Widespread Panic Wanee 2016 headliners

LIVE OAK, Fla. — Music fans will have a two-night opportunity to get their Panic on April 15 and 16 when Widespread Panic once again headline the Wanee Music Festival at the Spirit of Suwanee Music Park near here.

The Allman Brothers Band disbanded a couple of years ago, ending their decadelong run as host of Wanee, but fans of the venerable Southern rock icons will still have an opportunity to see most of the band at Wanee 2016. Gregg Allman will bring his solo show to the festival, and former Allman lead guitarist Warren Haynes will perform with his band Gov’t. Mule and with the Ashes and Dust Band.

Former Brothers drummers Butch Trucks and Jaimoe, as well as bassist Oteil Burbridge, will play with Les Brers (a supergroup that also includes Bruce Katz, Jack Pearson, Lamar Williams, Marc Quinones and Pat Bergeson); while Jaimoe will play with his Jasssz band and Burbridge with Oteil and Friends.

Non-Allman standouts who will also perform at Wanee 2016 include Bruce Hornsby with his band the Noisemakers, Umphrey’s McGee, Hot Tuna Electric with Steve Kimock, the North Mississippi Allstars, the Stanley Clarke Band and Dumpstaphunk.

Another Allman-related act — outside the Brothers — scheduled to perform is Gregg’s son Devon Allman and his band. Others on the bill include Soulive, The Wood Brothers, Tribal Seeds, Madisen Ward and Mama Bear, the Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio, Kung Fu, Nigel Hall and Big Something.

Tickets for Wanee 2016, which include the bonus Wanee Wednesday Happy Hour, are on sale now at www.waneefestival.com. Three-day general admission tickets are $199.95, while VIP tickets are $499. VIP packages include admission to special concert viewing areas at the Peach and Mushroom stages, three nights of primitive camping, a Wanee VIP T-shirt, a commemorative festival laminate and poster, private restrooms, catered lunch and dinner on Friday and Saturday, and complimentary snacks and soft drinks.

The festival will kick off with Wanee Wednesday, which provides a bonus day of music, on April 13, while Wanee kicks off in earnest April 14 at 12:30 p.m.

Additional information about the festival is available at www.waneefestival.com.