Venues

Summerstage at Sugarbush North

Fayston, VT, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
1994-07-16 306 votes 4.5588/5
1995-07-03 96 votes 4.4063/5
1995-07-02 93 votes 4.2151/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1994-07-16 by waxbanks 21
Going back to this show after the triumphant but comparatively muted (though far more deeply expressive and emotional) 2009 comeback, it's bracing to hear a version of Phish with a hundred times as much pep vim and vigor. A version of Antelope like this one comes along once in a long while - yet...
1994-07-16 by soundboy1 14
As I go through and write these reviews I realize that most people cover the musical analysis way better than I do. First of all I prefer type I style jamming to type II. I enjoy far out jams but I'm very critical of them and find I don't always agree with people about epic jams. So I mostly talk...
1994-07-16 • Jamie Hellen by 10
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) It was a marvelous sunny day in North Fayston, VT, with green mountains all around us. There was not a better day to see Phish, and as we would find out later, the band felt the same...
1994-07-16 by kipmat 9
Set 2 of this show was another one of my first cassette tapes. The playing here is outrageously good, and I listened to this tape quite a lot back in the day. Last week's yemconvo on twitter featured the topic, "What is the best show you think Trey Anastasio has ever played?" I considered this...
1994-07-16 by Barney_r 8
This was one of the most memorable Phish shows I ever saw. After seeing them in bars and then progressively bigger venues, this show left no doubt as to what Phish had become and was becoming. It was mind blowing, and the most memorable and best done Harpuas I have ever seen by my favorite band....
1994-07-16 by ilostmypebblesandmarbles 6
I have a crush on this show. Classic Phish ! 1.0 baby!!! Every thing here is air tight. Early DWD> NO2> Stash. I love Sample. It off sets the weird/prog phish just fine. The Antelope is so lively, so crazy, so 1.0. The Harpua> 2001> Harpua is exactly why I love phish. So cool of Trey to...
1994-07-16 by Bob_Loblaw 6
The guys playing there best and having a blast. I can't think of very many shows where it's obvious how much fun the guys are having. Between the banter and comedic qualities to this show it's obvious. But you also have to stack the precise and powerful playing on top of it. DWD is very...
1994-07-16 by mgolia6 5
I had to add my two cents (too sense) here as I was in a different head space at this show then most. I was 13, caught a ride from the tri-state to this show. Got slightly scared a few times thinking that a comet was somehow going to come down and crush me, all without any psychedelic nudging....
1995-07-03 by desmondthefamilyberzerker 4
In summer of 95, if Tweezer was Phish's way of testing how far out they could take an audience before leaving them in the abyss, then David Bowie was their way of testing how many different directions they could take an audience before bringing them back home. Starting with Atlanta's...
1995-07-02 by MiguelSanchez 4
these two shows in vermont are two of my favorite shows from an exceptional summer tour. sample>divided is pretty straight forward. gumbo was still a quasi rare treat at this point. the curtain is well played, and while i'm not a huge julius fan, this one has loads of energy. then they dive...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1995-07-03 • David Bowie (17:50) Set 2 Noteworthy
Awesome, multi-faceted improvisation that doesn't sound remotely like "Bowie" until the final 3 minutes. Includes multiple teases and "Bowie" -> "Johnny B. Goode" -> "Bowie" in the jam.
1995-07-03 • Johnny B. Goode (3:11) Set 2 Noteworthy
-> in from "DB." A spirited rendition, only the second ever, springs out suddenly in the middle of a monster "Bowie." -> back to "DB."
1995-07-03 • David Bowie (9:49) Set 2 Noteworthy
-> in from "Johnny B. Goode." Returns to "Bowie" for some more far-ranging exploration in the epic version.
1995-07-02 • Makisupa Policeman (8:01) Set 2 Noteworthy
Nice segue in from "Runaway Jim". It starts with a typical effects laden jam, followed by a second jam after the vocal reprise, starting around 5:30. Trey uses the same effect as he does in early renditions of "Free." Gets spacey in the last minute as Fish and Page lead a spammy but cool jam that -> "SOAMule." This version has the sound of Summer '95 and is among the very best.
1994-07-16 • Run Like an Antelope (8:12) Set 2 Noteworthy
Wild-Ass crazy version from the last show of Summer '94 includes a -> to "Catapult," -> back to "Antelope," hilarious and related Fish/Trey wedding banter, lots of blood curdling screaming and yelling, and belligerent playing by all.
1994-07-16 • Catapult (1:46) Set 2 Noteworthy
-> in from "RLAA." Humorous version with wedding banter provides brief comic relief before -> back to this insane "Antelope."
1994-07-16 • Run Like an Antelope (8:07) Set 2 Noteworthy
-> in from "Catapult." This wild, crazy and sick version of "Antelope" continues to a fiery and belligerent conclusion.
Dark and intense jam with healthy doses of tension and dissonance. Dizzying buildup to the peak with ballistic Fish.
1995-07-03 • AC/DC Bag (10:04) Set 2
At about 6:15, the jam section starts to get a bit beyond the conventional "Bag."
1995-07-02 • Divided Sky (17:17) Set 1
Fantastic workhorse version from the slopes of Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont. Machine Gun Trey burns through the ammo in this one.
1995-07-02 • Runaway Jim (18:30) Set 2
Breaks away from "Jim" at about 8:45 into percussion-driven exploration. The jam gets way out there, with some tension and dissonance, before morphing its way (->) into "Makisupa." Not beautiful music, but highly improvisational.
1995-07-02 • Tweezer (13:30) Set 2
"Tweezer" returns to relative normalcy. I say "relative" because this is still a great version, too.
1994-07-16 • Stash (10:13) Set 1
Fishman and Page star in this chaotic, noisy version. It's essentially straightforward, but a pounding jam nonetheless.
1994-07-16 • Harry Hood (15:58) Set 2
Even for 1994, this "Hood" is a very intense one as Trey shreds like crazy in the climactic jam before the closing lyrics.
"Baracuda" teases. Straightforward, but a stretched-out, well-played, extremely intense version.


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