Venues

Civic Arena

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
1996-10-18 80 votes 3.9125/5
1995-11-24 59 votes 3.8644/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1996-10-18 by hmi1892 7
My recording for this show is incredibly murky - a product of Phish's leap to bigger arenas during Fall Tour 96 and a representation of their own process of growing and adapting to this upward shift in popularity. The music lacks a certain swagger present in both Dec. 95 and the upcoming Fall 97....
1995-11-24 by ReeYees 7
Before the show started there were a few dozen balloons and beach balls bouncing around on the floor primarily up near the stage. The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony was a perfect opener for such an atmosphere. The bouncy bubble popping tune was played flawlessly. I was really expecting a side step into...
1996-10-18 by likeaghost 5
I got an e-mail today from phish.net wishing me a happy phish anniversary. I really didn’t need this to remind me of the day, #NeverForget, but it really put a smile on my face, so few e-mails these days actually matter. 19 years ago today i walked into the now parking lot that was then the Civic...
1996-10-18 by tommpat2000 4
Second set unreal
1996-10-18 by ReeYees 3
I would rate this show as slightly better than an average 96 show. This was a year with many peaks and valleys that included a lot of shows that went about halfway up the mountain that seemed to have been lost in the shuffle of time. Personally I’d rather have a wide variety of shows than 20 in...
1996-10-18 by DaReba 3
the first set is a standard arena rock display by the boys. Very signature of the open ambient loud train sound that they were perfecting since moving to larger venues in 94. The Divided Sky is worth listen. But the Runaway Jim opener is the real treat of the first set. This is second set...
1996-10-18 by jahroy 3
I saw about 50 shows in the 90s and this Reba is one of my favorite moments ever. Absolutely beautiful... Other than that the only thing I remember is the pouting rain. I have to add more words in order to submit this review, but I have nothing else to say.
1996-10-18 by truce76 3
So Phishnet came out years after this show. I don't remember very much of this show so it had to been a killer time. I remember taking a girlfriend and she had a cat. She only let the cat drink bottled water. She got super spun at the show, kept thinking the hallways were slanted. Maze & YEM I...
1996-10-18 by TheNextBall 2
I recall this being a very dark, rainy evening, such that I sat, in the car after parking to wait for a break in the rain that never really came. Any shakedown that was happening in the lot was totally washed out, and there were lots of wet dreads in Birks and socks shuffling about near the...
1996-10-18 by Esquandolas76 1
1st show, had to give it a 5!

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1996-10-18 • Maze (11:57) Set 2 Noteworthy
Words do not adequately describe how demented, sick, insane, twisted, tension-filled, and incredibly dissonant this version is. It's a fantastic masterpiece! Go hear it Now! (get the sbd download from the SPAC FTA release on the "spreadsheet").
1996-10-18 • Reba (14:10) Set 2 Noteworthy
Fall 1996 is notable for any number of reasons, not the least of which is the treatment "Reba" receives. Here is a case in point, with the band exiting the composed section to work through a terrific passage of extended, improvisational calm. Of course Trey is great, but Page's playing is particularly on-point, his work on the baby grand inspired and assured, through a conclusion both frenetic and wholly controlled.
Teases of Peter Frampton's 'Do You Feel Like We Do' during an elongated jam segment with a soaring peak.
1995-11-24 • Reba (14:22) Set 2
> in from "Theme," more tight playing in the composed section gives way to really cool Mike, soon joined by Trey (who runs through a great set of chords), and this colored by incredible, off-beat Fish. Page offers a pretty splash of sound before Trey enters a truly melodic solo, Mike matching him note for note. Awesome and truly attentive full-band play informs great improvisational jamming which concludes in predictably great fashion.
Typically strong Page solo followed by Trey on vocals and guitar. This one gets crazy as it picks up tempo and pitch. Another Page solo, klezmer, bizarre chanting from Mike, and ending.
1995-11-24 • Bathtub Gin (13:05) Set 2
Improvisational version includes a great breakdown jam led by Fish, Page and Mike with Trey on the mini percussion kit.


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