How many times has Phish played Party Time?

Phish has performed "Party Time" 38 times since August 15, 2009.

What is the longest version of Party Time by Phish?

The longest version of "Party Time" was 10:02 long, performed at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on August 11, 2018.

When was the last time Phish played Party Time?

Phish last played "Party Time" on August 18, 2024. The current gap is 73 shows.

When did Phish first play Party Time?

"Party Time" debuted on August 15, 2009 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Party Time?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Party Time" are: Light, Ghost, 46 Days, Slave to the Traffic Light, David Bowie.

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← BACK·SONGS·Party Time

LIVE · 38 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Party Time

38 performances since 2009, with 40 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 78 on 2012-07-08.

DEBUT · 2009-08-15 · Columbia·LAST · 2024-08-18 · Dover·LONGEST GAP · 53 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2009–2024INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’09’10’15’20’24

BEST · 2012-07-08 · 78LONGEST · 10:02 · 2018-08-11SHORTEST · 4:16YEARS · 15

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN40 OF 38 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 32 plays78

v4.02021–present · 8 plays45

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 40 · BY SCORE40 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0178#1 / 40Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NY · #2

2012-07-088:44

#0273#2 / 40Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD · #1

2018-08-1110:02

#0363#3 / 40Telluride Town ParkTelluride, CO

2010-08-104:51

#0458#4 / 40Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at HarveysStateline, NV

2011-08-096:19

#0558#5 / 40Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2013-08-319:38

#0653#6 / 40Ascend AmphitheaterNashville, TN

2018-10-237:48

#0752#7 / 40Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2018-07-217:59

#0851#8 / 40DCU CenterWorcester, MA

2013-10-268:55

#0950#9 / 40Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly IslandChicago, IL

2017-07-159:30

#1050#10 / 40North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2019-12-068:34

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0133#33 / 40The WoodlandsDover, DE

2024-08-185:36

#0241#20 / 40Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-046:57

#0335#29 / 40The Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown, PA

2023-07-217:43

#0438#24 / 40Hollywood BowlHollywood, CA

2023-04-216:28

#0532#34 / 40TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2022-07-208:10

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS38

DEBUT2009

LAST2024

AVG LEN7:13

CHARTED2

GAP MAX53

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2009–2024 · 35 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE38 VERSIONS

5105m10m

MEDIAN · 7:30PEAK · 7–8m (13)RANGE · 4–11m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2009–2024

6:007:008:009:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE38 PLAYS

SET 1 · 68%SET 2 · 26%

SET 1 26SET 2 10SET 3 2

S1 OPEN10

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN6

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 2

51015124

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO3 02Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD3 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 04Ascend AmphitheaterNashville · TN2 05Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA2 06Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco · CA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY6 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Light17 02Ghost12 0346 Days12 04Slave to the Traffic Light11 05David Bowie11 06Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan10 07Cavern10 08Chalk Dust Torture10 09You Enjoy Myself9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN27 TOURS · 38 PLAYS · 38 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012016 Summer Tour33Jul 8, 2016·Sep 4, 2016 022021 Summer Tour33Aug 3, 2021·Sep 3, 2021 03Not Part of a Tour33Oct 30, 2009·Apr 26, 2014 042017 Summer Tour22Jul 15, 2017·Aug 4, 2017 052012 Early Summer Tour22Jun 19, 2012·Jul 8, 2012 062018 Summer Tour22Jul 21, 2018·Aug 11, 2018 072019 Summer Tour22Jul 10, 2019·Aug 30, 2019 082024 Summer Tour22Aug 4, 2024·Aug 18, 2024 092011 NYE11Dec 31, 2011 102012 Late Summer Tour11Aug 19, 2012

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 2939· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Party Time

Phish original·debuted 08.15.09·Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia

38 PLAYS·40 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

78BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 38

07.08.12Saratoga Performing Ar

Saratoga Springs, NY · 8:44

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Year by year15 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2009–2026v3.2

