All you Strings insiders: Any truth to the rumor that Billy will be at Newport? My family and I will be there Saturday and Sunday, and I recall reading about a social post where Billy said he has an open day.

on the bethel woods website, it says “Small clutch purses no larger than 5.5x8.5” “, and i have a bag that is that size but it has a strap on it to go over my shoulder. Would they allow that? I’ve never been to bethel before and i would like to be sure. Any help is appreciated!!

I will be going for both nights solo and have an onsite campsite. Looking to meet onsite friends who are solo, going as a group, from Baltimore or not, anyone!

I am in the D Camping Section

Ya'll think its a bad idea to take shrooms before a billy show if im going alone? At the fishers concert. Im in the pit all three nights. Id only do it one night tho LOL

Are empty Nalgene allowed? Empty or sealed water bottles?

Happening right out front of Agganis Arena!

so we’re moshing at freak fairs billy sets right?

we dance anyways let’s just get down together in a circle

Hey Goats,

Was delayed at airport for weather this morning and missed our connecting flight to Portland before we even boarded.

Next fights were Friday unless we took separate flights.

Check your flights as it wasn’t just Portland but Boston and Manchester etc all were full.

Loaded up car and heading that way.

Y’all be safe!

I shared this in r/phish earlier, but made this for you all too.

I had a long train ride the other weekend and, with all the commentary around "rail riders" in mind, had the silly idea to build a playable, browser-based game where you get to be one of these esteemed members of our community. 

Play Rail Riders here: https://railriders.freezer.ink/

Game trailers are on YouTube and Instagram, too.

The goal, for one song: get to the rail, defend your spot, get noticed by the band, dose the crowd, snag a poster, all while avoiding security and peeing your pants. All the music is original and 100% made by me, a human, over the last few months.

The game was built by me, with help from Claude, and in Godot, a free, open‑source game engine, and just yesterday I hired an illustrator to create a legit set of characters, sprites, and items (because gen AI art sux, but for a first crack at a beta, it works). Those will be in next week, but in the spirit of the 90s-themed run that's before us, and hoping to get a few beta testers in there to show me what's broken, I hereby invite you all to ride the rail.

A few tips:

• Generally, you want to always be dancing, and especially at the rail where you can rack up Groove points.
• Spins are free and can be used anywhere, but count for points when you're on the rail. If you tap spin three times in a row you get super spin -- but don't land on the stage or you'll get ejected. Wiggles impress the neighbors and slow them down when you're chasing an item, but will cost you points away from the rail. The Worm recharges as you dance and can be used to clear the floor.
• Get noticed by the band and your Groove score skyrockets.
• Bathroom visits clear both your Bladder and Heat scores. Pee your pants and the crowd boots you to the back of the room, and you leave a spot on the floor everyone avoids.
• The band throws out surprises over the course of the round. Balloons help you soar over the crowd -- a good way to get to bathrooms, the merch stand, and back. Give the crowd a sticker and they become your crew for a few seconds, protecting your spot and giving you their Groove points. Tarps hold your spot -- but they'll cost you Heat. Party Supplies doses the whole crowd, and your Groove score rockets. Beers and water help your score but also impact the bladder.

I'm currently building out two-player co-op, but not sure it'll work yet. Feel free to give it a try with a friend once it's in there, but expect bugs. Desktop is best. It does work on mobile as well, but isn't as fun because you can't mash your keyboard and your thumbs might get tired. 

Yes, I realize this is insane. Good luck! Show off your high scores in the thread, and please leave feedback, ideas, criticism, and whatever else you'd like to share here too. Please keep in mind this is beta, and I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm just a fan like you, perhaps with a bit more ADHD.

P.S. If you guys actually enjoy this I might fire up a Discord and keep on building it. I'd love to feature more original music from artists in our community, and maybe include real merch someday too.

P.P.S. See you in Bethel! I hope to have stickers to give out. Will see if I can get my shit in order.

Was at the show last night and ambitiously got a size smaller in a shirt and shouldn't have done that. I can make it an aspirational shirt, but was going to put it out to anyone going tonight who'll be in Portland if they wouldn't mind grabbing one? Or, bonus, maybe you grabbed an men's XL of the blue Boston shirt and want a L? Will pay for the trouble. DM me?

Hey party people! Getting stoked for Portland, was just wondering how the weather feels since it will be my first time there. live in tn now, so used to the hot humid summers. Looks like it's going to be mid 70s, just wondering if it's cooler because of the ocean. Thanks in advance, can't wait to dance with y'all 🔥

Well maybe not a hundred but it was darn loud. Big boy train at union station in KC. Took the streetcar from downtown over lunch. Pretty cool

My gf and I have 2 nights for bethel and we didn’t book any hotel or lodging yet being the cheapest close hotel is 300 a night. Anyone know of a campground or a cheap place to stay near the area? Thanks in advance 😁🤘🏻

How do Billy and the boys keep pumping out one show better than the next? Night after night they are leaving so much of themselves on the stage. What a crazy run this tour has been. Feeling grateful and fortunate to be able to experience it.

can anybody help me find parking or the link to do pre parking online for tonight’s show??? doesn’t have to be super close but at least a mile within the arena. thank u so much

Two of my favs! This is crazy!!!!

I saw Billy for the first time last night after listening to some of his albums. There’s a specific guitar riff he plays @1:48 and it really just grabbed me. He played it twice last night. Anyone else notice this specific riff?

I have a question about getting nugs on the tv. I have an Amazon fire tv that I am able to download the Nugs app, but my subscription is through my google account and it doesn’t let me log in through google. Anyone have this issue or know how to fix it? Thanks!

It would make sense that they're holding off until their big event to play one of their most popular and sought-after songs. I could be wrong, this is just a hunch!

So I got a flight credit burning a hole in my digital wallet and I’m off next Tuesday/Wednesday.

I can fly out of RDU (Raleigh), fly direct land at Bradley (Hartford) right around 5pm. Hotels are very reasonable, plenty of tickets popping up, it all seems to be coming together.

My question is, what else is going on or fun things to do the next day? I wouldn’t fly out til 7:30pm and would have the day to explore.

Any after shows announced?

I know the Billy show will be 10/10 but just trying to see what else Hartford has to offer.

Any local help appreciated

I may be late and don’t care to look for a thread talking about it but just what a complete all around show and set list we got a bit of everything stellar performance

Boston 7/21 was amazing. This is the Facebook post the 70ish yo lady in front of us, who sat on her ass on her phone the entire show, put out there late in set 2. Was worth the $$$ to me!

Heading to both nights of Bethel next weekend as a breastfeeding mom. I know they’ve got a clear bag policy - anyone have experience bringing in your breast pump or a Ceres Chiller for milk? Just trying to save myself a hike back to my car if they hassle me about the chiller