[We would like to thank Mikey Reppy (@mikey) for recapping last night's show. -Ed.]

It’s day three of the four day run, so people are generally completely settled in, if not before, now very used to the rhythm of the resort Phish life. They are in high celebration mode. The pools are full and raucous. It has been noticeably cooler and cloudier this year than in the past few years, but today, Friday, is bright, sunny and the warmest day of the trip so far. I never get an actual headcount for these things, but 2026 seems like 2025 in that there are a lot of Phish fans here but less than in the early 2020’s, and concentrated in the Sunrise end of the Moon Palace complex. We’ve run into a few people here in the Sunrise pool that are not here for Phish but they like the crowd. And hopefully they like the music as it’s clearly audible across half the complex!

Night 3 also has the audience where it wants to be. The crowd is mostly in front of the soundboard and a little bit on either side of it. The palms, food & table area, and beach are not crowded. We like the waves so are typically on the beach right at the waters edge and far enough back so as not to be crowded. But the “Waves” theme was last night so on to today. Phish has settled in, so the highs are high. Winds at showtime are very mild so the seas lap at our feet.

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