It’s impossible to talk about Florida’s jam band and music festival scene without bringing up the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park , a forested site steeped in lore and legend in North Central Florida.

The 800-acre plot of land plays host to 20,000 festival attendees each October when the park’s largest annual festival, Suwannee Hulaween , returns with an expansive array of art and music on five stages. With Spanish moss that resembles cobwebs and a festive Halloween atmosphere, the festival has a gravitational pull that brings back devotees year after year.

“It’s a really special site. You feel the energy and you see how people are so emotionally connected to it,” said Michael Berg , the festival’s co-founder. “We’re trying to create an environment that’s an escape from the real

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