My favorite memory of this whole experience was standing peacefully at the orange barricade listening to the sound check. No one wanting to be unruly, everyone who was there just standing there peacefully enjoying the music.

I was 19 and this was a trip of a lifetime. The show, the setup, and those GIANT balls flowing from the front of the stage to the back. So great

I was there. I remember the drive from Maine. We pulled into a rest area somewhere along alligator alley. I got woken up at 5:30 am to some crazy wook screaming in my face “the gates are open get up!” and that was the beginning of my amazing new years 2000 weekend at big cypress. The best most memorable new years in history

14 years young. Not sure what the heck I was doing there at that age, but nothing has topped it, so I was in the right spot

Hello everyone, I'm a 53 yo from Italy and I was there too (you'll maybe find it hard to believe!!). It's still up to now one of the greatest experiences of my entire life....the incredible 10 hrs line to get in, as well as the three more incredible (if possible) days....wow!

I was 18 and this was my first Phish show lol. I had no clue what I was getting myself into but I was ready to find out. I learned so much about myself and that strangers are usually just friends you haven't met yet. So much fun. Ready to go camp with the Pham again.

i sat on alligator alley in traffic for so long i thought i was going to miss the show.

Clearly one of the most important events in the history of modern music, and you could easily argue American culture as a whole. Nothing really epitomized this generation so well despite the fact that Phish was a niche band in some ways. I think their significance stems from the origins of Phish fan culture, which tends toward upper middle class and educated. In some ways you could see this as the high water mark of established American bourgeoisie culture. Everything changed in the 21st century, and America began its speedy descent into ruin. But the energy and beauty and chaos and unique naïveté of American youth is on full display here, turned up to 11. I wish I had been a phan back then, although it might have killed me. Maybe if I had picked Cornell over Georgetown I would have found the weird hippy kids who should have been my friends back then. Sometimes it feels like I’m living in the wrong timeline, like I missed a turn somewhere down the number line and have been lost ever since. I mean look at me in the YT confessional at 2:37am on a Wednesday in an AirBnB because we don’t know where to live. I’m not complaining, just … letting the thoughts out. God bless all you beautiful freaks and geniuses, all you lost souls and wanderers. Who knows, am I right? I really need to find a decent therapist.

Just got back from Phish at AC beach this past weekend, and came looking for footage of what was the best musically transcendent experience of my life: Phish 2000... which was whispered all throughout the crowds walking to and from the stage... and also a lot of moo-ing and baa-ing as we herded ourselves back and forth... I remember lots of people looking for smoke (as they had gone through their supplies in the traffic jam), and tons of folks on the radio station giving places to meet/find their friends. So many memories... that setting, the people, the vibe, the jams... just a true freaking dream. Got a teeny snippet of that this past weekend... what a feeling 🐟✨

The last Huzzah of a different time. Glad I can say I was there.

Thanks for the memory of this. What an incredible experience 🐠 💕 🧀 🍰

I was there. I lived in Tampa, and I figured if Y2K was going to end civilization as planes fell from the sky, what better place to be than on an isolated Indian reservation with tens of thousands of people and a great house band

Thanks for filming this and posting this! I was 24 years old and will never forget it

Thank you for sharing. Im 48 now and it is great to see this and the memories of that experience thank you

Was my 20 bday on New years. Was blessing be fed Cheesecake so many family I miss thank you.

ABSOLUTELY FREAKING EVERYTHING! Thank you so much! CHEESECAKE!

I was there, what a great time to be alive!⭕️⭕️⭕️

What a great time, 1 of the best of my life. Here's a good story from trip down to Big Cypress- i didn't want to drive from Chicago alone so I hooked up online w/2 kids who needed a ride. Met first guy in Effingham (he was from St Louis) & was scheduled to meet next guy in Paducah,Ky. Got to Paducah w/no problem & we were set up to meet at a Shell station right down street from his house. Dude shows up(his name is Keith) & we load up & get ready to hit the road and-shit- the car won't start. We try for a few minutes & still nothing. Luckily, Keith had worked at Paducah Ford before & he called them up explaining the situation & practically begging for help. The kind ppl at Paducah Ford agreed to stay open a little longer in order to help us out. They dispatched a tow truck to the Shell station lot. We're waiting & tow truck shows up & we couldn't believe our eyes. The name of the Tow truck company? Hippies Recovery Services. Swear to God. Right then & there we knew we were in for a great experience. It was just a minor problem w/the car & 45 min later we were headed south to Florida. And my word, did we have a great time. Big Cypress was amazing & the vibe at the show was unlike any other I've seen, so overwhelmingly positive. Only disappointment was not getting a copy of the picture of my 1971 red Impala on the flatbed of Hippies Recovery Services. So if you see this Josh get in touch with me buddy & you too Keith. Hope everyone has a great day!🐕‍🦺🎸

Thanks for that travel back down memory lane. I had my 35mm but vids are special. Thank you

There's a lot of analogous forage in here, credit to Matthew, that has remained descriptive of my life experience since I attended. Phish's role in my life has been a life-energy for time. This whole thing was a crystalizing experience and 21 years later, it's still just as strong. Grateful for the footage. Great job

I was there ;) What a great time. Went to New Orleans afterwards. Killer.

