Hard to quite put your finger on what made this show special. It was a home game, from my vantage point. Big celebratory energy inside this cramped, funny old venue. Ghosts of old show dozin in the rafters. Great, offbeat setlists. Little treats everywhere (Access Me(!)). Terrific, superlative jamming.

They keep having their opportunity to phone one in this year. To play a ho-hum Sunday night on a strange, one-off “fall tour”. Not this year, apparently! 2024 still hasn’t something left to prove!

Bravo.

This was one of my favorite shows recently. It was dark in places, it was funky in places and the band was absolutely on fire with all members having some form of standout portion. The other major giveaway that this show was a banger were the vibes inside the venue. You could feel the energy and see the crowd absolutely rocking. There are too many call outs to pick from here but the surprise of my night was Most Events Aren't Planned. I've never really enjoyed this song previously but on this night, that song slapped! What a way to end the second set!

This one has a slightly odd looking setlist, it wasn't a four-on-the-floor dance party and there's no mind-blowing jam I would point to and say "you gotta hear this one" ... and yet this show really cooked. Strong versions of a few songs, some fun mini-bustouts — never thought I'd get an "Access Me" on the heels of a "Nothing" — but to me the big takeaway was just how locked in the band sounded. They played cohesive and clean all weekend, but especially tonight. They were firing on all cylinders.

The only downside to this one is that it closed out a three-show run instead of being a Fall Tour lead-up to Halloween. But when the band sounds this good, I truly have no complaints.

After the previous night(s) my expectations were high but grounded. The band did not disappoint. Heavy Things was a good energetic start. WGTYM kept the energy, being new I hadn't had a chance to really make up my mind (ha) about this one....but the groove was solid. Access me? Really? This was a pleasant surprise. Mike doesn't get enough mic time (ha! again) that much anymore so this was fun and bubbly. Myfe was a surprise.....Not gonna lie, not many of the recent versions really do it for me and this one is no exception. The MSO was fun....Page tore that up. LxL had a joyful playfulness about it the way the notes were bubbling up and bouncing all over. Mist is always a welcomed treat. This rendition was solid and heartfelt, the mist dissipating slowly as the song winds down is right up there with the quiet part of WTU in my book. KDF....that got weird...especially right after Trey played the Manteca line a couple times at the beginning of the jam....the synth layers Page added were the icing on the cake....their landing back into the main riff was stupendous. Not gonna sugar coat it, not a fan of Walls.....so it was time to sit down and relax.

ER.....I'm always 50/50 on this song. Sometimes the jams within it can be a lil too pedestrian for my taste. They did catch a theme that sounded super familiar to my ears but I can't quite place it.....it was a very Allmans sounding riff.....the jam out was good on this one. Chalkdust. This was a monster. I'm usually not a fan of Chalkdust. That was not the case with this one. This one is a pure musical conversation. Sure, everyone caught that Stash tease.....but who was really listening?.....every review I've seen totally misses the Most Events segment towards the end. No mention of it at all. Listen to it again, after the "delay jam" part.....Fish settles into the beat, Mike has the sound he uses, and Page is even playing it.....They almost started playing it right then.......it was far more than a tease and I really thought at the time they were going to segue into it.......and then back into Chakdust to finish it out. Mercury is always solid. Then Velvet Sea. I really enjoyed how they took their time with it.....allowing the delicate nature of the song to shine. Most Events AREN'T Planned......I'm sorry, but this is one of Page's stronger songs that they REALLY should play a tiny bit more than they do. Trey did a REALLY nice job playing the lines he came up with...they had more bite than usual to my ears. The jam..Page really nailed it..after they shifted gears it was just glorious.

4 song encore.....Waste > Bug......you'd think 2 slower songs back to back like that would be a total bummer.....it wasn't.

8/10 for me. Walking out of the venue I was feeling very satisfied. I came to the shows this weekend with an itch for the jams......my itch was scratched.

There was a phish.net forum thread going around the night before this show saying Phish setlists have become stale this year, despite the great improv happening. Posted by a user with a Gotta Jibboo reference in his user name.

Now this show has a wacky set list with a Jibboo encore? Somebody in phish inc is listening to us nerds. Thank you.

Great show.