How many times has Phish played Contact?

Phish has performed "Contact" 177 times since June 15, 1988.

What is the longest version of Contact by Phish?

The longest version of "Contact" was 9:59 long, performed at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on July 18, 2026.

When was the last time Phish played Contact?

Phish last played "Contact" on July 18, 2026. The current gap is 9 shows.

When did Phish first play Contact?

"Contact" debuted on June 15, 1988 at The Front in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Contact?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Contact" are: Possum, You Enjoy Myself, Mike's Song, Golgi Apparatus, Weekapaug Groove.

← BACK·SONGS·Contact

LIVE · 177 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Contact

177 performances since 1988, with 153 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 88 on 2003-01-03.

DEBUT · 1988-06-15 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-07-18 · Columbia·LONGEST GAP · 99 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2003-01-03 · 88LONGEST · 9:59 · 2026-07-18SHORTEST · 3:39YEARS · 38

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN153 OF 177 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 147 plays76

v2.02002–2004 · 5 plays88

v3.02009–2020 · 18 plays64

v4.02021–present · 4 plays72

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 153 · BY SCORE153 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0188#1 / 153Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA · #1

2003-01-038:27

#0276#2 / 153The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-08-058:35

#0374#3 / 153320 Spear StreetBurlington, VT

1989-05-219:01

#0473#4 / 153Campus ClubProvidence, RI

1992-03-139:06

#0572#5 / 153Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2026-07-189:59

#0665#6 / 153The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-07-308:11

#0764#7 / 153Cross Insurance ArenaPortland, ME

2016-07-067:41

#0863#8 / 153Ian McLean's Party, Connie Condon's FarmHebron, NY

1989-05-287:48

#0963#9 / 153Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1988-10-297:38

#1063#10 / 153Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY

1990-05-158:15

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0172#5 / 153Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2026-07-189:59

#0254#46 / 153Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2024-07-267:10

#0345#131 / 153Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2022-06-036:56

#0446#122 / 153Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2021-08-086:57

#0554#47 / 153Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-306:12

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS177

DEBUT1988

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:40

CHARTED1

GAP MAX99

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2026 · 92 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE151 VERSIONS

501005m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (101)RANGE · 3–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2026

6:007:008:009:0010:00

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE177 PLAYS

SET 1 · 12%SET 2 · 38%ENCORE · 46%

SET 1 21SET 2 68SET 3 6ENCORE 82

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE6

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE6

ENCORE78

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 3

10203040506070

GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT8 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI4 03Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD3 04Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA3 05Townshend Family ParkTownshend · VT3 06The ParadiseBoston · MA3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT24 02NY23

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum88 02You Enjoy Myself77 03Mike's Song72 04Golgi Apparatus71 05Weekapaug Groove70 06The Lizards64 07Run Like an Antelope63 08I Am Hydrogen59 09Bouncing Around the Room59

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

The Sloth

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN55 TOURS · 177 PLAYS · 177 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour3535Feb 3, 1990·Dec 8, 1990 021989 Tour2929Jan 26, 1989·Dec 31, 1989 031988 Tour1212Jun 15, 1988·Dec 10, 1988 041993 Winter/Spring Tour88Feb 7, 1993·May 6, 1993 051991 Winter/Spring Tour77Feb 9, 1991·Apr 12, 1991 061992 Spring Tour66Mar 13, 1992·May 5, 1992 071994 Spring Tour66Apr 8, 1994·May 25, 1994 081991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour66Jul 11, 1991·Jul 27, 1991 091993 Summer Tour44Jul 22, 1993·Aug 28, 1993 101995 Fall Tour44Oct 7, 1995·Nov 28, 1995

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 287· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Contact

Phish original·debuted 06.15.88·The Front, Burlington

177 PLAYS·153 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

88BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 177

01.03.03Hampton

Hampton, VA · 8:27

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Year by year30 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

2003 · 88.2

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20034 VERS · BEST 88.2

By era4 ERAS · 174 PLAYS

1.0 · 1472.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS147

AVG · BEST51·76

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST59·88

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS18

AVG · BEST50·64

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST54·72

BEST VERSION→

Versions153 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

01.03.03 Hampton · Hampton, VACHARTED

—8:2788 #02

08.05.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—8:3576 #03

05.21.89 320 Spear Street · Burlington, VT

—9:0174 #04

03.13.92 Campus Club · Providence, RI

—9:0673 #05

07.18.26 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

—9:5972 #06

07.30.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—8:1165 #07

07.06.16 Cross Insurance Arena · Portland, ME

—7:4164 #08

05.28.89 Ian McLean's Party, Co · Hebron, NY

—7:4863 #09

10.29.88 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

—7:3863 #10

05.15.90 Hamilton College · Clinton, NY

—8:1563

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS177across 4 eras

ANALYZED15386% of all

AVG DURATION6:401 charted

LONGEST9:5907.18.26 MERRIWEATHER POST

SHORTEST3:3903.14.89 NECTAR'S

LONGEST GAP99 SH.2024 → 2026

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT06.15.88BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1988–2026177 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'93'98'03'08'13'18'23'26

MAX · 8 /MO·TOTAL · 177

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS176 PERFS

LONGEST · 99 SH.·MEDIAN · 6 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE151 VERSIONS

3m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2026

SHORT · 6:01 · 1996·LONG · 9:59 · 2026

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX177 PLAYS

S2 38%ENCORE 46%

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE6

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE6

ENCORE78

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#16

TRANSITION OUT177 PLAYS

40%15%45%

STOP · 71END · 27SEGUE · 79

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT8 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI4 03Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD3 04Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA3 05Townshend Family ParkTownshend · VT3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT24NY23MA14CO13PA9CA9

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN27

MON14

TUE19

WED17

THU19

FRI32

SAT49

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.012.1%

v2.07.4%

v3.04.0%

v4.01.5%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum88 02You Enjoy Myself77 03Mike's Song72 04Golgi Apparatus71 05Weekapaug Groove70 06The Lizards64

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

The Sloth177 Back on the Train176 Sweet Adeline178 Buried Alive175 The Horse175 Horn180 Punch You in the Eye173 Sand167

By tour55 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS177 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 35 sh35 021989 Tour1989 · 29 sh29 031988 Tour1988 · 12 sh12 041993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 8 sh8 051991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 7 sh7 061992 Spring Tour1992 · 6 sh6 071994 Spring Tour1994 · 6 sh6 081991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour1991 · 6 sh6

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

01.03.03·Hampton · Hampton

In the encore slot, this excellent "Contact" features an extended, rocking and funky jam.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER CONTACTSWIPE →

37.93%Big Black Furry Creature from Mars22× →→17.24%Tweezer Reprise10× →→12.07%Highway to Hell7× →→12.07%Fire7× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE CONTACTSWIPE →

26.67%Run Like an Antelope8× ←→16.67%You Enjoy Myself5× ←→16.67%David Bowie5× ←→13.33%Mike's Song4× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The RomaTELLURIDE, CO

PLAYSAVG366

66 Hampton ColiseumHAMPTON, VA

PLAYSAVG364

64 Merriweather Post PavilionCOLUMBIA, MD

PLAYSAVG357

57 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG853

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