As summer drew to a close and the Rocky Mountains shimmered under a golden sky, Phish continued their Labor Day weekend tradition at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado with a genre-blurring, tightly woven, and theatrically quirky performance on August 31, 2024. With dazzling musicianship, rare teases, unexpected transitions, and onstage antics that could only happen at a Phish show, this Saturday night installment delivered a masterclass in set construction and improvisational electricity.

From the opening notes of “46 Days” to the frenetic finale of “First Tube,” the band’s chemistry was locked in, offering fans a rollercoaster of funk, rock, psychedelia, and offbeat humor. This night showcased everything Phish lovers crave: extended jamming, tongue-in-cheek theatrics, deep-cut oddities, and an undercurrent of spontaneity that kept the audience guessing.

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For over a decade, Phish’s annual Labor Day weekend run at DICK’S Sporting Goods Park has become a hallowed tradition—a four-night exhale to summer, a finale that reliably delivers the magic of spontaneous musical interplay, deep-cut surprises, and crowd-winking humor. On August 30, 2024, the band kicked off the weekend’s festivities with a first night that leaned into mood, nostalgia, and tight musicianship, punctuated by rare bust-outs, a memorable encore, and an unexpected tribute to one of their own.

This opening night wasn’t about throwing everything at the wall—it was about setting a tone, establishing a vibe. Instead of bombast, Phish offered nuance, deep grooves, and a few lovingly polished gems dusted off for the faithful.

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As the sun dipped behind the Rockies on August 29, 2024, Phish launched their much-anticipated annual run at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. This Thursday night opener marked the start of the band’s 13th consecutive Labor Day weekend residency at the venue — a tradition now woven into the very fabric of Phish lore. Known for unpredictability, deep jams, and setlist hijinks, Dick’s has become a high holiday on the Phish calendar, and 2024’s kickoff show delivered a crisp, patient, and thematically fluid performance.

From the first notes, it was clear that the band came ready to explore, blending tight funk, old-school punch, and modern texture into a cohesive narrative. With no gimmicks, no special guests, and no distracting production flourishes, this was simply Phish doing what they do best: tapping into the moment and pulling thousands along for the ride.

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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

This was the third show of the Mondegreen festival. Mike teased Passing Through in David Bowie. DWD was unfinished. Trey teased La Grange and Eleanor Rigby in DWD and Eleanor Rigby in Tweezer.

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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

ENCORE: Harry Hood > First Tube

SET 3: Woodlands Jam

This was the second show of the Mondegreen festival. Kill Devil Falls was unfinished. Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Trey and Mike teased Moby Dick at the end of MFMF, and it did not contain the “Myfe” ending. Before Hood, Trey told “that one guy over there in the white shirt” that they always do a secret set at these festivals and not to go back to the campground after the encore. For the “secret” third set, the stage was draped with a ribboned screen on which abstract images, trees, flowers and animals were projected, with the band playing behind. As the jam ended, the date and the words “PLAY” and “REC” appeared onscreen to give the appearance of looking through a camcorder’s viewfinder. After the band left the stage, the images flickered and ended, and the status changed to “STOP.”

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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

This was the first show of the Mondegreen festival. Wolfman’s Brother contained Cissy Strut teases from Trey and Heavy Things teases from Fish. Mike teased Sneakin’ Sally during Caspian. Trey teased Crosseyed during Everything’s Right. Saw It Again contained additional lyrics from Trey referencing “a Phish festival from this point of view,” “two moons,” and “a gorilla in a Fishman dress.”

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SET 1: Jam -> Mystery Achievement -> My Sharona > Slow Ride > Day Tripper -> Midnight Rider > Starship Trooper > Stairway to Heaven

This was the soundcheck for Mondegreen. The Jam featured a Frankenstein tease from Trey, a Simpsons tease from Mike, a Psycho Killer tease from Trey, and a Hold Your Head Up jam. Trey quoted Oh Sherrie at the end of My Sharona. Starship Trooper (only the Würm portion was played) contained Big Black Furry Creature from Mars lyrics. Stairway to Heaven was the ending only.

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SET 1: I Never Needed You Like This Before, 46 Days, Bathtub Gin, Fikus, Theme From the Bottom > Timber (Jerry the Mule), Human Nature, Limb By Limb, Axilla > Sigma Oasis

SET 2: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag > Fuego > Golden Age -> Simple, Life Saving Gun, Harry Hood

ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

Fikus was performed for the first time since November 7, 1998 (801 show gap). Mike teased Fikus in AC/DC Bag.

