Phish held their first weekend festival, The Clifford Ball, in Plattsburgh, New York. The event marked the beginning of the band's tradition of large-scale festivals.
Phish played the final concert of their 2000 tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, and subsequently began an 815-day hiatus. They returned to live performance on New Year's Eve2002 with a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.