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Ben Kenney

Ben Kenney Website / Instagram / Bandcamp / Spotify   Ben Kenney is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, best known for his work as the bassist in the American rock band Incubus, as well as playing guitar in the American hip hop band The Roots.

Owen & The Smokes with Dune Blue and Celler Dwellers

Owen & The Smokes   An indie/alternative rock group based out Winston Salem, NC. Owen & The Smokes blends a heartfelt, meaningful sound, into a catchy delivery, a unique and memorable experience.   Dune Blue Indie surf from Brooklyn, NY   Celler Dwellers A Richmond based indie rock band, developed and bred down in a old disheveled basement. That place they all hold dear to their hearts inspired their name, the “Celler Dwellers”. 5 fellas on a mission to cover as much ground as possible in the short time we got. Hop on the wagon and lets see how far we go.  

Pressley Laton with Van Meter

Pressley Laton Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Spotify Amazon Apple Bandcamp SoundCloud Winner of the 2026 MerleFest Band Contest, Pressley Laton is an independent alternative-country and roots-rock artist based in Boone, NC, whose music is shaped by Appalachian culture, small-town stories, and a lifelong love of outlaw country and rock and roll. She blends bold, soulful vocals with gritty music and unfiltered storytelling to create a hard-hitting sound that’s raw and real, which Terry Hudson of rBeatz Radio described as “Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Jo Dee Messina.” She and her band leave a lasting impression with high-energy performances that connect just as strongly at festivals as they do in intimate listening rooms. As a rising North Carolina artist, Pressley has performed at festivals and venues across the Southeast, including MerleFest, Boonerang Music & Arts Festival, Antlers & Acorns: The Boone Songwriters Festival, Amos’ Southend, The Evening Muse, Bird’s Nest Listening Room, and The Appalachian Theatre of the High Country.Van Meter  Instagram / Spotify Led by powerhouse songwriter and Maryland native Jennifer Van Meter, this roots-rock outfit brings a sound where Tom Petty meets The Pretenders, with songs that roam freely across genres and influences. Jen’s been crafting heartfelt songs for over 20 years, sharing stages with the likes of The Lone Bellow and Kasey Chambers, and even landing a feature in American Songwriter. Her band consists of two veteran Raleigh players, Bruce Clark and Larry Woodard, and songwriter/drummer turned bassist, Braxton Lindsay. The brand new EP titled “Now What?”, was recorded by Armando Cruz in Clayton, NC, mixed and mastered by Ian Schreier, features Doug Pettibone on guitar, and will be available June 6th.

Make and Insomniac with Evil Eye

MAKE Bandcamp / Instagram   Southern sludge/post-metal outfit Make are back after a 10-year absence and they’re back at playing weight, retooling and expanding their lineup for their fourth album, Exegesis at the End of Time. Arriving a decade after the last Make album, Exegesis sees new members John Crouch (drums) and Aaron Smithers (bass/synth/vocals) join the core duo of Scott Endres (guitar, vocals) and Spencer Lee (bass, guitar, vocals). The songs on Exegesis at the End of Time feel larger and more monumental than anything Make have crafted before, taking the highs of their last release (2016’s Pilgrimage of Loathing) and expanding them into larger, more flowing compositions. There are traces of Neurosis and Isis throughout Exegesis, plus influence from Rosetta, Rwake and their ilk. -Decibel Mag   Insomniac Bandcamp / Instagram   INSOMNIAC coalesce onto our plane like a third eye opening into the beyond. A bouncing ball on the rhythm of the universe. An aural guide past the edges of perception.   Evil Eye Bandcamp / Instagram   Formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in late 2023, Evil Eye is a powerhouse trio of heavy, fuzzed-out rock & roll owing to the likes of Grand Funk Railroad, Mountain, and naturally, Black Sabbath. Their debut album, Wizard War I is a love letter to heavy rock from the 1970s spanning territory from flat-out motorcycle rock to laid-back stoner grooves.

