06/25/2026
🎸 Into the Great Wide Warehouse
Before this building became home to ThemeWorks, Tom Petty was already creating unforgettable experiences here.
In July 1972, Mudcrutch, featuring Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, performed at the High Springs To***co Festival in the Big Dollar to***co warehouse... the very building that is now home to ThemeWorks. That's a pretty incredible chapter in this building's history.
One of the photos shows an old to***co basket left behind in the warehouse—a quiet artifact from another era. Long before this space became ThemeWorks, it was filled with the sounds of to***co auctions and, for one memorable night in 1972, the music of a young Mudcrutch.
The story was recently documented by the Tom Petty Trail, which traces important locations from Petty's Florida years. If you're a Petty fan, it's well worth exploring:
https://tompettytrail.com/buried-treasure
