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This is the year for Panic: Riverbend finally lands monster jam-band Widespread Panic

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Widespread PanicJohn Bell: guitars, vocalsJohn “JoJo” Hermann: keyboards, vocalsJimmy Herring: guitarsTodd Nance: drums, vocalsDomingo S. Ortiz: percussion, vocalsDave Schools: bass, vocals

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Sometimes getting an act for Riverbend can be like winning the lottery and, just as the odds of buying a winning Powerball ticket are stacked against you, there is no chance of winning if you don’t buy one at all.

Every year for the past 13, Friends of the Festival Talent and Production Coordinator Joe “Dixie” Fuller has put in a bid to book jam band Widespread Panic, and every year scheduling or routing conflicts have prevented it from happening.

Until this year.