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Welcome MerleFest 2023 Media Applicants!

Please complete the following online Media Credential Request and submit using the blue button below.

Important! A separate form should be submitted for each representative requesting a media credential (laminate and entry wristband).

Media Credential request applications will be accepted January 31, 2023 through March 15, 2023.

Media Information

* First Name

* Last Name

* Does the applicant need a photo pass?

Crew Information Please list names and positions of any additional on-site crew members that will be assisting with your coverage of MerleFest.

* Media outlet assignment

* Office Address

Address 2

* City

* State/Region

* Zip/Postal Code

* Country

* Email Address

* Daytime Phone

* Cell Phone

* Assignment editor Name, title, email, and phone

* Did you receive media passes last year?

Links to 2022 MerleFest coverage media

If you received media passes in 2021; please provide links to all original news articles, features, radio specials, blogs, etc. that were printed/posted/aired as a result of your coverage at MerleFest 2021.

Add Link

Upload files containing 2022 MerleFest coverage media

In addition to the links above; 2021 MerleFest media files may be uploaded here.

Add File

Never covered MerleFest? (Link upload)

If you have never covered MerleFest, please provide links or files below to your previous coverage of other music/entertainment industry events in the past year.

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Never covered MerleFest? (File upload)

If you have never covered MerleFest, in addition to the links above, please provide files below to your previous coverage of other music/entertainment industry events in the past year.

Add File

If you would like to send additional or all your information needed above, please send a PDF or Word document via e-mail.

On which media platform(s) will your MerleFest coverage appear?

Check all that apply below.

Newspaper
Magazine
Television
Broadcast Radio
Online Radio
Website
Other

* Coverage area Circulation or unique listeners, viewers, or visitors per month.

Facebook

# of Facebook Fans

Instagram

# of Instagram Followers

Twitter

# of Twitter Followers

* Pre-festival and on-site coverage What pre-festival and on-site coverage do you have planned (i.e., feature articles; MerleFest blogging; etc.)? Please be very specific.

Credential days requested

Check all that apply below.

Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

We will make every effort to provide the days you have requested; please note that your planned MerleFest coverage - as you have detailed it above - will help us determine your credentials (media laminate and entry wristband). Members of the radio promotion partnership will only receive a media laminate; RPP members get entry wristbands through the RPP program.

All media credential applications must be submitted by March 15, 2023.

Questions? Contact:
Maria Ivey, IVPR
Phone: 615-306-0737
maria@ivpr.co

Disclaimers

I have completed this application and am authorized to supply all the information contained here within.

I have verified that my contact details are correct.

Consent Disclaimer

The media application for Merlefest 2023 is now open. If you are interested in covering the festival again this year, please double check that all information on your profile is correct and resubmit the application.

Please direct any questions to Maria Ivey (maria@ivpr.co).
Thank you!

I have read and agree to the above Terms & Conditions.

About the Event

MerleFest is a celebration of ‘traditional plus’ music, a unique mix of music based on the traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including bluegrass and old-time music, and expanded to include Americana, country, blues, rock and many other styles.

Learn More

Contact Us

Email: merlefest@wilkescc.edu
Phone (U.S.): (800) 343-7857
Phone (Outside U.S.): (336) 838-6267