Widespread Panic will play two nights at the Wanee Music Festival in April 2018 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park.

LIVE OAK — The 2018 Wanee Music Festival announced the initial artist lineup earlier this month.

Wanee 2018, which is set for April 19-21 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, will feature 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.

Early Bird tickets have sold out, but general admission tickets went on sale Nov. 17 at the SOSMP and on the Wanee website at www.waneefestival.com/ where you may also find other ticket info when available.

In its 14th year in 2018, Wanee was hosted for the first 10 years by the Allman Brothers Band until the band officially retired. Still, many of the band members continue to play each year with other bands at Wanee.

In 2017, two members of the founding Allman Brothers Band have died – Butch Trucks in January and Gregg Allman in late May — missed and loved by all fans.