Next Thursday April 1 marks the final date to purchase discount advance tickets to Smilefest. The festival will return to the Van Hoy Farms in Union Grove, NC on July 22-25. Performers for the event which now enters its 10th year, include Keller Williams, Derek Trucks Band, Steve Kimock Band, Umphreys McGee, Burning Spear, Yonder Mountain String Band and Garaj Mahal. Also slated to perform are Barefoot Manner and G-13 who will perform a Smilefest preview gig at the Neighborhood Theater in Charlotte on April 1 (discount tix will be available at the show).