Yesterday I was sent a link to Stuart Henderson's impassioned defense of the jam band Phish on Huffington Post.

The Mockingbird Foundation. Scores of Phish fans tuned in (downloads surged into the six figures) and they questioned Wittels' methods. Based on music festival demographics, their average age is 32, and they are more likely to be male (59%) than female (41%). Not since the Grateful Dead has a band built a following as loyal as Phish. -Phish fans scored a full 39 points higher than Grateful Dead fans, on average. After all, just staying at the same rate should make the average median age 48.7.

Andy P. Smith is a writer, entrepreneur, and marketing consultant who has been attending Phish shows for more than 20 years. He is the Arts Editor at Greenpointers.com, founder of PhanSite.com, and the author of The Last American Gypsy: Chronicles of Phish Tour 2004.His writing has also appeared in JamBase.com, FreeWilliasmburg.com, Quartz, Vice, and The Village Voice, among other publications.

New Year's shows are huge for Phish fans, too, with recent midnight surprises including audience levitation, runaway golf carts, and a United Nations-esque ode to flying hot dogs. It’s simple logic to point out that younger fans have a longer lifetime value to the leagues, and there are other benefits to a younger fan base. So what else do we know about hardcore festies?

Fans of the band Phish—Phishheads—as well as …

The Mockingbird Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Phish fans in 1996 to generate charitable proceeds from the Phish community.. And since we're entirely volunteer – with no office, salaries, or paid staff – administrative costs are less than 2% of revenues! And like the Grateful Dead, Phish merchandising is a big business as fans gobble up Phish t-shirts, baby-onesies, and hats. To truly understand Phish, they insisted, you must see them live.

The demographics of valuable music festival fans. And take drugs. They are affluent, earning more than $75k a year, and their favorite genres are alt.

modern rock, classic rock, and pop. So while Phish undoubtedly has fewer fans than Madonna, the ticket revenue per fan is way higher because fans loyally attend multiple shows. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

Both bands were on the higher end of the spectrum, as Phish ranked in at #14 and the Dead at #29 (out of 133 total) Older fans age out of viewership. No league wants to be associated with an aging fanbase. And the Rolling Stones still have audiences under their thumb, despite their combined age of 284. NASCAR is a sport the whole family can enjoy: 2 out of 5 NASCAR fans have children under the age of 18 (100 index vs. U.S. population) Children U.S. Population NASCAR Fans Index NASCAR Fans vs. U.S. Population % of families with kids under 18 40% 40% 100 . France: average time football fans spend reading before matchday 2016 UK: most expensive season ticket prices in the National League 2017/2018, by club Image of …

Phish is an American rock band that formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983.The band is known for musical improvisation, extended jams, blending of genres, and a dedicated fan base.The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell, all of whom perform vocals, with Anastasio being the primary lead vocalist.