For the second year in a row, Phish has donated nearly $25,000 of their proceeds from LivePhish downloads to the Mockingbird Foundation, the all-volunteer, fan-run nonprofit that provides funding for music education for children. We are extremely grateful for the band’s generosity in continuing to donate a portion of proceeds from those downloads, and look forward to announcing the next round of grants at or around the time of this year’s New Years Eve run of shows at Madison Square Garden.
The second Phamily Poker Classic is ON, right now, at Harvey’s Resort and Casino. To celebrate, we’re auctioning off nine (9) numbered and signed posters from the original event, last Halloween in Atlantic City.
These are beautiful 11×17 digital prints on 100lb felted cover, all hand drawn and hand done type, signed by fabulous artist Erin Cadigan, featuring a mockingbird dealing four Aces representing Phish’s instruments, while the Phamily watches from the background, and a whirl pool of fish bones and eyeballs swirls about.
Prints numbered 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, and 19 being auctioned one at a time, starting with the lowest number (10). Each auction runs 3 days, followed immediately by the subsequent auction for the next number.
ALL proceeds go directly to the Mockingbird Foundation, an all-volunteer, Phan-run non-profit that funds music education for children.
Bidding for print #10 begins… now!
10 Minute Tube Designs continues to release new pins, with each first being offered on Ebay with a percentage of the purchase going directly to the Mockingbird Foundation, through Ebay’s MissionFish giving program. The newest batch includes references to Cavern and Scent of a Mule, and bidding ends on Friday, June 24th.
Attention, fans of Phish and Hold ‘Em Poker: As just announced at Phish.net, the second Phamily Poker Classic will take place in Lake Tahoe at Harvey’s Casino on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 10, and it will benefit The Mockingbird Foundation!
The tournament will be limited to 100 players (including bounty players), and it will be played during the afternoon of the 10th. The blinds and chip stacks will be structured so that nobody will miss a note of Phish.The entry fee will once again be $120, and at least half of that amount will go directly into the prize pool, with the remainder to be donated to The Mockingbird Foundation after accounting for tournament expenses. The tournament also will again be run by volunteers, including Kevin Young, Jamey Brill, and Charlie Dirksen, who organized the first Phamily Poker Classic last year in Atlantic City. Non-cash prizes will be raffled off during the tournament, and every player will receive a limited edition custom poster created by artist Jon Lamb of Like Minded Productions. Twenty of the posters will be signed and numbered by the artist, and printed on archival quality paper, and the final table’s players will each receive this special edition of the poster in the number that they are eliminated (e.g., tenth place will receive poster No. 10).
Tickets will be available through www.phamilypokerclassic.com beginning Monday, May 9th, at noon eastern time. If you played in this event last year and enjoyed it, please help us sell this event out by telling other fans about your experience! We hope that you will join us again and make this event as special as the original Phamily Poker Classic. With your continued support, these events hopefully will become common whenever Phish performs in poker-friendly towns.
Please see www.phamilypokerclassic.com for additional information. Also, if you or your business are interested in donating non-cash prizes to this event, please email Charlie at charlie@phish.net. Your contributions would be enormously appreciated. If you have any questions about the event itself, please email phamilypokerclassic@gmail.com.
Whether you're still doing Christmas shopping, or making other purchases, anytime you shop at Amazon and start here, a percentage of your purchase is donated to the Mockingbird Foundation – up to 15%, on anything you buy!
This isn’t chump change: One fan bought his HDTV via the affiliate link, and the Mockingbird Foundation received $200! Support music education for children, via the non-profit, fan-founded, fan-managed, all-volunteer Mockingbird Foundation, and start shopping here!
Lawn Boys – A Tribute to Phish will perform this Saturday, December 18th, to benefit the Mockingbird Foundation. Lawn Boys will play two full sets of Phish classics, with a full light show, at The Luca Lounge, 222 Avenue B (b/w 13th and 14th), New York, NY. Tickets $10, and 50% of the door goes to Mockingbird, to support music education for children.
UPDATE: Due to a massive power outage last night at Luca Lounge, the show has been moved to Fontana's Bar, 105 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002-4482, (212) 334-6740. Enjoy the show!!
Phanart is auctioning a “Whalecaller” hoodie (hooded sweatshirt), with every penny benefitting the Mockingbird Foundation. The auction ends Friday, October 1st.
The Mockingbird Foundation is excited to announce THE PHAMILY POKER CLASSIC, a no-limit Texas Hold’em Tournament in Atlantic City to take place in the Tropicana’s poker room on the afternoons of October 30 (tournament) and 31 (final table). There will be both CASH and non-cash prizes, and some of the $120 ticket price (the “buy-in”) will benefit the Foundation. This event is being graciously organized by Phish fan Kevin Young, with the assistance of others including Foundation volunteers, and none of us are benefiting financially from this event. For more details and to purchase tickets, please see the event’s website. If you play, you will not miss any Phish. So please, make a hand for Mockingbird, and don’t delay in purchasing tickets, as this event is expected to sell-out. It is unlikely that tickets (seats) will be sold at the door.
Whether you play poker or not, and especially if you enjoy using the advertisement-free Phish.Net, please consider donating an “ante” or “blind” — $5 or $10 — to the Foundation. Your donation is fully tax-deductible. The Foundation is run entirely by volunteers with very little overhead. Your support for music education is greatly needed and appreciated.
Some individuals will play in the Tournament as “bounty players” for the Foundation, with non-cash prizes to be awarded to any player who busts them out of the Tournament. (One bounty player per table is expected.) If you have anything that you would like to donate for the benefit of the non-cash prize pool, then please email charlie at phish.net. We would enormously appreciate your support. We anticipate that there will be a table and some space on hand at this event for use by the Foundation, where the prizes may be viewed by Tournament participants and non-participants alike.
Thank you for your support of Phish.Net and The Mockingbird Foundation!
Greg Brenner’s original Gamehendge Series art is being auctioned by PhanArt via Ebay to benefit the Mockingbird Foundation – and there are no bids so far. Get ‘em cheap, and support music education in the process! The auction ends September 23rd at 5pm PDT.
We echo PhanArt’s thanks to the seven artists who donated wares during the summer tour for auctions to benefit the Mockingbird Foundation.
