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Mike Faulkenberry and Friends Present: Summer Jam '73 at Watkins Glen Revisited - 10/03

Mike Faulkenberry and Friends Present: Summer Jam '73 at Watkins Glen Revisited - 10/03

The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a July 1973 rock festival outside Watkins Glen, New York, that featured the Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and the Band. The July 28, 1973, event long held the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "largest audience at a pop festival," with an estimated 600,000 fans in attendance at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway.

Mike Faulkenberry has gathered musicians from some of the areas tribute bands for this annual event The band includes Mark Mulholland from the ABB tribute band, Idlewild South, on lead/slide. Curtis Wingfield from Jazz is Led, Runaway Gin, Bears on Fishin to it, Dan Ihle from Long Strange Deal on bass guitar. Grub Thornburg from Pretending- Eric Clapton Tribute, SRO, on organ and keys. Jim Brock on drums, Cito Giulini from the the Other People, Jamorah, and Long Strange Deal on guitar. Mike Faulkenberry from Long Strange Deal and Pretending on guitar and vocals.

The band will be playing selections from the Grateful Dead and The Band in the first set, and The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band the second set! Two full sets!

Get your tickets because this will be an absolutely good time!

Visulite Theatre
$15 advanced / $20 day of
07:00 PM - 11:59 PM on Sat, 3 Oct 2026

Event Supported By

Visulite Theatre

Artist Group Info

Mike Faulkenberry
Visulite Theatre
1615 Elizabeth Ave
Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
704.358.9200
boxoffice@visulite.com