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Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (Bethel Woods)

Bethel, NY, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
2024-08-09 460 votes 4.5304/5
2011-05-26 203 votes 4.4877/5
2011-05-28 277 votes 4.3971/5
2022-07-23 808 votes 4.3700/5
2024-08-11 356 votes 4.2949/5
2011-05-27 256 votes 4.2070/5
2022-07-22 611 votes 3.8756/5
2024-08-10 388 votes 3.7603/5
2011-05-29 226 votes 3.4204/5
2006-07-09 1 votes 3.0000/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

2022-07-23 by setthegearshift 28
“Dirty dirty dirty ripper” is what I sent my friends as soon as the show ended. First quarter felt like Trey teasing us to “approach the night with caution” and with a reminder that last night wasn’t “nearly fast enough for you.” And then they dove into Divided and the team launched....
2011-05-28 by waxbanks 24
1) Sounds like a full-on 'Golden Age' jam in Gin, which Trey flubadiddled into a wonderful Manteca jam. Lots of good stuff coming out of 'screwups' the first two shows of this tour. 2) Jesus Christ, they haven't played with this consistent level of focused intensity and variety since, I dunno,...
2011-05-28 by makisupaman 21
"You're in Mike's house mothafucka."
2024-08-09 by yam_ekaj 19
a proper ripper. song choice nearly flawless. huge MFMF in set 1, which was sick enough for Trey to say “i need to regroup after that one,” and don’t sleep on the No Men’s. fun placements for Cavern and 2001, loved both in those spots. then set 2 contains monster 40+ minute sequence with Tweezer...
2011-05-26 by IlleQuiNosOmnesServabit 19
Really wish you'd get the whole setlist up there, Phish played for hours. I snuck in for this soundcheck with 4 other fans (and a baby) and we sat on the edge of the lawn in front of the pavillion. Gorgeous day, and we felt like the band was playing just for us. I believe we snuck in around...
2022-07-22 by ilzniche 12
You might not know it by looking at the setlist, but set 1 tonight was A+ phish. Loose and jammy with standout versions of Golgi, Sample and Gumbo. Segue into Saw it Again is about silky-smooth as it gets. As they continue to go "no reapeats" this tour the songs get longer and longer :) In...
2011-05-28 by kenny_powers 12
ok, so it was a fucking awesome, rocking show. the only tune off Joy they played was Number Line, and they absolutely crushed that jam. Suffice it to say, they seemed to have turned an aesthetic corner and are playing more balls-out, edgy rock with more risk-taking than the past couple years....
2011-05-26 by ckess22 11
From the archives 15...big things http://www.mediafire.com/?m8dz39cfzac7b
2022-07-23 by andrewrose 10
FACTS ARE USELESS NEXT TO YOUR FIRE Let’s do it again, shall we? Wiring this one in a day late, after making the drive home to Montreal from Catskills on Sunday and getting some much needed rest. In the interest of time and the work week that I should really be getting to, I’ll spare some of...
2011-05-27 by ProfJibboo 10
From the moment they came out, you could hear them playing with a particular crispness in the way they hit their peaks and lows. Mike particulars, and Trey as well. The notes were pronounced and the base was particularly deep. While the first five songs were well played and high energy,...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

