Esther as performed by all

Date Venue Artist Set Song Before Song After Notes
1988-09-12 Sam's Tavern Phish 2 Hood *** First known performance.
1989-02-07 The Front Phish 1 *** > McGrupp
1989-04-14 The Base Lodge, Stearns Hall... Phish 2 Weekapaug ***
1989-04-15 Billings Lounge, UVM Phish 1 Weekapaug > YEM (Dixie tease)
1989-04-20 Humphries House (The Zoo), A... Phish 1 Fire Suzy
1989-05-01 Pearl Street Ballroom Phish 1 YEM Bag
1989-05-06 Collis Center, Dartmouth Col... Phish 1 Weekapaug Sloth
1989-05-09 The Front Phish 2 Slave > > Antelope
1989-05-28 Ian McLean's Party, Connie C... Phish 1 Slave Suzy
1989-10-12 Mabel Brown Room, Keene Stat... Phish 2 Weekapaug Walk Away
1989-11-02 Memorial Union Building Phish 1 SOAMelt > GTBT
1989-12-03 The Front Phish 2 Bag > > Oh Kee Pa
1989-12-09 Huden Dining Hall, Castleton... Phish 2 Fluffhead > Alumni
1990-01-20 Webster Hall, Dartmouth College Phish 2 Lawn Boy Mike's
1990-01-26 Tree Cafe Phish 2 SOAMelt Reba
1990-02-10 23 East Cabaret Phish 2 La Grange > Bag
1990-02-16 The Paradise Phish 1 Fluffhead > Mike's
1990-02-24 The Bayou Phish 1 Divided > Possum
1990-03-02 The Chance Phish 1 Possum Coil
1990-03-03 The Wetlands Preserve Phish 2 Fluffhead > > Funky Bitch
1990-03-07 Memorial Union Building Phish 1 Possum > Caravan
1990-03-10 The Front Phish 1 Wilson McGrupp
1990-03-17 23 East Cabaret Phish 1 Golgi Dinner and a Movie
1990-04-04 Quigley's, University of Col... Phish 2 Weekapaug > Uncle Pen
1990-04-06 El Dorado Café Phish 2 La Grange > Sloth
1990-04-09 Fly Me to the Moon Saloon Phish 2 Funky Bitch > Uncle Pen
1990-04-13 The Inferno Phish 1 Fluffhead La Grange
1990-04-21 Canyon West Room Phish 1 Funky Bitch > Foam
1990-04-22 Cutler Quad, Colorado College Phish 2 How High the Moon > BBFCFM
1990-04-25 The Clarke Memorial Fountain... Phish 1 YEM La Grange
1990-04-26 Dionysus Club, The 'Sco, Obe... Phish 2 How High the Moon Gin
1990-05-06 Toad's Place Phish 2 Hood > Bowie
1990-05-31 The Georgia Theatre Phish 1 Caravan > Tweezer
1990-06-16 Townshend Family Park Phish 2 Golgi > Tweezer
1990-09-21 Somerville Theatre Phish 1 Foam > Landlady
1990-09-28 The Chance Phish 2 Bag > > Gumbo
1990-10-04 Field House, UNH Phish 1 Landlady > Possum
1990-10-06 The Capitol Theatre Phish 1 Suzy > Possum
1990-10-12 Cat's Cradle Phish 1 Cavern > Tweezer
1990-10-25 The Showbar Phish 1 Carolina Antelope
1990-11-02 Glenn Miller Ballroom, Unive... Phish 1 Weekapaug > Cavern
1990-11-17 Somerville Theatre Phish 2 Weekapaug HYHU
1990-11-30 The Colonial Theatre Phish 1 Weekapaug > Dinner and a Movie
1990-12-29 Campus Club Phish 1 YEM > Bowie
1991-02-02 Alumni Gymnasium Phish 1 Dinner and a Movie > > Stash
1991-02-03 The Front Phish 1 Tweezer Destiny
1991-02-14 State Theatre Of Ithaca Phish 2 Runaway Jim Alumni
1991-02-19 The Bayou Phish 2 Landlady > SOAMelt
1991-02-28 Sarratt Student Center, Vand... Phish 1 Foam > Mike's
1991-03-13 Boulder Theater Phish 1 Divided > Llama
1991-03-17 Wheeler Opera House Phish 2 Runaway Jim > MSO Trey repeated the first line of ...