2012 · 78.1

'09'13'17'21'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20124 VERS · BEST 78.1

By era4 ERAS · 40 PLAYS

1.02.03.0 · 324.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS32

AVG · BEST44·78

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST37·45

BEST VERSION→

Versions40 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.08.12 Saratoga Performing Ar · Saratoga Springs, NYCHARTED

—8:4478 #02

08.11.18 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MDCHARTED

—10:0273 #03

08.10.10 Telluride Town Park · Telluride, CO

—4:5163 #04

08.09.11 Lake Tahoe Outdoor Are · Stateline, NV

—6:1958 #05

08.31.13 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—9:3858 #06

10.23.18 Ascend · Nashville, TN

—7:4853 #07

07.21.18 Gorge · George, WA

—7:5952 #08

10.26.13 DCU · Worcester, MA

—8:5551 #09

07.15.17 Huntington Bank at Nor · Chicago, IL

—9:3050 #10

12.06.19 North Charleston · North Charleston, SC

—8:3450

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS38across 2 eras

ANALYZED40105% of all

AVG DURATION7:132 charted

LONGEST10:0208.11.18 MERRIWEATHER POST

SHORTEST4:1608.11.21 HERSHEYPARK

LONGEST GAP53 SH.2023 → 2024

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT08.15.09COLUMBIA

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2009–202438 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'24

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 38

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS37 PERFS

LONGEST · 53 SH.·MEDIAN · 13 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE38 VERSIONS

4m11m

MEDIAN · 7:30·PEAK · 7–8m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2009–2024

SHORT · 5:31 · 2010·LONG · 9:05 · 2017

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX38 PLAYS

S1 68%S2 26%

S1 OPEN10

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN6

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#10

TRANSITION OUT38 PLAYS

87%

STOP · 33SEGUE · 5

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY6CA4CO4PA3MD3MA3

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN7

MON2

TUE6

WED3

THU2

FRI9

SAT9

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.06.6%

v4.03.3%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Light17 02Ghost12 0346 Days12 04Slave to the Traffic Light11 05David Bowie11 06Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan10

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

While My Guitar Gently Weeps38 Kung38 Plasma38 The Line37 Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)39 Catapult36 A Wave of Hope40 Drift While You're Sleeping35

By tour27 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS38 TOTAL

012016 Summer Tour2016 · 3 sh3 022021 Summer Tour2021 · 3 sh3 03Not Part of a Tour2009–2014 · 3 sh3 042017 Summer Tour2017 · 2 sh2 052012 Early Summer Tour2012 · 2 sh2 062018 Summer Tour2018 · 2 sh2 072019 Summer Tour2019 · 2 sh2 082024 Summer Tour2024 · 2 sh2

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

08.11.18·Merriweather Post · Columbia

Surprise jam from a strong stand, "Party Time" offers what has been so cool with regard to 2018, and, generally, of late: A little "jamlet." Emerging from what might ordinarily bring the song to a c…

→CHRT#2

07.08.12·Saratoga Performing Ar · Saratoga Springs

Really solid and extended straightforward jamming with great Page and Trey.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER PARTY TIMESWIPE →

16.67%Chalk Dust Torture2× →→16.67%Punch You in the Eye2× →→16.67%Axilla2× →→16.67%46 Days2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE PARTY TIMESWIPE →

37.5%Light3× ←→12.5%Blaze On1× ←→12.5%Carolina1× ←→12.5%Crowd Control1× ←→

Top venues3 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Merriweather Post PavilionCOLUMBIA, MD

PLAYSAVG345

45 Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCOMMERCE CITY, CO

PLAYSAVG340

40 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG336

SONG ●/songs/party-timeSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/party-time · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

TOTAL · 38 PLAYSMAX · 2 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 37 TOTAL

1020304050’10’15’20

LONGEST · 53 SHOWSMEDIAN · 13 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

SHORTEST · 5:31 · 2010LONGEST · 9:05 · 2017