2022-07-23 • Set Your Soul Free (21:01) Set 2 Noteworthy
"Fourth quarter" magic. No two ways about it. A brief straightforward jam follows the song proper, followed by a brief "Crosseyed" tease/jam. The band then proceeds to dive perilously deep into wide-open space. Musical pivots abound everywhere without hesitation. The band members challenge each other both rhythmically and harmonically to deliver a jam that is high energy, dark, complex, and dissonant at times while never becoming disjointed. Imagine the 8/6/21 "Simple" crossed with some of the deepest moments of a Summer '95 "Tweezer" jam. Magnificently intense music, must-hear. "
2022-07-23 • Undermind (13:05) Set 1 Noteworthy
After a strong Trey led first jam, rather than the expected ending, we get 6 or so minutes of extended jamming kicked off by a "Moo" sample from Fishman and delay runs from Trey. Never straying too far, but enhanced with synthy flourishes from Page, the jam becomes moodier and darker before taking on a relaxed and dreamy vibe that brightens to a conclusion and > to FEFY.
The band incorporates a lot of "DEG" teasing/jamming into the standard format. The mood shifts back and forth from bright to dark several times, with "DEG"-like playing at various times throughout, before returning to "BDTNL." A very cool version.
2011-05-27 • Waves (13:51) Set 2 Noteworthy
Fantastic playing by Trey in the jam proper. Beautiful, lush and serene outro jam. In many ways the polar opposite of the haunting outro from "IT." Transitions to a solid "Prince Caspian."
2024-08-11 • AC/DC Bag (21:21) Set 2
Another big "Bag" following NYE 23's masterpiece, though in lieu of tracking a multi-beast, Trey follows his instincts and summer's touring sound. Halfway through the version Trey discovers a great theme and we're off on another, special, voyage (somewhat reminiscent of MSG's sound), the jam then moving through a number of highly charged and disparate improvisational passages.
2024-08-11 • Bathtub Gin (18:28) Set 1
After toying a bit with beat and meter, play calms at 6:30, and Trey, atop Fish, runs through a nice solo, informed by a (welcome) melody you've heard before. A few minutes later play nearly stills, with Mike and Page emerging to inform much by way of synthy sound. Trey latches on, and in time the jam, pushed by Fish, breaks to become a full-band celebratory affair - music, perhaps at its best, when Page jumps to his concert grand.
2024-08-11 • 46 Days (9:23) Set 1
Trey screws around early, setting a great (if strange) tone, and an excellent, somewhat demented jam develops. Naturally, Mike features heavily. Some of the most off-beat Phish - the sort of improv one could listen to for days - does, in time, sync up, building to an upbeat, if familiar, conclusion.
Centerpiece of a strong, cohesive set. > from "Twist," the band directly exits the song and throws just about everything, except Billy Strings (whose sound from the recent Michigan sit-ins looms) at the wall, creating, in fact, not so much a wall of sound, but a light/dark, bright and breezy psychedelic tapestry. Truly great version. And evidence, perhaps, why "just" Phish is more. > to "BASOS."
Breaks out of traditional "DWD" space almost immediately for a swirling, psychedelic zone, featuring excellent dynamic play from Mike. With a steady rhythmic attack providing a platform, play grows more and more densely layered, with tonal shifts popping up like wormholes along the way. The train rides on undeterred, before executing an excellent ->"Waves".
Don't let the timing deceive you, as this "Chalk Dust" is packed to the brim with ideas and energy. Trey and Mike's inspired, high-energy interplay lead the band through multiple modulations, a "Yankee Doodle" tease, and finally a burn-down-the-house peak, closing up shop on a killer set 2.
2024-08-09 • Pillow Jets (13:17) Set 2
> from "Tweezer". If you didn't know any better, you might think the beginning of this jam was out of "Melt" and not "Pillow Jets". Out of the muck, Trey leads the band into an upbeat, driving jam that oozes energy. Trey weaves his way back to a smooth segue -> "Tweezer".
2024-08-09 • Tweezer (24:10) Set 2
Like a labyrinthine Hall of Mirrors, this "Tweezer" shifts through several moods and themes in impressionistic fashion. Fishman's cerebral, yet grounded grooving keeps the ship afloat as the band modulates between locked-in funk, abrasive dissonance, nearly rudderless psychedelia and finally a super catchy, Allman Brothers-inflected country rock section that turns anthemic. This then resolves back to the "Tweezer" theme and > a powerful "Pillow Jets".
2024-08-09 • Tweezer (3:03) Set 2
-> from "Pillow Jets," Trey and Fish work their way into a snappy, musical and inventive "Tweezer" segment featuring rather cool contributions from Mike and Page. Fish is just fantastic and clearly having a blast, while Trey does his thing. A bit by way of noise drops; Trey strums; and the band -> into just what you'd want: "Piper." // Part "Piper" and "song-"outro, a return to the iconic "Tweezer" riff unquestionably caps this incendiary Summer 24 segment.
Atoning for a somewhat ugly composed section, Trey slashes his way through a jam ignited by near full-band "Fuego" teasing, the four then yielding to a cool idea come 8:45, which builds to scattershot, yet engaging and musical improvisation, Trey finally finding a fun, atonal line before turning all "Crosseyed and Painless," which, bettered by Page on his piano, leads to raucous improv, all of this building to inform a fun, playful, 'What the hell was that?' conclusion. Maybe so? Why not.
Trey augments his tone just so- a great nod to the song's roots- and wonderfully solos. There's a super, however subtle shift, following the 5:00 mark, and the jam assumes a different register. Blasts of sustain and more great Trey (nifty melodic and thematic variation) builds to bliss tinged with that "Allman's" twist which culminates in a fire conclusion offset by the song's vocal refrain.


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