I want to also mention that they added several water fillup stations after that first night of shenanigans. By Friday morning there were three more places to fill up your water bottle in the festival area. Some flooding as a result, but overall this reduced the lines at all the water stations significantly and showed how much this band actually cares about their fans.
Yesterday’s show was moved forward to 1pm due to incoming rain and thunderstorms. Phish ended up playing an extended one set show. I guess they just got screwed by the weather. It was brutally hot outside but the music they did play was great.
I was still riding the wave from the previous night’s dance party and boogied all afternoon long. We got to meet up with some Charleston fam during the set as well which was also great.
After the show we hung around the venue a bit and took...
day four
Yesterday’s show was moved forward to 1pm due to incoming rain and thunderstorms. Phish ended up playing an extended one set show. I guess they just got screwed by the weather. It was brutally hot outside but the music they did play was great.
I was still riding the wave from the previous night’s dance party and boogied all afternoon long. We got to meet up with some Charleston fam during the set as well which was also great.
After the show we hung around the venue a bit and took it all in one last time. This was a great experience and I love Phish even more now. Saturday night’s show was the most fun I’ve had dancing at a concert in my life.
The campgrounds started to clear out pretty quick after the show ended. It’s now Monday morning and we’re about to clean up and leave. Others will do the same shortly, and we enter back into the reality of our daily lives.
What an epic weekend!
SET 1: Party Time, Axilla -> Maze, Steam, Martian Monster, AC/DC Bag, Sigma Oasis -> Rift, Stash, Ya Mar, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Bathtub Gin > Izabella > Simple > Golden Age
amazing night last night. Show was a giant dance party. The rumors about Phish doing 3 sets last night were false, but still, the show was just awesome.
friday’s show was trippy and out to space, last night was a fun and silly dance party. The campground party and vibe was much less spun and much more happy.
This festival makes me want to drop everything and go follow Phish on tour.
“meatstick” was so much fun in the first set. And “down with disease” & “tweezer” and...
Day three
amazing night last night. Show was a giant dance party. The rumors about Phish doing 3 sets last night were false, but still, the show was just awesome.
friday’s show was trippy and out to space, last night was a fun and silly dance party. The campground party and vibe was much less spun and much more happy.
This festival makes me want to drop everything and go follow Phish on tour.
“meatstick” was so much fun in the first set. And “down with disease” & “tweezer” and really the whole second set just incredible. I’ve never danced so much in my life.
today’s show was been moved to 1pm due to the threat of rain. That’s a bummer but I truly have faith that Phish is going to deliver yet another incredible showing this afternoon. In the rain…
I think last night’s show will be one to pull up when you’re looking for a party. I will definitely listen to that one again. Amazing time.
maybe my favorite Phish show that i’ve seen to date? Band is so good, i’ve seen so many good shows, it’s hard to decide which was the best. Long live Phish.
so incredibly glad i came to this festival
SET 1: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Theme From the Bottom > Blaze On, Gotta Jibboo, 46 Days, Evolve, Meatstick > David Bowie
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Oblivion, Down with Disease > Tweezer > Scents and Subtle Sounds > Boogie On Reggae Woman, Carini
ENCORE: Backwards Down the Number Line, You Enjoy Myself, Tweezer Reprise
What i’m hearing, not sure if true, is that Phish planned to do that special ambient set tonight but swapped it to last night due to the threat of rain tonight.
Since they already did a three set show last night, I am expecting to see a three set show tonight as well. Let’s see if they end up doing that.
Maybe three sets tonight and something unique tomorrow evening to close out the festival.
Here’s to hoping the rain clears up and the party can continue for two more nights as planned!
What i’m hearing, not sure if true, is that Phish planned to do that special ambient set tonight but swapped it to last night due to the threat of rain tonight.
Since they already did a three set show last night, I am expecting to see a three set show tonight as well. Let’s see if they end up doing that.
Maybe three sets tonight and something unique tomorrow evening to close out the festival.
Here’s to hoping the rain clears up and the party can continue for two more nights as planned!
I had this idea while sitting at camp during Phish Mondegreen. A group effort of music festival survival advice.
This is a place to share your supply lists, useful items that have made your experience easier, and general tips and tricks for surviving a music festival.
These events are undoubtedly a ton of fun, but they are also quite a bit of effort.
Since I am currently at a festival myself, I will save my own input on this topic for later. Chime in with your festival tips and happy camping!
Shared some photos i took yesterday while wandering around the venue. I’m planning to take some more, when it stops raining. It’s hard to take photos at night especially because everyone is super spun. I wouldn’t want to harsh anyone’s mellow by pointing a camera in their face lol
Page was straight up trolling last night on “My Pet Cat”. Those kitty screeches were pretty intense. Maybe a little too intense but going back into “Ruby Waves” and then “Ghost” made it all worth it.
Wow, what a crazy night! I’m sitting here in the rain on Saturday morning with two more nights ahead of me.
They played two sets last night, and near the end of the second one Trey told the crowd not to go back to their campsites after the set. Then they returned for a full ambient jam with incredible HD lighting effects on a streaming screen that hung in front of the stage.
really great show through and through. Never seen so many spun wooks in my life. Going to the bathroom after...
Day two
Wow, what a crazy night! I’m sitting here in the rain on Saturday morning with two more nights ahead of me.
