Raffle tickets are $100 each and include two entries to the MerleFest Mega Raffle drawings. Raffle tickets can be purchased on our website. Click the button below to visit the MerleFest Mega Raffle website. Tickets go on sale March 1, 2021.

Visit the MerleFest Mega Raffle Page!

Thank you to our MerleFest Mega Raffle Partners:
Yadkin Valley Motor Company of North Wilkesboro
McNeill Nissan of Wilkesboro
Mountain View TV Center of West Jefferson
GameStop of Wilkesboro
Carolina West Wireless of Wilkesboro
Cook’s Sporting Goods of North Wilkesboro
Michael’s Jewelry of North Wilkesboro
Santa Cruz Guitar Company of Santa Cruz, CA
MerleFest

Want to know more about the WCC Foundation? Click here!

See official rules on our website