| Bluegrass First Class | Asheville | NC | United States | February | Bluegrass |
| Pickin’ on the Pungo Bluegrass Festival | Belhaven | NC | United States | September | Bluegrass |
| Steve Sutton Fest | Black Mountain | NC | United States | June | Bluegrass |
| Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddler’s Convention | Boone | NC | United States | February | Old-Time Fiddle Music |
| Antlers and Acorns Boone Songwriter Festival | Boone | NC | United States | September | Singer-Songwriter, Americana, folk, and roots music |
| Mountain Song Festival | Brevard | NC | United States | September | Bluegrass |
| Tuck Fest | Charlotte | NC | United States | April | Bluegrass, Folk, Jam |
| Cherokee Bluegrass Festival | Cherokee | NC | United States | June | Bluegrass |
| The Malpass Brothers Bluegrass & Country Music Festival | Denton | NC | United States | May | Bluegrass |
| Reevestock | Elkin | NC | United States | October | Folk, Jam |
| Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival | Elon | NC | United States | May | Bluegrass |
| The Tony Rice Memorial Day MusicFest at Camp Springs | Elon | NC | United States | May | Bluegrass |
| Ashe County Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention | Jefferson | NC | United States | July | Bluegrass |
| Balsam Range Art of Music Festival | Lake Junaluska | NC | United States | December | Bluegrass |
| Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Festival | Maggie Valley | NC | United States | October | Bluegrass |
| Bluegrass Island Music Festival | Manteo | NC | United States | October | Bluegrass |
| North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival | Marion | NC | United States | August | Bluegrass |
| Earl Scruggs Music Festival | Mill Spring | NC | United States | September | Bluegrass |
| Carolina Bible Camp Bluegrass Festival | Mocksville | NC | United States | September | Bluegrass |
| Mount Airy Bluegrass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention | Mount Airy | NC | United States | June | Bluegrass |
| Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention | Mount Airy | NC | United States | June | Old-Time, Bluegrass |
| Bluegrass at the Junction | Nashville | NC | United States | May | Bluegrass |
| Big Lick Bluegrass Festival | Oakboro | NC | United States | April | Bluegrass |
| Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival | Oriental | NC | United States | October | Bluegrass |
| Appalachian Folk Festival | Pisgah Forest | NC | United States | June | Old-Time, Appalachian Folk Music, Bluegrass, Old-Time Music, Mountain Music, Cajun Music, Celtic Music |
| The Big What? | Pittsboro | NC | United States | August | Jam |
| Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival | Pittsboro | NC | United States | October | Bluegrass |
| Hoppin’ John Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddler’s Convention | Pittsboro | NC | United States | September | Bluegrass |
| The North Carolina ‘Cuegrass Festival | Raleigh | NC | United States | April | Bluegrass |
| IBMA World of Bluegrass | Raleigh | NC | United States | September | Bluegrass |
| JoCo Bluegrass Festival | Selma | NC | United States | September | Bluegrass |
| Spruce Pine BBQ & Bluegrass | Spruce Pine | NC | United States | October | Bluegrass |
| Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest | Sugar Grove | NC | United States | July | Bluegrass |
| Bluegrass by the Beach | Sunset | NC | United States | April | Bluegrass |
| Smokey Mountains Bluegrass Festival | Waynesville | NC | United States | October | Bluegrass |
| MerleFest | Wilkesboro | NC | United States | April | Bluegrass |
| Carolina Hills Fiddle Fest | Wilkesboro | NC | United States | August | Bluegrass |
