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Stephen Olker is a social worker by day, photographer by night. Currently living in Jersey City, NJ, he spends a fair amount of time in the empire state. Musically, his roots are deeply cemented in the Phish scene, having been to more than 200 shows since 1997. Beyond following 4 guys from Vermont, you can catch him capturing moments at a variety of festivals and shows all across North America. When not damaging his ear drums, he likes to dabble in landscape, portrait, and street photography.

Show Reviews

It was Still Lawnboy: Phish Glazes the Crowd on the Final Night of Baker’s Dozen

Steve Olker Aug 10, 2017

It took 13 consecutive shows for Phish to perform 237 songs at Madison Square Garden, with not a single repeat among them. It will take far longer than this Baker's Dozen of shows to fully grasp the historic nature of this run of shows by…

Show Reviews

Lemon Yellow Fun: Night 11 of the Baker’s Dozen

Steve Olker Aug 6, 2017

The final weekend of Phish’s historic Baker's Dozen, a run of 13 shows at Madison Square Garden, kicked off on Friday to much fanfare and a lot of fingers in the air, with Friday being lemon donut night. These shows sold out in advance and…

Show Reviews

Phish Goes Coconut: Night 1 of The Baker’s Dozen

Steve Olker Jul 22, 2017

The buildup and anticipation for Phish’s 13 night 'Baker's Dozen' run at Madison Square Garden hit a fever pitch on July 21 as the band kicked off the first of 13 shows with a coconut theme, free donuts, free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and…

Hudson Valley

Mayfest 2017: “One. Two. Three… Ascend!”

Steve Olker Jun 2, 2017

This past Memorial Day weekend, I returned to Surprise Lake Camp in Cold Spring, NY for the annual music, art, and yoga festival known (for now) as MAYfest 2017. This intimate, family friendly, wellness focused event has been a welcome…

Jam/Progressive

Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band Slip into Winterland ’77

Steve Olker Mar 15, 2017

On the eve of a massive blizzard in the Northeast, on Monday, March 6, and after the dreaded "spring ahead" of Daylight Saving Time, Phil Lesh and The Terrapin Family Band took to the stage of Brooklyn Bowl to fall back into time,…

Manhattan

White Denim Hits Brooklyn Bowl for 2 Night Blast

Steve Olker Feb 15, 2017

Austin indie rock band White Denim swung through NYC for a quick two night stop at the beloved Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday and Friday, February 9 and 10. The band of James Petralli on vocals and guitar, Jordan Richardson on drums, Steven…

Jam/Progressive

We’ve Only Just Begun – A Phish Night One Recap

Steve Olker Dec 30, 2016

Phish opened their annual 4-night New Year's run in grand fashion last night at Madison Square Garden. For night one, perhaps picking up on the palpable political tension this year has brought us, an a capella rendition of "The Star…

Jam/Progressive

HeadCount Presents “Soundtrack to History” at Brooklyn Bowl

Steve Olker Nov 11, 2016

Tuesday night saw, what seemed like, a never ending election style end to the tune of some funky, improvisational music at this photog's favorite small NYC venue, Brooklyn Bowl. It was here that HeadCount presented a "Soundtrack to History"…

Jam/Progressive

Photo Gallery: Happy Owl Fest 2016

Steve Olker Jul 27, 2016

This past Saturday, on one of the hottest days of summer, the Happy Owl Fest flew into the quaint, Grateful Dead-esque 'venue bar' known as American Beauty, located in the midtown section of Manhattan. Typically, I would not be very excited…

Hudson Valley

Photo Gallery: Relive Mayfest 2016

Steve Olker Jun 9, 2016

The beautiful grounds of Surprise Lake Camp in Cold Spring, NY, provided the backdrop for the second annual Mayfest during Memorial Day weekend 2016. The offspring of SkyBaby Yoga and Catskill Chill Music Festival, Mayfest articulately…

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