Playing in Coventry last Sunday, I couldn’t help thinking of the most famous concert there. Coincidentally, Phish’s so-called “farewell” concert of 2004 also took place in a time of much wetness. Cars were stuck, roads were closed, and the band got on the radio to tell fans not already at the Newport State Airport to turn around and go home.
They didn’t; people abandoned their cars and were ferried to the venue by locals, and for two days, Coventry was Vermont’s largest town. For comparison:
| Burlington, 2000 census | 38,889 |
| Phish Farewell Concert, 2004 | 68,000 |
| Play Every Town, 2023 | 39 |
(earlier ratio experience here)
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