I was right in the middle of that drum circle as you were filming lol. I had a huge bass jimbay. Remember it so clearly.

I remember so much and so little of this adventure. The traffic sucked, but one thing is for sure....I'm older now.

Thank you so much for posting this!! I am beside myself right now. Such memories!! The façade, the Ferris wheel, and I never even noticed the guy on the high ass pole flopping back and forth above our heads!! And the cypress swamp! So magical! You have truly made my day...no year (so far)! Speaking of years, It has been 19 of them since my last show (2003-07-26 Atlanta). I planned on going to their Atlanta show in 2020 but then the 'rona hit. Too bad they don't come to Florida anymore. Thanks again for sharing this, much love being sent your way brother!!

This vid and the Went one are great! Love the videos of the 1.0 scene almost as much as videos of the actual shows. If you've got any more of these, hope you keep them coming!

I was a day shy of turning 2 when this happened. My mother said she made sure I was awake when the clock rolled over to 2000. Being in Arizona, we left 1999 around the time they were playing Sand. I can only imagine how intense that night was. Glad I can sit here and listen to it whenever I want here in 2024.

Anyone remember the dude who ran through the gas station at the end of Snake Rd screaming “they’re opening the gates!! They’re opening the gates!!!” And everyone ran to their cars and drove to the gates, and they were not opening the gates? They started turning cars around to leave one by one, and we were getting closer and closer in my friend’s ‘94 Taurus we drove from Northern Maine…. Until they tried turning a hive RV around on that narrow road, after about 6 points he decided to straighten it back out, and refused to turn around… My friend Nick was arguing with a cop at the time about turning around, the cop told us to make our friend shut up before he went to jail… and because of that RV driver we ended up being the 8th vehicle into the show once they decided to let people in. We got prime selection of parking and camping… God bless the RV driver and God bless the dude who ran through that gas station shouting “they’re opening the gates!”

It was a special time. Thanks for the flashback. 🙏🏽

What a great memory!!!! And I remember that traffic!!!

Thanks for posting! I was there but there's so little footage of this.

Was there too... drove from Washington State. I saw phish probably 2 dozen times - this was my last show. Life changed and I figured this couldn't be beat. Maybe I'll see them again, not sure...

AWESOME! One of the best times ever! Thanks for sharing... #cheesecake!

Cool stuff! Before my time, so it's great to see what the experience was like vicariously.

what a magical weekend! we were guest of Chief Jim Billie!

The greatest Phish show ever.!!

Ticket #336 loved the whole experience greatest show and new year even the traffic was a hoot

No smart phones it was beautiful!

Never been to a Phish concert but my god it’s looks like fun!

Oh shit..... I forgot about the drum circle in the woods.... What a good time..... CHEESECAKE!!!>>>>>Thanx!

I’ll never forget 12/30 how quiet it was walking out and then SMACK!! The dude in front of me drops like a fly, he got hit in the head with what I thought was a bird. He got UP looks at me with saucer eyes. “ITS VICIOUSSSSSSSS!!!!” It was a moth the size of a basketball.

Damn good time. What an adventure that was.

9:36 This was actually discussed as an idea for the gag. In the After Midnight podcast (can't remember which episode) I think Paluksa said they were going to do a fake Y2K meltdown. They abandoned the idea because of the potential panic it could cause, just like your friend presumed.

Im there somewhere! Oh the good ole days.

I remember that people were jumping the line by use of the left lane, and a VW bus passed us with a person on the roof. Later I learned that person fell off and died. That held up traffic for hours more. Also, at the turn off to the reservation, there was a gas station. Traffic was held up as people would were waiting in line for gas were blocking traffic to the show. After the show, it took close to 36 hours for the traffic to move from our camping area.

I was here!!!

Remember when someone died after falling off the top of their camper when dancing? Never even made it in...died waiting on the side of the road

the end of a golden age no better place to cash in your chips

I was at this show. I wish I had something to record with back then. This was an incredible time.

A bunch of my friends went, my dad went too, I stayed home and partied at college back in Ohio. I remembered in the midst of the massive party, a tv being on and it cutting to phish. I was happy enough to know they were rocking in Y2K too! Great times to be a fan. But I could also smell the hippy stank of yester year coming through this vid. 😆 I

No one is on a cell phone

I remember folks taking a leak in the ditches along the causeway on the way into the venue at night and then on the way out after the show in the day noticing it was full of alligators...

Those cypress trees were nuts while tripping balls

I forget what I put in the time capsule

this was one of the last shows i remember where people were actually cool with one another

SLAVVVVVVVEEEEE TO THE TRAFFIC JAM

Nice vid! I think you played with my buddy in the Philly Toboggan Company. Is that you? We were both here!

When does the time capsule get opened

shame not many boards of this exist

what happened to the time capsule?

I sometimes can’t remember why I went from one room to another, but I know my crew and I were at 4th and Hampton at BC.

CHEESECAKE!!

wow

Its like the anti-Woodstock '99.

No cell phones!

Not a phone in sight...

Cheese. Cake.

the anemoia is real

Did you by any chance record the guy falling out of the tree? I saw it. Terrible

I took a 60 lb. Tank of N20 there + made $3,000 B4 2000! KaChing! ❄🌎❄

camp kirk

When does the time capsule get opened