The String Cheese Incident took Phases of the Moon on a wild ride last night when the band was joined by a variety of special guests for their “Lunar Landing Conspiracy” set. No one was quite sure what to expect from the event, which turned out to be a set full of moon-themed covers, sit ins and typically cheesy theatrics.

Following a pretty standard first set that ended up being a big “Rollover” sandwich, String Cheese returned to open their Lunar Landing Conspiracy with an unfinished take on Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” which is often covered by jambands as “2001.” The opening number also featured plenty of carnivalesque pageantry as fire dancers, acrobats, aerialists and more graced the stage area to start things off. “2001” was followed by a rendition of Talking Heads’ “Moon Rocks” before the Mofro horns joined the band for The Neville Brothers’ “Yellow Moon.”

The next move was a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising” that featured JJ Grey and Bill Payne. Payne then stuck around to do Little Feat’s “Spanish Moon,” with Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman and Furthur vocalist Sunshine Becker also taking the stage for the tune. “Spanish Moon” then segued into Peter Rowan’s “Midnight Moonlight” with Andy Thorn joining the fray for the song, which was followed by the only Cheese original of the set—2014’s first “Galactic.” Next, Michael Travis took up vocals for a rendition of The Police’s “Walking on the Moon” that moved into a drums segment before jamming back into “2001.” The set then wrapped up in true finale fashion, as the band ended things with the closing number’s from Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon—“Brain Damage” and “Eclipse.”

Phases of the Moon continues today with sets from Widespread Panic, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Jackie Greene, Leftover Salmon, Jeff Austin Band, MArtin Sexton, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers and more.

Here’s a look at last night’s String Cheese Incident sets via Phantasy Tour:

Friday, September 12, 2014, String Cheese Incident, Phases of the Moon, Danville, IL

Set I: Rollover (unfinished)>Restless Wind, Bollymunster, Look At Where We Are, You’ve Got The World, Jellyfish>Song In My Head>Best Feeling>Rollover

Lunar Landing Conspiracy

Set II: 2001 (unfinished) > Moon Rocks > Yellow Moon*, Bad Moon Rising**, Spanish Moon^ > Midnight Moonlight^^, Galactic> Walkin On the Moon > Drums > Jam > 2001 > Brain Damage > Eclipse

(*) w/ Mofro horns
(**) w/ JJ Grey and Bill Payne
(^) w/ Vince Herman, Bill Payne and Sunshine Garcia
(^^) w/ Vince, Bill Payne, Sunshine G and Andy Thorn