1991-03-31 Berkeley Square Phish 1 MSO > Possum
1991-04-03 Britt Ballroom Phish 2 Stash > Landlady
1991-04-06 The Library Building, Evergr... Phish 1 Tweezer > > Oh Kee Pa
1991-04-18 Dionysus Club, The 'Sco, Obe... Phish 1 MSO > CDT
1991-04-20 Douglass Dining Center, Univ... Phish 1 Landlady > CDT
1991-05-09 Portland Performing Arts Center Phish 2 Stash > SOAMelt
1991-07-14 Townshend Family Park Phish 3 Landlady > CDT
1991-07-21 Arrowhead Ranch Phish 2 Sloth > Bag
1991-08-03 Amy's Farm Phish 2 Tweezer > > Cavern
1991-09-27 The Warehouse Phish 1 Buried Alive > > Tweezer
1991-10-03 Mabel's Phish 2 Weekapaug > Landlady
1991-10-12 Roseland Theater Phish 1 Stash > Divided
1991-10-17 Great American Music Hall Phish 1 Stash > CDT
1991-11-13 Love Auditorium, Davidson Co... Phish 1 CDT > Cavern
1991-11-21 Somerville Theatre Phish 1 SOAMelt > Mike's
1991-12-31 Worcester Memorial Auditorium Phish 1 Divided > Llama Voice box that uttered curses.
1992-03-17 Lisner Auditorium, George Wa... Phish 2 Tweezer > Mike's
1992-04-06 Paul Wright Gym, Western Sta... Phish 1 Brother > CDT
1992-04-18 Wilbur Field, Stanford Unive... Phish 1 SOAMelt > Possum
1992-04-30 Barrymore Theatre Phish 1 Rift > Antelope
1992-05-07 The Agora Theatre Phish 1 Runaway Jim > SOAMelt
1992-07-15 Trax Phish 2 Divided > MSO Random Note signal.
1992-08-17 The Coach House Phish 2 Tweezer > > Mike's
1992-11-19 Ross Arena, St. Michael's Co... Phish 1 Divided > Axilla
1992-11-28 The Capitol Theatre Phish 1 Stash > CDT Random Note and Aw Fuck! signals...
1992-12-04 Mississippi Nights Phish 2 Bowie > Possum
1992-12-11 Michigan Theater Phish 2 Weekapaug > Axilla
1992-12-30 Symphony Hall Phish 1 SOAMelt > CDT Simpsons signal in intro.
1993-02-09 Auditorium Theatre Phish 1 CDT -> Maze Simpsons and Random Note signals... (Charge! tease)
1993-02-12 Mid-Hudson Civic Center Phish 1 SOAMelt > Wedge Simpsons and Random Note signals...
1993-02-15 Memorial Hall, UNC Phish 1 Divided > CDT Random Note signal in intro.
1993-02-21 Roxy Theatre Phish 1 CDT > Dinner and a Movie Began with Page modifying the in...
1993-03-09 Pike's Peak Center Phish 1 Maze > Divided Random Note signal in intro.
1993-03-16 Celebrity Theatre Phish 2 Gin > Secret Language Instructions Random Note and Simpsons signals.
1993-03-16 Celebrity Theatre Phish 2 Secret Language Instructions > > CDT
1993-03-21 Ventura Theatre Phish 1 Divided > ATR Random Note signal in intro.
1993-03-30 Hilton Ballroom Phish 1 Llama Stash Random Note signal. (Hold Your Head Up tease)
1993-04-16 The Macauley Theater Phish 1 SOAMelt > Llama
1993-04-22 The Agora Theatre Phish 1 CDT > Stash Random Note signal in intro.
1993-05-03 State Theatre Phish 1 CDT > SOAMelt Random Note signal in intro.