GREX with Savage Knights and Dead Halos

GREX Website / Bandcamp / Instagram   Grex is an experimental/art rock band based out of Oakland, California. In biological terms, a “grex” is an entity composed of several smaller organisms. Grex (the band) explores the meeting point between surreal songcraft and the dark outer reaches of free jazz and industrial hip-hop. The group has been called an “otherworldly experience” (Eugene Weekly) and “true genre warping music” (KFJC), recalling at turns the ecstatic energy of Milford Graves, the electronic squall of Death Grips, and the lilting indie rock of Water from Your Eyes and Mitski. Grex has performed alongside the likes of Fred Frith, Andrew Cyrille, Tony Levin, and members of Irreversible Entanglements, Tune-Yards, and Dirty Projectors. Auntie + Tebs is Grex’s first album in six years. Grex’s previous record, Everything You Said Was Wrong, was supposed to be its last. Then, isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the band reconvened to develop a new set of songs – loud, incendiary stories fueled by avant-garde aesthetics and the rhetoric of radical politics. The title Auntie + Tebs refers to two people: Miriam Defensor Santiago (“Auntie”), a Filipino politician and lawyer who spent her life fighting graft and corruption, and Louis Moholo-Moholo (“Tebs”), a South African drummer and anti-Apartheid activist. This is a record that carries forward their spirit of revolutionary struggle, aspiration, and imagination. Grex is Karl Evangelista (guitar, voice, misc.), Rei Scampavia (keyboards, voice, misc.), and Robert Lopez (drums), with D. Chavez (bass), Bobby Bradford (cornet), Zoh Amba (saxophone), and Misha Khalikulov (cello).   Savage Knights Bandcamp   Dead Halos Bandcamp / Instagram   Dark, noisy, experimental, motorik music.Ruminating in the underworld and baring the darker art of the past, Dead Halos is the solo project of Todd Warner.

The Sleights with Drat The Luck and The Whorly Birds

The Sleights Bandcamp / Instagram   The Sleights is a punk rock band hailing from Colorado Springs. Pulling from its strong punk rock and rock & roll roots, the band keeps the music short and simple, and the live shows fast and fun. The band has recorded 2 EPs and three LPs, the third of which will be released in mid 2026   Drat The Luck Bandcamp / Instagram 3 piece punk band from Winston-Salem, NC.   The Whorly Birds Instagram

EXOPOCALYPSE TOUR: Rav with Teller Bank$ and Fatboi Sharif

VIP Package   • GA ticket • Signed 1st Edition B-Sides Vol.Y CD • Exclusive 3D Lucky Cat Rav Charm • Pre-show Rav Q&A (please arrive an hour ahead of general admission) • Lot of VIP-exclusive stickers • Early access to merch table   Rav Instagram / X Soviet-born indie rap veteran and founder of award-winning Hip-Hop collective EXOCIETY, Rav returns to the stage with his latest album, EMERGENCE DELIRIUM, alongside indie heavyweights Cavalier (Backwoodz Studioz) and Teller Bank$ ($$$). With distinct corners of modern alternative rap connecting for the first time all under one roof, this will be a night to remember. The EXOPOCALYPSE is here!  Teller Bank$ Instagram / X  Teller Bank$ is a Magician and Father of 3. Fatboi Sharif Instagram / X Sharif doesn’t look at his performances with the traditional lens that a normal rapper does, bukt treats the live show as a spiritual experience where Sharif and the crowd become married through raging and serenity. With being inspired as a child by Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, and Parliament Funkadelic it’s hard to put Fatboi in a box. Grit over glamour is the name of his game. Production wise, once he finds the right instrumental that speaks to him in his language, he’ll sit with it for a few weeks and sleep to it on repeat. he’ll dream and see certain visions, colors, and shapes that create an image on top of the production canvas. This keeps his music everlasting.