From Dec. 28-31, the annual Phish at Madison Square Garden four-night run will return to ring in the new year. With this, Creative Entertainment Group (CEG) has announced the initial lineup of pre and post-shows for each date with more announcements to come.
CEG has also shared that $1 of each ticket will be donated to Phish’s WaterWheel Foundation.
Dec. 28 – Steely Dead, Neighbor
Steely Dead will be playing both a pre-party at 4 pm and an after-party at 11:55 pm at the Hill Country. The price is $25 per person and pre-party and after-party tickets are sold separately. The Steely Dan and Grateful Dead cover band began in Denver, Colorado and is now a national touring band. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
Neighbor will be playing a live after-party at the Cutting Room from 11:55 on through the night. The band has a diverse catalog of hundreds of songs that brings elements of Americana, Funk, Rock, Jazz, Soul, and more. Tickets are $25 per person and the event is 21+. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
Dec. 29 – Space Bacon, Near Dead Experience
The Near Dead Experience is a Brooklyn-based Grateful Dead cover band, fronted by a group of musicians who connected on Reddit. They will play a Phish pre-party hosted at the Hill Country Live. Doors open at 3 pm, and the show starts at 4 pm. Tickets are $24.90 and the event is open to all ages. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
The Brooklyn-based future jam quartet Space Bacon will play live at the Hill Country from 11:55 pm through the night. Tickets are $20 for tier 1 which includes general admission and $25 for tier 2 which includes DOS. This event is 21+. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
Dec. 29 & 30 – Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline
For two nights the supergroup of Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline, will play the after-party at the Sony Hall starting at 11:59 pm. John Medeski and Billy Martin of Medeski Martin & Wood will be joined by Joe Russo’s Almost Dead guitarist Scott Metzger and Wilco’s guitarist Nels Cline. The group first performed together in 2019 on Dec. 28 then again in 2023 on Dec. 30 and now for the first time, they will play two nights.
The price is $45 a ticket for standing room and $65 for VIP reserved seating. Purchase tickets for Dec. 29 here and Dec. 30 here.
Dec. 31 – Funk Sauce Dance Party, Tad Cautious, Shakedown Citi
Grateful Dead cover band, Shakedown Citi, channels the spirit and energy of the Dead without trying to copy them. They will perform a pre-show for the NYE Phish concert at Hill Country Live, beginning at 4 pm. Tickets are $24.90 and the event is open to all ages. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
Host on Sirius XM’s Phish Radio, Tad Cautious, will be joined by friends Ari Fink, DJ Blender and DJ Cooley, to perform at the NYE post-party. Doors open at 11:30 and the show will go until 4 am on Dec. 31 at the Hill Country Live. Tickets start at $28 and the event is open to all ages. Purchase tickets here.
Closing out the four nights of Phish after-parties is the Funk Sauce Dance Party hosted by dj AF (Ari Fink) & Tad Cautious with DJ Cooley and the mysterious DJ Blender. From 1 am to 4 am, the Senior Director of music programming at SiriusXM, and host of The Bunny on SiriusXM, will make you party into the new year. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
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