The Comcast Theatre

Hartford, CT, USA

Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
2009-08-14 367 votes 4.5586/5
2016-07-09 638 votes 4.3746/5
2000-06-30 165 votes 4.2970/5
2010-06-18 227 votes 4.0705/5
2000-07-01 158 votes 4.0506/5
2022-07-24 697 votes 3.9799/5
2010-06-17 166 votes 3.4578/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

2016-07-09 by franswami 40
Tail to Cup, this was possibly the best show I have ever attended. Everybody was ON, every note played and every lyric sung was infused with full-force love from each member of the band. Trey went everywhere and beyond with every song. Mike kept it so aqua and funky, Page nailed and colored in...
2022-07-24 by sstevee00 38
This show is a prime example for why you shouldn't judge a show just by how it looks on paper (or judge a book by its cover if you will). I did the two Mansfield shows and last night and this show was easily my favorite of the three. The two Mansfield shows seemed to have the opposite "problem"...
2022-07-24 by TwiceBitten 26
Exceptional show. “But the song selection was bad” {Batman smacks Robin} “Silence chad, Phish is working their magic” The three songs and 55 minutes of music that make up the beginning of set two is one of the longest stretches of sustained jamming by the band in recent memory. The...
2009-08-14 by waxbanks 20
Apparently my earlier review is disapproved of by the ol' fans. No surprise there, though it wasn't a negative review at all. To restate: no, this is not a great show *on tape*. Being there was ecstasy. Good as the Disease, Piper, Stash, and Birds are, the rest of the show is a mix of standard...
2022-07-24 by TRob_93 17
Listen to this show before judging it on the basis of the setlist, the early reviews, etc. This show, starting with the Plasma > Sigma Oasis, goes DEEP. Such delightful, deep jamming. I really thought this show might be a trainwreck, just based on all of the logistical hurdles on the front end...
2016-07-09 by sassphish 15
Remember that time you really wanted to bang that hot girl oh-so-good but things just didn't work out the way you planned? The other day I compared the Mansfield show where the sound cut out during Wolfman's brother to coitus interruptus. It was like that time you had that girl you totally had...
2022-07-24 by Phellinus 14
An absolutely beautiful show in some of the swampiest humidity that southern New England has to offer. Forget the day of the week. Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, it matters not. Think of the moment and the preceding days for the band. Leaving the bucolic fields, forests and mountains of southern New...
2016-07-09 by Tennessee_Jedi 13
Fun evening streaming this show. Missed the Pigtail and Moma, but got in on what sounded like a pretty standard (energetic) BOAF. Meat got reeeeaaaaaal sludgy, and was a first set highlight, with some dirty, funky interplay between the boys toward the end. The boys helped this meat go down by...
2010-06-18 by waxbanks 12
At the time I thought we were seeing the best gig of summer so far. Well, maybe. Within a week we had incredible new performances to talk about, but this remains a fine outing. In the first set you've got a tremendous Possum, gorgeous Reba, and fine readings of Wolfman's Brother, Foam, and Moma....
2022-07-24 by MLBjam 11
It was hot. Even the wind was hot. And so was the playing! The first half of the first set was pedestrian after the very nice cars trucks buses opener. That is until they kicked off the jam in sigma Oasis. When they started the jam portion after the composed section of sigma Oasis, I turned...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

2022-07-24 A Wave of Hope (23:10) Set 2 Noteworthy
A huge version that opens the second set, the band is locked in from the start of the jam. Fish's steady play ensures the tempo stays upbeat. Later, the jam becomes an effects-fest. Trey, determined as ever, gets the band back into the song before it > into a must-hear "ASIHTOS".
Initially coaxed into a low-key minor jam which gradually intensifies before paring down to become minimalist and brooding, and then rebuilds into a soulful, celebratory finale.
2000-06-30 The Mango Song (12:13) Set 2 Noteworthy
> in from "Halley's Comet." Great version where the band explores and improvises with the basic "Mango" theme in a greatly extended outro jam that transitions to "Twist."
2022-07-24 Sigma Oasis (17:42) Set 1
Another strong entry in the early history of what has quickly become Phish's post-shutdown standard bearer, this dual peak version traverses blissful, melodic heights then contemplates subterranean spaces before reascending triumphantly.
2022-07-24 Blaze On (13:27) Set 2
The song's mellow outro seems built to spill in any number of directions, a musical sort of "canvas." Here, the band paints a cosmic sort of composition. Trey follows Mike for several measures, with Page and Fish providing on-point fills. Restrained play brightens a bit, the version's chill, restrained play warmed by Trey's tone. Patient, hushed, and serene, Page seems to signal a shift, and the jam becomes surprisingly psychedelic, warping into an ethereal ooze.
A strong version which features contemplative, quiet, and delicate playing, unusual for "BDTNL." Ultimately, this warm, restrained playing gives way to a traditional shredding and trilling peak.
A very good clavinet-led funk groove develops. Briefly seems to be rebuilding to return to "DwD", but instead -> "Sand."
2010-06-17 Farmhouse (7:26) Set 2
This version has an excellent jam segment most notable for the cohesive playing by all four band mates. The peaceful, wandering melody here creates a perfect soundtrack for a summer evening. The only drawback to this fine version is Trey's use of the pitch shifter, common throughout 2010, which can be grating if allowed to dominate one's listening experience.
Similar to 11/13/98 in that this version mostly stays "in bounds," but likewise pushes the envelope. A quality version.
Atypically soulful soloing from Trey, with a strong "Reba"-like jam, shortly before the ending segue into "Wilson."
2009-08-14 Piper (13:02) Set 2
Once past 3 minutes of somewhat unpleasant string bending from Trey, the jam becomes quite improvisational and multi-faceted with some great Mike and Page contributions, including a "Spill The Wine" Page tease.
Very silly.
2000-07-01 Tube (6:53) Set 1
Breakdown with Trey on the keyboard and some muted scratching at the end of the jam.
2000-07-01 Vultures (10:38) Set 1
Relatively rote yet impassioned play begins to build, and build (check out the fan reaction around 8:08), as Trey trills, slashes, and powers the version to a blistering peak. This yields to cool riffing, with Mike and Fish locking in to form a fun run with Trey augmenting his tone before, with Page pounding upon his keys, the musicians break free to bring the version to a close.
2000-07-01 Ghost (16:24) Set 2
Sleek bullet train jumps the tracks at the top of a steep grade escapes Earth's gravitational pull and goes supernova as it nears light speed. [A quick-tempo "Ghost" jam acelerates even further, Trey shreds amidst uniquely '00 sounds, and then the jam gets crazed before blasting off into outer space.]


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