They played two sets last night, and near the end of the second one Trey told the crowd not to go back to their campsites after the set. Then they returned for a full ambient jam with incredible HD lighting effects on a streaming screen that hung in front of the stage.
really great show through and through. Never seen so many spun wooks in my life. Going to the bathroom after Fluffhead meant wading through the sea of wooks, who were busy gathering the pieces of their minds. Myself included.
Back at the campsite we stayed up all night laughing our asses off and talking about life and Phish. Around 3am a wook walked by our campsite very slowly and stopped a couple cars down. He was silent for a moment, and then he hollered, at nobody in particular, “bump of coke for a balloon!”
lol. Some of the people here are sketchy and way too spun. Lots of people with kids which is a questionable decision based on what i’ve witnessed so far at this festival.
hope the rain stops soon because we didn’t really prepare ourselves for this situation at our campsite.
SET 1: Bouncing Around the Room, Kill Devil Falls > Peaches en Regalia, Free, Divided Sky, Tube, Mountains in the Mist, Reba, Twist > Character Zero
SET 2: My Friend, My Friend > No Men In No Man’s Land> Ruby Waves > Pillow Jets -> Your Pet Cat -> Ruby Waves > Ghost -> No Men In No Man’s Land > Fluffhead
Here’s the link for anyone interested. The gist is that Kanye posted photos of himself and his wife that someone else took and now they are suing him for 1.5 million dollars. I’m just curious if any photographer friends or anyone has opinions about this. To me it seems unfair that people can photograph you without your consent and then sue you / and or profit off said images. Seems like a very sticky...
Here’s the link for anyone interested. The gist is that Kanye posted photos of himself and his wife that someone else took and now they are suing him for 1.5 million dollars. I’m just curious if any photographer friends or anyone has opinions about this. To me it seems unfair that people can photograph you without your consent and then sue you / and or profit off said images. Seems like a very sticky legal situation and I’ll be interested to see what the outcome is.
first day of music in the books. I am a slime ball already. The show last night was pretty amazing, especially the second set.
It was overwhelming at first for me, when the band started playing. The sheer scale of this event and the massive amount of people in that field was a lot to take in. I guess i didn’t really know what i was getting myself into with the concept of a Phish festival.
by the time the second set started i had cooled down, and felt like i had found my footing. @marleyfacedboy and i found a much more chill location and found our groove....
day one
first day of music in the books. I am a slime ball already. The show last night was pretty amazing, especially the second set.
It was overwhelming at first for me, when the band started playing. The sheer scale of this event and the massive amount of people in that field was a lot to take in. I guess i didn’t really know what i was getting myself into with the concept of a Phish festival.
by the time the second set started i had cooled down, and felt like i had found my footing. @marleyfacedboy and i found a much more chill location and found our groove.
the music
the first set felt like a back to back hits warmup set. I liked it, but the second set was where i personally found the groove and became comfortable inside this wild vessel that is Phish Mondegreen
We stood in line for water during almost the entirety of “what’s going through your mind” which is pretty ridiculous. The lines to get water are really not cool at all. It seems classic at this point for festivals to fuck over attendees in this way to sell more water. I thought Phish would be above that but apparently not.
the meat of the set for me came for the segment between “Light” and “Prince Caspian”. “Light” descended deep into a dark, chaotic jam, down, down, down… until they landed smoothly in “Prince Caspian” for a moment of triumph.
“crosseyed and painless” was a party and then they went into “lonely trip”. The ballad was sweetly sung and i think it will sound nice on a relisten for sure.
“Everything’s Right” was a ton of fun and whole encore was epic. Overall it was a great first day and my first ever Phish festival show.
very happy to be here. Very glad that there are still 3 more days of music. It’s time to eat some pancakes and get ready for another day.
phish 8/15/24 setlist
SET 1: The Moma Dance, Back on the Train, Wolfman’s Brother, Funky Bitch, Roggae, NICU, A Wave of Hope, Sand
SET 2: What’s Going Through Your Mind -> Chalk Dust Torture -> Light > Prince Caspian, Crosseyed and Painless, Lonely Trip, Everything’s Right
ENCORE: Saw It Again > Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light
Arrival – we showed up early yesterday and hit the box office not long after they opened. we ended up camping in Pod 2, with camp set up by noon or so.
i have to say that this was the most well-organized festival entrance i’ve experienced in my life so far. maybe it was because we got in early, but everything seems very well thought-out. We experienced very little BS or confusion coming in.
Overall, this festival has a similar feel to Bonnaroo, in terms of camp setup and vibe. The...
Arrival – we showed up early yesterday and hit the box office not long after they opened. we ended up camping in Pod 2, with camp set up by noon or so.
i have to say that this was the most well-organized festival entrance i’ve experienced in my life so far. maybe it was because we got in early, but everything seems very well thought-out. We experienced very little BS or confusion coming in.
Overall, this festival has a similar feel to Bonnaroo, in terms of camp setup and vibe. The difference is that everyone is here for the same band. Which means that everyone already has something in common.
the fact that something is Phish is pretty dope
The venue opens today at 12pm. Me and @marleyfacedboy are gonna head in there and check it out when it does.
Beer prices are ridiculous, as to be expected. $16 – $18 a pop. However we can drink as much as we want at camp from our coolers.
music starts today at 6:30pm. Two sets of Phish in Delaware!
Pretty freaking awesome considering he plays in The Rolling Stones.. He also played the first show I ever saw in Charleston back on 2002 at The Music Farm w. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band!
