Phish ~ Festival 8 ~ Sunday, November 1st, 2009 ~ Acoustic Afternoon & Evening Sets

All photographs © 2009 Jason Kaczorowski Photography

Phish

Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Empire Polo Field - Indio, CA

Set One: Acoustic
Water In The Sky
Back On The Train
Brian And Robert
Invisible
Strange Design
Mountains in the Mist
The Curtain With
Army Of One
Sleep Again
My Sweet One
Let Me Lie
Bouncing Around The Room
Train Song
Wilson
McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters
Driver
Talk
Secret Smile

Set Two
AC\DC Bag
Rift
Gotta Jibboo
Heavy Things
Reba
The Wedge
Guelah Papyrus
Undermind
Sparkle
Split Open and Melt

Set Three
Tweezer >
Maze
Free
Sugar Shack
Limb By Limb
Theme From The Bottom
Mike's Song >
2001 >
Light >
Slave To The Traffic Light
Encore
Grind
Esther
Tweezer Reprise

Most of Phish's 40,000 fans strolled in Sunday morning to hear their first ever full-length unplugged set and were treated not only to great music by the band but also complimentary coffee and donuts shaped in the form of an 8.

Phish guitarist, Trey Anastasio warned fans “we’re gonna play a lot of mellow tunes” and encouraged them to sit down beneath the baking southern California sun which reached 90 degrees without a cloud in the sky during the 18 song set. Anastasio later apologized for asking everyone to sit while he admitted, “I have ADHD, I can’t sit either,” before closing the set with the classic “McGrupp & the Watchful Hosemasters.”


(above) The sun peeks in from behind the baracade that seperates the audience from the stage

(above) Mmmmmmmm, Festival 8 Donuts. This happen to be the last batch of donuts distributed for free to the afternoon audience.

(above) A fan dresses as her favorite donut.

(above) Police surround a man who was rumored to have eaten the last free donut.





(above) 40,000 fans collectively take their seats beneath the blazing 90 degree sun.











The band returned to the stage at 5:30 pm and again at 8:30 pm Sunday evening to complete their eighth full set of music over the 3 day festival.