On July 25, 26, and 27, 2025 Phish returned to their outdoor home base venue, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), wrapping up a 23-show tour with stops as far afield as Texas, Colorado and South Carolina. SPAC is a 25,000+ capacity covered amphitheater nestled in the idyllic setting of Saratoga Spa State Park, opened in 1966 as a summer home for the New York City Ballet. It has hosted artists of every genre, but none has made it their home quite like Phish. Having played the region in 1990 at Aiko’s downtown and Skidmore College Gymnasium, Phish first played SPAC in 1992 while opening for Santana with their first headlining show in 1994. In synchronicity with the dates, the SPAC 2025 shows were their 25th, 26th, and 27th appearances there in what has become a homecoming for Phish and their fans, and this tour-closing soiree had a playful backyard barbecue vibe that fueled the weekend’s musical heights.

The Friday, July 25th show served as an introduction as the band and crowd settled into the State Park. Bathtub Gin stretched over 20 minutes and got the place warmed up, followed by a hot Birds Of A Feather and Hey Stranger. Set II was a five-song set with patient jamming in Set Your Soul Free > Chalk Dust Torture > Beneath A Sea Of Stars Part 1 > Piper > Everything’s Right. Chalk Dust in particular covered a lot of ground in its nearly half-hour duration.

The ‘Live in Saratoga Springs 2025’ box set captures an electric three nights of top-shelf Phish at an adopted hometown venue, recorded by Vance Powell to multitrack, mixed by Jon Altschiller, and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. This collection puts you in the building for these standout shows and the ultimate Tweezer Reprise(s). 

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SPAC 2025 PRODUCTION CREDITS:

• Recorded by Vance Powell
• Mixed and Mastered by Jon Altschiller with Additional Engineering by Danielle Warman
• Post-Production by Kevin Shapiro
• Technical Assistance by Ben Collette
• Cover Art by Madalyn Stefanak
• Photo by Rene Huemer
• Phish Inc.: Beth Montuori Rowles, Julia Mordaunt

First Tube (Anastasio/Lawton/Markellis)

Devotion To A Dream (Anastasio/Marshall)

The Well (Anastasio/Marshall)

Birds of a Feather (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/Marshall/McConnell)

Strawberry Letter 23 (Otis)*

Lawn Boy (Anastasio/Marshall)

Old Home Place (Mitchell/Webb)**

hey stranger (Anastasio)***

Walls Of The Cave (Anastasio/Marshall)

Set Your Soul Free (Anastasio)***

Chalk Dust Torture  (Anastasio/Marshall)

Beneath A Sea of Stars Part 1 (Anastasio)***

Piper (Anastasio/Marshall)

Everything's Right (Anastasio/Marshall)***

Loving Cup (Jagger/Richards)^

Run Like an Antelope (Anastasio/Pollak)

All songs copyright Who Is She? Music Inc (BMI) except for: *Warner-Tamerlane Pub Corp (BMI); **Lynne Green-Melincoff; ***Seven Below Inc (BMI); ^ABKCO Music Inc (BMI)