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SET 1: Back on the Train, Sample in a Jar, Hey Stranger, Dinner and a Movie, Halley’s Comet > Sand, Gumbo > Maze, Weigh, Cities > Run Like an Antelope

SET 2: Wilson > Down with Disease -> Waves > Twist > Kill Devil Falls > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 -> Backwards Down the Number Line > Ghost > Tweezer Reprise

ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea > Runaway Jim

Trey teased Call to the Post at the end of Weigh and The Line during Antelope. DWD was unfinished.

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SET 1: First Tube, No Men In No Man’s Land, Cavern, My Friend, My Friend, Bug, Julius, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Taste, Character Zero

SET 2: The Wedge, Tweezer > Pillow Jets -> Tweezer -> Piper -> Tweezer > Shine a Light, Chalk Dust Torture

ENCORE: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Gotta Jibboo > More

My Friend My Friend included a Fuego tease from Trey and did not contain the “Myfe” ending. Trey teased Norwegian Wood in Bug, There is a Mountain in the first Tweezer, and Yankee Doodle in Chalk Dust. The soundcheck’s Tequila was performed as an instrumental.

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SET 1: Strawberry Letter 23 > Sigma Oasis, Peaches en Regalia, Tube, Theme From the Bottom > Stash, Train Song, Steam > Rift > Bathtub Gin

SET 2: Free, Sand > Ruby Waves > Harry Hood, The Moma Dance, Possum, Everything’s Right

ENCORE: Nellie Kane, Beauty of My Dreams, Carini

Peaches en Regalia was played for the first time since February 24, 2022 (115 shows). Nellie Kane was performed for the first time since August 6, 2021 (146 shows). Trey teased the theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show in Sigma Oasis. Tube contained a tease from Mike of his Strawberry Letter 23 bassline and a Very Long Fuse tease from Page. Trey teased A Love Supreme in Ruby Waves. The Moma Dance through the end of the show featured Billy Strings on guitar. The lyrics of Moma Dance were sung twice, with the change “I still gaze and glimpse you” the second time. Billy teased Frankenstein in Moma Dance. Billy sang lead vocals on Possum. Nellie Kane and Beauty of My Dreams featured Trey and Billy on acoustic guitar, with Billy on lead vocals for the former and trading verses with Trey on the latter.

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SET 1: Party Time, The Final Hurrah, Knuckle Bone Broth Avenue, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Dogs, Destiny Unbound > 46 Days, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Wingsuit, Meatstick > Run Like an Antelope

SET 2: Ghost, Soul Planet > Billy Breathes, Split Open and Melt

ENCORE: Slave to the Traffic Light

Knuckle Bone Broth Avenue was played for the first time since June 1, 2022 (103 shows). Trey teased the Theme to the Mary Tyler Moore Show during Antelope. Billy Breathes was played for the first time since October 15, 2021 (129 shows). Mike quoted Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan in Split Open and Melt.

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SET 1: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero, Drift While You’re Sleeping > Maze, I Didn’t Know, Reba, Izabella

SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture -> Plasma, Monsters, Crosseyed and Painless -> Guy Forget -> Crosseyed and Painless > Fuego

ENCORE: Rock and Roll

Before his solo in I Didn’t Know, Fish laid down at the front of the stage and reclined against his vacuum. Trey then called Fish “a man who’s been sleeping at the front of the stage while his twin plays the drums.” I Didn’t Know’s lyrics were changed to reference Mike. Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Trey teased Apostrophe at the end of Crosseyed and Painless through the start of Guy Forget. Trey teased Johnny B. Goode in Rock and Roll.

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SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, Kill Devil Falls, Halfway to the Moon, Heavy Things, Life Saving Gun, Shade > Scent of a Mule, Pillow Jets > Runaway Jim, A Day in the Life

SET 2: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Axilla (Part II) > Down with Disease, Scents and Subtle Sounds -> Down with Disease[1] > What’s the Use? > Golden Age, I Always Wanted It This Way -> Down with Disease[1]

ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself -> Down with Disease[1]

[1] Ending only.

After a false start of Shade, Trey introduced Fishman and referenced his “healing percussion rinse” before restarting the song. A Day in the Life was played for the first time since December 3, 2019 (162 shows).

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