How many times has Phish played Evolve?

Phish has performed "Evolve" 32 times since August 4, 2021.

What is the longest version of Evolve by Phish?

The longest version of "Evolve" was 9:12 long, performed at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI on August 7, 2024.

When was the last time Phish played Evolve?

Phish last played "Evolve" on April 16, 2026. The current gap is 8 shows.

When did Phish first play Evolve?

"Evolve" debuted on August 4, 2021 at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, TN.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Evolve?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Evolve" are: Chalk Dust Torture, Free, Carini, Wolfman's Brother, Sand.

← BACK·SONGS·Evolve

LIVE · 32 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Evolve

32 performances since 2021, with 27 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 86 on 2024-08-07.

DEBUT · 2021-08-04 · Nashville·LAST · 2026-04-16 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 44 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2021–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’21’25’26

BEST · 2024-08-07 · 86LONGEST · 9:12 · 2024-08-07SHORTEST · 5:34YEARS · 5

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN27 OF 32 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 0 plays—

v4.02021–present · 30 plays86

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 27 · BY SCORE27 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0186#1 / 27Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids, MI · #1

2024-08-079:12

#0264#2 / 27Folsom FieldBoulder, CO

2025-07-056:38

#0358#3 / 27Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-306:37

#0456#4 / 27SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-165:47

#0556#5 / 27TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-167:08

#0656#6 / 27Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2023-09-026:35

#0755#7 / 27Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2024-08-306:51

#0854#8 / 27Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-296:43

#0953#9 / 27Orion AmphitheaterHuntsville, AL

2023-07-126:47

#1051#10 / 27Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-266:11

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0156#4 / 27SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-165:47

#0258#3 / 27Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-306:37

#0354#8 / 27Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-296:43

#04—Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Expo CenterLouisville, KY

2025-09-12—

#0551#10 / 27Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-266:11

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS32

DEBUT2021

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:50

CHARTED1

GAP MAX44

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2021–2026 · 21 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE29 VERSIONS

510155m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (16)RANGE · 5–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2021–2026

6:006:307:007:30’25

SHORTEST · 6:12 · 2026LONGEST · 7:12 · 2021

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

SET MIX & ROLE32 PLAYS

SET 1 · 84%SET 2 · 13%

SET 1 27SET 2 4ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

12345

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY4 03SphereLas Vegas · NV2 04Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs · NY2 05Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 06Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Expo CenterLouisville · KY1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY8 02CO

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Chalk Dust Torture11 02Free10 03Carini9 04Wolfman's Brother9 05Sand9 06A Wave of Hope8 07Theme from the Bottom8 08Piper8 09Light8

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Lengthwise32 Purple Rain32

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN19 TOURS · 32 PLAYS · 32 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012024 Summer Tour55Jul 23, 2024·Aug 30, 2024 022023 Summer Tour44Jul 12, 2023·Sep 2, 2023 032025 Early Summer Tour33Jul 5, 2025·Jul 26, 2025 04Not Part of a Tour33Aug 25, 2023·Jul 17, 2024 052023 Fall Tour22Oct 8, 2023·Oct 15, 2023 062025 Spring Tour22Apr 19, 2025·Apr 25, 2025 072024 NYE Run11Dec 31, 2024 082021 Fall Tour11Oct 17, 2021 092025 Late Summer Tour11Sep 12, 2025 102025 Mexico11Jan 29, 2025

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 5472· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Evolve

Phish original·debuted 08.04.21·Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville

32 PLAYS·27 ANALYZED·1 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

86BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 32

08.07.24Van Andel Arena

Grand Rapids, MI · 9:12

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Year by year6 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2021–2026v3.2

2024 · 85.6

'21'22'23'24'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20248 VERS · BEST 85.6

By era4 ERAS · 30 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0 · 30

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS30

AVG · BEST47·86

BEST VERSION→

Versions27 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.07.24 Van Andel Arena · Grand Rapids, MICHARTED

—9:1286 #02

07.05.25 Folsom Field · Boulder, CO

—6:3864 #03

01.30.26 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—6:3758 #04

04.16.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—5:4756 #05

07.16.25 TD at the Mann · Philadelphia, PA

—7:0856 #06

09.02.23 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—6:3556 #07

08.30.24 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—6:5155 #08

12.29.25 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—6:4354 #09

07.12.23 Orion · Huntsville, AL

—6:4753 #10

07.26.25 Broadview Stage at SPA · Saratoga Springs, NY

—6:1151

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS32across 1 eras

ANALYZED2784% of all

AVG DURATION6:501 charted

LONGEST9:1208.07.24 VAN ANDEL ARENA

SHORTEST5:3408.17.24 THE WOODLANDS

LONGEST GAP44 SH.2022 → 2023

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT08.04.21NASHVILLE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2021–202632 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'21'23'25'26

MAX · 4 /MO·TOTAL · 32

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS31 PERFS

LONGEST · 44 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE29 VERSIONS

5m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2021–2026

SHORT · 6:12 · 2026·LONG · 7:12 · 2021

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX32 PLAYS

S1 84%S2 13%

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#12

TRANSITION OUT32 PLAYS

97%

STOP · 31END · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY4 03SphereLas Vegas · NV2 04Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs · NY2 05Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY8CO3NV2CA2TN2KY1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN6

MON1

TUE3

WED6

THU3

FRI7

SAT6

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v4.013.1%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Chalk Dust Torture11 02Free10 03Carini9 04Wolfman's Brother9 05Sand9 06A Wave of Hope8

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Lengthwise32 Purple Rain32 Yarmouth Road32 Corinna31 I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome31 Grind31 Frankie Says33 Shade33

By tour19 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS32 TOTAL

012024 Summer Tour2024 · 5 sh5 022023 Summer Tour2023 · 4 sh4 032025 Early Summer Tour2025 · 3 sh3 04Not Part of a Tour2023–2024 · 3 sh3 052023 Fall Tour2023 · 2 sh2 062025 Spring Tour2025 · 2 sh2 072024 NYE Run2024 · 1 sh1 082021 Fall Tour2021 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

08.07.24·Van Andel Arena · Grand Rapids

Guest Billy Strings accents the verses with a country twinge that adds to the feeling of being one tiny part of a giant calculus of the universe. This deviation continues past the lyrics, providing an…

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER EVOLVESWIPE →

25%Stash3× →→16.67%Wolfman's Brother2× →→16.67%Mountains in the Mist2× →→16.67%Mull2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE EVOLVESWIPE →

16.67%A Wave of Hope1× ←→16.67%Bathtub Gin1× ←→16.67%Bouncing Around the Room1× ←→16.67%Chalk Dust Torture1× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Moon PalaceCANCUN, QUINTANA ROO

PLAYSAVG454

54 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG447

SONG ●/songs/evolveSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/evolve · v3.2

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