Festival 8 – rowjimmy DOT net

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For those of you playing along at home, Festival 8 has begun…

The campgrounds are open, The Bunny is on the air and they even played a soundcheck last night.

I’m not there but I’ll be following closely from home (and wherever else I go this weekend) and I thought I’d offer up a few links and whatnot so that you too, the random reader of this oft-neglected blog, can stay informed.

So… Campgrounds. As you probably know, the campgrounds are named for albums that remain on the Phish Festival Eight site. If you are avoiding knowing the albums at all, don’t click on this link HERE. that’s a pdg of the festival map. It’s pretty sweet.

As for The Bunny(!) they’re live from the site now and will be doing so all weekend. Their website features a spot for requests and a twitter stream so you can follow the action.

Now, if you want to hear the Phish sets, your best bet is to fire up your Sirius/XM radio and… What? You don’t have a satellite radio subscription? Me neither. Head over to their website and hook up a free, online, streaming 7-day demo. then tune in at the following times:

Friday 6PM ET (9hours)
Saturday 6PM ET (9hours)
Sunday 3PM ET (9hours)

Update: Sirius/XM streaming is during the sets ONLY. They do not stream The Bunny at all and they do not start at the times shown on their schedule. Tune in at the set times posted below. This is the best capacity stream for the sets.

Actual set times are as follows (these are Pacific Time):

FRIDAY (10/30)

7:30PM Set 1
10:00PM Set 2

SATURDAY (10/31)

3:00PM Set 1
7:30PM The Halloween Set
10:00PM Set 3

SUNDAY (11/01)

12:00PM Acoustic Set
5:30PM Set 2
8:30PM Set 3

Otherwise, The Bunny is streaming in a more limited capacity. Phish.net has the scoop on that here. (By the way, have you checked out the new Phish.net? It’s great. )

Update! Now you can stream it via LivePhish Radio!

Follow setlists via Phish’s website here.

This being the 21st Century, Twitter has got more info that you need. Check the #Phish and #Fest8 tags. You can follow rowjimmy.com on twitter as well and I’ll try to keep folks abreast of any points of interest that I hit upon during the weekend. Look for updates after the jump.

Oh, and Happy Halloween!