Wanee Festival 2011: The Lineup

The Wanee Festival returns to the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL on April 14th – 16th, boasting a lineup that mixes old favorites and a slew of unexpected newcomers to the long-running event. Of course, festival hosts the Allman Brothers Band will headline aided by last year’s co-headliner, Widespread Panic.

Festival newcomers include the Steve Miller Band, Robert Plant and the Band of Joy as well as Ween, the Mike Gordon Band and Hot Tuna. The Allmans keep it all in the family by welcoming the Warren Haynes Band, Derek & Susan’s Band, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band plus Oteil Burbridge and The Lee Boys. Festival favorites KDTU, Dumpstaphunk, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Big Gigantic and Keller Williams are also set to perform at Wanee 2011.

All in all, Live Nation has put together a fantastic lineup that far exceeds previous offerings. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, January 22, at 10AM EST through WaneeFestival.com and LiveNation.com.

Here’s the full list of bands…

The Allman Brothers Band, Widespread Panic, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Steve Miller Band, Warren Haynes Band, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Ween, Stephen Marley, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Mike Gordon, Hot Tuna, 7 Walkers Feat. Bill Kreutzmann, Galactic, Taj Mahal, North Mississippi Allstars, Keller Williams, John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours, The Radiators, Wanda Jackson, Rusted Root, Oteil Burbidge and The Lee Boys, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Gigantic, Melvin Seals & JGB, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, New Deal, Lotus, Tea Leaf Green, DJ Logic, Toubab Krewe, Devon Allman’s Honeytribe, Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio, Soul Rebel’s Brass Band, Guitar Shorty, Dangermuffin, Honey Island Swamp Band, Kevin Hammond, Death on Two Wheels, The Yeti Trio, Jacob Jeffries Band and Griffin Anthony