Venues

Bender Arena, American University (Bender Arena)

Washington, DC, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
1993-12-28 65 votes 3.9231/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1993-12-28 • Andy Clawson by 4
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) I had moved to Northwest Pennsylvania in fall of 1993. Phish announced the NYE run for 1993 and I said to myself, "Its on!" I ended up getting a free ticket to this one, lucky me. After...
1993-12-28 by Shred 4
The aquarium stage set up made 93 feel like the official start to Holiday Tour. We saw 12/31/92 but not that whole run. 93 was the start for me seeing every holiday run in their entirety up until/including Miami 2003. This run was full of great music and heavy snow storms. It says Bender...
1993-12-28 by wols20 2
The darker the Phish the better and the second set at American University delivers just that. The bulk is a rollicking You Enjoy Myself which starts innocently enough but soon dissolves into an acoustic interlude and then a jarring My Friend, My Friend. Trey and Page mingle on a couple of runs...
1993-12-28 by kipmat 1
https://forum.phish.net/forum/permalink/1377949824 From The Phish Book, p. 121: [b]Trey[/b]: [i]"When someone asked how he felt about fame, Albert Einstein replied, "It sure gets in the way of your work." It's true, and sometimes I think, "Jesus Christ! I've spent countless hours the past two...
1993-12-28 by Faht1 1
This version of Possum is worth a listen. Its in my Possum top 5 list!
1993-12-28 by Mergz 1
I know I was there - I remember flipping out over Peaches, since I had been getting heavy into Zappa that previous year and he died in early Dec. of that year, around the date of this entry. I don't remember the show being in DC. I thought it was somewhere in Mass. Hmmm.
1993-12-28 by WhereisBruno 1
Still maybe the best NY run, with the stage design and 1993-era precision of the tension/release style. This show gets overshadowed by the monster 12/30 and 12/31 gigs but don't sleep on the SOAMelt with Kashmir and the YaMar with Auld Lang Syne. The onlu time I can recall the set design...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1993-12-28 • Possum (12:05) Set 1
Jazzy, exploratory and quiet beginning to the jam. The power cranks up with "Kashmir" teases and then gets blistering hot.
Great opening segment!


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