Budweiser Stage

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Top Rated Shows

Highest rated shows at this venue by Phish.net users:

Date Rating
1999-07-20 112 votes 4.0000/5
2022-08-10 298 votes 3.9161/5
2000-07-06 89 votes 3.8539/5
2013-07-22 163 votes 3.6442/5
2019-06-18 396 votes 2.8384/5
2013-07-09 29 votes 2.6897/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

2019-06-18 by TwiceBitten 39
This is the kind of show both noobs and jaded vets alike will either hate on or be indifferent to. Nevertheless, I'm here to remind you in a simple way that Phish tears the roof off the sucker every time they play. Set one is mostly a normal 3.0 affair but Stash goes type II for the 2nd time in a...
2013-07-22 by andrewrose 23
Well after 13 years and an extra two weeks following the first of many weather fiascos to plague this (strange?) tour, Phish finally make it back to Canada. It was my third show in my native land, following my only hometown (and first ever) show on 7/6/94, and the band's smoking appearance on...
2019-06-18 by dublindeuce 16
Pretty good Tuesday night Phish! Stash is making a case for itself as jam vehicle of the young tour. This one is only 12 minutes, but quickly goes to wondrous places following the composed section. Psychedelic and dreamy, this Stash really packs a punch! In its' Phish debut. Ruby Waves gets a...
2019-06-18 by aybesea 15
I love this band... I mean... I really do. I've been following Phish since my first show in 1992, and I've been "hardcore" since 1993 when I first decided to do a tour. But that being said, it doesn't mean that I love everything that they do. Unfortunately, this is one of those shows that really...
2019-06-18 by jvman 15
I've now listened to this show and (I think) digested it. I wasn't there - I don't know how it felt, how the vibe was, etc. but I think history will be kinder than these first several reviews and ratings. I mean, it's not like its' Spinal Tap Mark II or something. It's a weird setlist that was...
1999-07-20 by montaigne 14
We stashed our stashes in a locker at the greyhound bus station in Buffalo. We headed to the venue empty. My friend managed to find a sack after much searching. Sloth was a rare, nice treat. This was a good show, but after the AWESOMENESS of Oswego, any show would have seemed lackluster. I...
2019-06-18 by Mendrix 13
I came in here to defend the honour of this criminally low-rated show. There is no way this is a 2.8 rated show. Like...pfffft! I have a feeling a lot of people who rated it, did so on a quick glance at the setlist. Was it the setlist I would've wanted? No, of course not, but it was the setlist...
2019-06-18 by andrewrose 10
Nothing like a hometown show. Alright, well technically Toronto isn’t my hometown, but when you’re Canadian and the last time they played your hometown was your first show 25 years ago, that’s about as close as you’re going to get. In any case, with this band, every show is a home game. On that...
2022-08-10 by andrewrose 8
My official recap for the show, edited slightly and reposted after a chance to listen back. [b]“Toronto From the Top”[/b] Welcome to Canada y’all. Been a while. Has it? Time sure feels messy these days, and this band just keeps on plugging away blowing our minds despite it all. In any case,...
2013-07-09 by krs10 8
I was there for a great tailgate with many other good folks from all over Ontario as well as the US. Phish were there too, and it was a beautiful day. If it weren't for the rolling blackouts, we would have had a great show. The Toronto Reba from this date would have been one for the books.

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

2000-07-06 The Moma Dance (12:26) Set 1 Noteworthy
Trey tears into the jam segment and never lets up. First of a few versions in this very rocking style from 2000. "Tweezer Reprise"-esque playing around 9:40.
2000-07-06 Reba (19:33) Set 1 Noteworthy
Huge show-opener featuring focused, pretty play, and the interesting sort of innovation associated with 2000 jamming. In lieu of pursuing a "peak," the band plays patiently, deft musicianship on full display, Trey in particular working through a number of ideas and really incredible effects (see: 14:28), culminating in great "strumming" which, later, he revisits note for note.
2022-08-10 Stash (11:56) Set 1
A nice three-minute departure of lovely, low-key major musing tucked inside an otherwise typical "Stash" jam.
Workhorse song goes huge, with Trey, just past the five-minute mark, riding rhythm effortlessly offset by an array of notes effects-laden and so "played," in equal measure, by his feet. Wonderful. Page is grand on his piano. Mike's play is deft and sweet. And Fish. On full display, here, that ineffable quality that is a sort of lead drum, a perfect case in point for the man who, if Trey had to lay down money, would pay to see play.
The breakout version from earlier in the tour at Bethel Woods turns out to be no fluke, as "Sample in a Jar" takes off once again in Toronto. The band launches into improvisation off of the IV chord (Dmajor) and settle into a powerful rock jam reminiscent of "Theme from the Bottom." This then leads into a more classic '22 sounding segment via a minor key shift, with Trey looping and Page layering synths over a steady groove from Mike and Fish. The band then locks in on an exceptional effects-drenched funk segment that puddles and coagulates > "Down with Disease."
2019-06-18 Ruby Waves (9:07) Set 1
Debut. Compact, and coyly > from Halley's Comet, playful licks, a meandering, breezy, and open-ended feel following the main chorus, offers a glimpse of what soons becomes a signature, second set staple.
In a year in which setlists struggled to integrate a host of new material from both Trey's solo effort as well as the band's Halloween hijinks, the Kasvot Vaxt hit does solid duty here as a second set tent pole, -> from "Plasma" and takes its first truly exploratory departure from form in a laid back groove that peaks north of the border and dissolves > to "Wingsuit".
2013-07-22 David Bowie (13:31) Set 2
Standard "Bowie" jam breaks and modulates between modes several times beginning at 7:47, ending in the expected minor mode with good tension and a solid trill section.
Some really beautiful, inspiring and upbeat jamming ("HOSE") darkens, gets punchy, and > to "2001."
Jam departs somewhat from the typical direction, but is interesting and well-played. Unfinished with transition to "2001."
First minute is must hear. Second jam has enough energy and funk to look illegal and be searched at the border.
2000-07-06 Piper (15:41) Set 2
This one breaks very quickly out of standard raging "Piper" mode into a classic '00, Mike and Page led groove-based jam.
Hypnotic, repetitive jam that leads into vocal jamming (no final WUDMTF lyrics).
The standard "Train Song" > "2001" > "Misty Mountain Hop" sandwich. Power drop that wastes no time. High energy upbeat rocker. Don't get hit by Mike's laser beams.
1999-07-20 Ghost (16:12) Set 1
Uncle Ebenezer's frozen head revivified through the injection of a steaming hot blast of ectoplasm. [Mighty Mike's monstrous Modulus groove massacres the minions at Molson.]


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