In celebration of Phish’s 34 shows this spring and summer, The Mockingbird Foundation has announced that it is sending an unsolicited $1,000 Tour Grant to a music program near each venue at which Phish performs. The grants are part of a long-standing effort to help bring music from the Phish community to the local communities that Phish touches.

These are the 21st round of unsolicited Tour Grants awarded, an effort that now totals over $200,000, which is 9.0% of all disbursements made by the Foundation. Continuing the celebration, additional Tour Grants will be announced through the end of the summer. The recipients announced thus far are:

• LeFlore High School | Mobile, AL | The Wharf Amphitheatre | 5/27, 5/28, 5/29
• Haut Gap Middle School | Johns Island, SC | Credit One Stadium | 5/21, 6/1
• Brookside Elementary School 54 | Indianapolis, IN | Ruoff Music Center | 6/3, 6/4, 6/5
• Mansfield High School | Mansfield, MA | Xfinity Center | 7/14, 7/15
• Orono High School | Orono, ME | Maine Savings Amphitheater | 7/16
• Grover Washington, Jr. Middle School | Philadelphia, PA | TD Pavilion at the Mann | 7/19, 7/20
• Monticello High School | Monticello, NY | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts | 7/22, 7/23
• Weaver High School | Hartford, CT | Xfinity Theatre | 7/24
• Bayside High School | Bayside, NY | Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater | 7/26, 7/27
• Vance County High School | Henderson, NC | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek | 7/29
• Landsdowne Middle School | Halethorpe, MD | Merriweather Post Pavilion | 7/30, 7/31

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