1993-07-18 IC Light Amphitheater Phish 1 Maze > Divided
1993-07-30 The Veranda at Starwood Phish 1 Stash > CDT
1993-08-11 Eastbrook Theatre Phish 2 Weekapaug > ATR
1993-08-14 World Music Theatre Phish 1 SOAMelt > Poor Heart
1993-08-26 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Phish 1 SOAMelt It's Ice
1993-12-28 Bender Arena Phish 1 SOAMelt > Oh Kee Pa
1994-04-10 Alumni Arena, SUNY Buffalo Phish 1 SOAMelt > CDT Simpsons signal in intro.
1994-04-23 The Fox Theatre Phish 1 Stash > DwD (Caravan tease)
1994-05-06 Tower Theater Phish 1 Stash > CDT
1994-05-29 Laguna Seca Raceway Phish 2 SOAMelt > CDT
1994-06-13 Memorial Hall Phish 2 Weekapaug Cavern
1994-06-21 Cincinnati Music Hall Phish 2 SOAMelt > CDT
1994-07-05 Congress Center Phish 1 Stash > DwD (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy tease)
1994-10-10 Palace Theatre Phish 2 Maze > Tweezer
1994-10-20 Mahaffey Theatre Phish 1 SOAMelt Julius Random Note and Simpsons signals.
1994-11-12 MAC Center, Kent State Unive... Phish 1 Stash > CDT
1994-11-25 UIC Pavilion, University of ... Phish 1 SOAMelt > Julius
1995-06-16 Walnut Creek Phish 1 DwD > > Ya Mar
1995-10-19 Municipal Auditorium Phish 1 PYITE > > CDT
1995-11-14 University of Central Florid... Phish 1 Divided > Free
1995-12-05 Mullins Center, University o... Phish 1 Free > Bowie
1996-08-12 Deer Creek Phish 1 SOAMelt > CDT
1996-08-16 Plattsburgh Air Force Base Phish 1 Bag > > Divided
1996-10-19 Marine Midland Arena Phish 1 Free > Llama
1998-08-01 Alpine Valley Phish 1 Mike's -> > Weekapaug
1998-08-09 GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater Phish 1 BOAF Roggae
2000-09-30 Thomas & Mack Center Phish 1 Saw It Again > Weekapaug Flubbed lyrics for the final ver...
2009-08-01 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Phish 2 Free Dirt
2009-08-15 Merriweather Phish 1 Foam Ha Ha Ha
2009-11-01 Empire Polo Club Phish e Grind Tweeprise
2009-11-25 Wachovia Center Phish 2 YEM TTE
2010-06-17 The Comcast Theatre Phish 1 Stash Walk Away
2011-06-18 Walnut Creek Phish 2 Caspian > Been Caught Stealing
2013-08-30 Dick's Phish 1 Theme > Moma
2015-08-09 Alpine Valley Phish 1 Saw It Again Weigh
2017-07-30 MSG Phish 1 Waking Up Dead Home
2021-06-11 Trey's Apartment Trey Anastasio 1 Sand Jam Trey on acoustic guitar; Jeff Ta...
2021-06-19 SPAC Trey Anastasio 1 I Never Needed You Like This Before Brian and Robert Trey on acoustic guitar; with Je...
2021-08-28 The Gorge Phish 1 46 Days 555
2022-04-21 MSG Phish 1 Wolfman's Ghost
2022-06-03 Ruoff Music Center Phish 1 Everything's Right > Buried Alive
2022-08-02 Blossom Music Center Phish 2 Free > > Blaze On
2022-12-28 MSG Phish e *** > 46 Days
2023-04-22 Hollywood Bowl Phish 1 Bowie > Hood
2023-07-15 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Phish 1 Everything's Right > > Golgi
2023-09-01 Dick's Phish 1 Stash > Bowie
2024-07-27 Alpine Valley Phish e *** Character Zero
2025-09-20 Hampton Coliseum Phish 1 BOAF Funky Bitch

"Esther" was teased at the following shows

Show Date Artist Song (Tease Type) Venue
1989-05-06 Phish You Enjoy Myself () Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
1991-09-27 Phish Buried Alive () The Warehouse, Rochester, NY, USA
1994-10-20 Phish McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters () Mahaffey Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
1995-11-14 Phish Stash () University of Central Florida Arena, Orlando, FL, USA
1997-11-30 Phish Wolfman's Brother () Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA, USA
2021-08-01 Phish Tweezer () Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA, USA

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