Camp Oswego was the fourth of seven weekend-long festivals hosted by the rock band Phish (following 1996's The Clifford Ball, 1997's The Great Went, and 1998's The Lemonwheel). The event took place on July 17 and 18, 1999, at the Oswego County Airport in Volney, New York, a small rural upstate town. 65,000 people attended. At the time, it was also the longest Phish concert ever. Phish was an American rock band most noted for jamming and improvisation. ... Phishs first multi-day large festival show. ... No one was really at this festival, Phish-heads arrived at a no longer used airforce base in Limestone Maine, where they were secretly led onto huge U.F.O.s made to look like camping areas. After being moved into the large outerspace vehicles, the ships took into the... Look up July in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Volney is a town located in Oswego County, New York. ...

Phish was the only headlining band at the event, performing five sets of music over two nights. Second stage bands included the Del McCoury Band, Ozomatli, and others. Fans camped out onsite in tents, creating community of fans that became one of the largest cities in New York over the weekend. Del McCoury Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939 in Bakersville, North Carolina) is an American bluegrass musician. ... Ozomatli is a Latin funk/worldbeat/rock en Español group, formed in 1996 in Los Angeles, known as much for their extremely vocal activist viewpoints as their wide array of musical styles. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Albany New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...

Band and audience attempted to break the world record for the largest number of people doing the same dance at one time during the song "Meatstick," but the record was not broken (representatives from the Guiness Book of World Records were on hand). The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

The following weekend just a few towns away, Woodstock 1999 was making new headlines as 200,000 people rioted and burned the concert grounds. New York Governor George Pataki made mention of the peacefulness of the Phish show as compared to the debacle at Woodstock. Woodstock 1999, held July 23-25, 1999 was the second rock concert (after Woodstock 94) that attempted to emulate the success of the original Woodstock concert of 1969. ... George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is the current Governor of New York State and has held that office since January 1995. ... Woodstock may refer to: Woodstock Music and Art Festival, a 1969 U.S. rock festival which inspired a 1970 Warner Bros. ...

Phish later held similar events in Limestone, Maine (It), The Florida Everglades (Big Cypress), and their final concert in Coventry, Vermont (Coventry). Limestone is a town located in Aroostook County, Maine. ... IT was the name of a two-day festival held in Limestone, Maine, and hosted by the jam band, Phish, on August 2nd and 3rd, 2003. ... Big Cypress was the fifth and largest of seven weekend-long festivals hosted by the rock band Phish (following 1996s The Clifford Ball, 1997s The Great Went, 1998s The Lemonwheel, and 1999s Camp Oswego). ... Coventry, Vermont Coventry is a town located in Orleans County, Vermont. ... Phishs final bow, August 2004 Coventry was the name of a two-day festival hosted by the jam band, Phish, on August 14th and 15th, 2004. ...