{"id":594170,"date":"2026-08-15T15:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594170\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:24:13","slug":"runaway-gin-to-honor-the-clifford-balls-30th-anniversary-with-the-crystal-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594170\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway Gin to Honor The Clifford Ball&#8217;s 30th Anniversary with The Crystal Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tRunaway Gin to Honor The Clifford Ball\u2019s 30th Anniversary with The Crystal Ball\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of Phish\u2019s Clifford Ball. The multi-day event, which took place at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, NY on August 16 and 17, boasted seven sets of Phish, including a bonus late-night performance on a flatbed truck, as well as an on-stage classical combo and cameos from Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. Named after aviation pioneer Clifford Ball, the event was Phish\u2019s first large-scale campout and is credited with helping revive the standalone summer music festival in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, next month, Phish tribute act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atributetophish.com\/tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Runaway Gin will celebrate Clifford Ball\u2019s milestone anniversary<\/a> with The Crystal Ball. The two-stage gathering will take place at Harmony, NC\u2019s Van Hoy Farms Campground on September 26, featuring three sets of Runaway Gin, as well as performances by Sneezy, Machine Funk duo and several other acts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Crystal Ball has been described as a \u201cwizarding-themed gathering where attendees are encouraged to dress in costume.\u201d Outside of the live music, Van Hoy Farms Campground also offers RV hookups, a swimming pool and other outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up next, Runaway Gin will perform at Savannah, GA\u2019s Broughton Street Bowl and Brew on August 22. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Runaway Gin to Honor The Clifford Ball\u2019s 30th Anniversary with The Crystal Ball This weekend marks the 30th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-594170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}