- Date
- Friday, December 18, 2026
- Set time
- 8:00 PM EST
- Venue
- Spirit of the Suwannee Music ParkLive Oak, FL
- Admission
- Not listed
About the band
Uncle John's Band
Clearwater, FL · since 1989
Uncle John's Band formed in Clearwater in 1989 and is the longest-running Grateful Dead tribute on Florida's west coast. For 24 years its Thursday nights at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa were church for the Tampa Bay faithful; the weekly Thursday now lives at Bayboro Brewing in St. Petersburg, with Skipper's on Fridays and Saturdays. The band — Michael Bortz and Dan DeGregory on drums, Michael Edwards on bass, Alan Gilman on lead guitar, Casey Otto on keys, and Rich Whiteley on rhythm guitar — has played thousands of hours of Dead music from Chicago to Key West and the whole Florida festival circuit: Gasparilla, Magnolia Fest, Orange Blossom Jamboree.
The venue
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
3076 95th Dr · Live Oak, FL
800-plus-acre campground and festival grounds on the Suwannee River north of Live Oak, with multiple outdoor stages and an indoor music hall. Home to Suwannee Hulaween, Suwannee Roots Revival, and much of Florida's jam-band festival calendar.
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