Wanee Music Festival

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Wanee Festival
Sean Chambers visits the crowd at the 2014 Wanee Festival
GenreJam band music
Location(s)Live Oak, Florida
Years active2005–present
Founded byButch Trucks and Gregg Allman
WebsiteWanee Festival[usurped]

Wanee Festival was an annual event held 2005 - 2018 at the

Allman Brothers Band until 2014 and was managed by Live Nation
. On November 5, 2018, it was announced via the Wanee website that the festival would not be occurring at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in 2019, citing the religious holidays of Easter and Passover as the reason the festival was cancelled. No plans for future Wanee Festivals have been announced.

Overview

The festival, hosted by the

Allman Brothers Band until 2014 and managed by Live Nation
, is held outdoors on two stages (Peach Stage & Mushroom Stage). In later years, The Porch Stage, The Traveling Stage and The Campground Stage have been added and are frequently used now. The Wanee Festival has featured as little as 11 bands/artists its inaugural year to as many as 44 bands/artists in 2011.

In recent years, the Wanee Festival has gone from a two-day- to a three-day-long festival. Even though the official festival is only three days long, many festival goers arrive early for the Wanee Kickoff Party, known as Wanee Wednesday, which features less well known artists and is typically the night before the opening day of the festival.

The event is generally held in the spring. In addition to the headlining Allman Brothers Band, the festival has featured performances by band members with their own bands, including

.

Line up by year

2005

the 2005 festival held April 15–16 featuring

2006

The 2006 festival held April 14–15 featuring

The Wailers
,
O.A.R.,
North Mississippi All Stars and Honeytribe.[2][5][6]

2007

The 2007 festival held April 13–14 featuring The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, The Derek Trucks Band, Oteil Burbridge & The Peacemakers, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Rusted Root, Nickel Creek, The Radiators (American band), Sister Hazel, Bononbos Convergence, Keller Williams, Rose Hill Drive, Honeytribe, Scrapomatic, Backyard Tire Fire, Phonograph and Tift Merritt[2][7][8]

2008

The 2008 festival held on April 11–12 Allman Brothers Band Gov't Mule, Bob Weir & RatDog, Levon Helm and THE LEVON HELM BAND, Moe (band), JJ Grey & Mofro, Del McCoury Band, The Greyboy Allstars, Junior Brown, Oteil Burbridge & The Peacemakers, Papa Mali, PORTER*BATISTE*STOLZ, RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND, LARRY McCRAY BAND, Tinsley Ellis, Scrapomatic, The Frequency, Devon Allman’S Honeytribe, Bonobos Convergence, Inca Maya, Little Brown Peach, Tucci, Special Saturday midnight set with Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival[9][10][11][12]

2009

The 2009 festival was held on June 5–7 and featured artists:

Col. Bruce Hampton, Blowing Trees, and Bonobos Convergence[13][14][15]

2010

The 2010 event was held April 16–17 and featured artists:

2011

The 2011 event was held April 14–16 and in addition to the

2012

The 2012 event was held April 19–21 and included

2013

The 2013 event was held April 18–20 and included such musical guests as

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Jumpin Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, Johnny Vidacovich, Dirty Dozen Braass Band, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio, The Lee Boys, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, The Revivalists, Beebs and her Money Makers and Monophonics.[29][30][14]

2014

The 2014 event, held April 10–12, featured guests Allman Brothers

2015

The 2015 event, the first since the retirement of the Allman Brothers Band, held April 16–18 and featured

]

2016

The 2016 event, was held April 14–16, featuring

Kung Fu, Nigel Hall, Devon Allman Band with guest Ben Sparaco, Big Something
, The Yeti Trio [35][36][37][38]

2017

The 2017 event, was held April 20–22, featuring Widespread Panic, Bob Weir and the Campfire Band (2 days), Trey Anastasio Band, Gov't Mule, Dark Star Orchestra (2 Sets on 4/20), Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, JJ Grey & Mofro, Les Brers, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Leftover Salmon Performing The Music Of Neil Young, The Greyboy Allstars, Blackberry Smoke, Matisyahu, Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass, Papadosio, Turkuaz, Pink Talking Fu – Music Of David Bowie & Prince DJ Logic, Kung Fu, Pink Talking Fish, Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio, Devon Allman Band, The Marcus King Band, The Yeti Trio, Brothers & Sisters Band. Wanee Wednesday featured a tribute to Butch Trucks with The Freight Train Band feat Luther & Cody Dickinson, New Orleans Suspects, Crazy Fingers, Ben Sparaco, Matt Reynolds and Brothers and Sisters.[39][40][35][41][42]

2018

The 2018 festival, which is set for April 19–21 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, featured two nights of Widespread Panic and Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band. Other bands announced include As the Crow Flies, Dark Star Orchestra (Thursday on the Peach Stage), St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Jaimoe's Jasssz Band, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, North Mississippi All Stars, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (Eat A Bunch of Peaches featuring George Porter Jr. & Marc Quinones), Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Walter Trout, Sonny Landreth, The Marcus King Band, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners), Pink Talking Fish (Tied To The Whipping Post), Soul Rebels, Les Bros, Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio, The Main Squeeze, Big Something, New Orleans Suspects, Berry Oakley's Indigenous Suspects, Midnight North, The Yeti Trio and Crazy Fingers.[43][44][45][46]

2019

In November 2018,

Live Nation announced that they would not hold a Wanee Music Festival in 2019. No additional plans have been made to continue the music festival.[47][48][49]

See also

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