music. The H.O.R.D.E. tour, featuring such new jam icons as the Spin Doctors, Phish, Widespread Panic, the Aquarium Rescue Unit (and subsequent Col. Bruce Hampton projects), including the Dave Matthews Band, allowed for a new generation of experimental improvisational music to hit a national audience. The festival was able to bring together a group of musicians with a similar approach to live performance, and thus consolidate fans of the music; hence, a scene was created around the developing genre. After seven successful years, the final H.O.R.D.E. Tour concert took place on September 5, 1998 at Portland Meadows in Portland, Oregon. Artists The following artists participated in the H.O.R.D.E. festival: 311 Agents of Good Roots Alana Davis Allgood The Allman Brothers Band Aquarium Rescue Unit Barenaked Ladies Beck Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Ben Folds Five Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Big Head Todd and The Monsters The Black Crowes Blues Traveler Bran Van 3000 Cake Like Chief Broom Chris Stills Chrysalids Cowboy Mouth Cycomotogoat Dan Dyer with Breedlove Dave Matthews Band David Garza Dear Liza The Decadent Royals Dionne Farris Emmet Swimming Elderberry Jam Fastball Fathead Foodstamp The Freddy Jones Band Galactic G. Love & Special Sauce God Street Wine Gov't Mule The Hatters Joan Osborne King Crimson Kula Shaker Leftover Salmon Lenny Kravitz Marcy Playground Medeski, Martin & Wood The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Morphine mR rEALITY Natalie Merchant Neil Young and Crazy Horse Patoombah Whitebread Rhythm Ensemble Paula Cole Pete Droge and the Sinners Phish Primus Ricki Lee Jones Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise Rudy Rusted Root Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies Sheryl Crow Sister 7 Sky Cries Mary Smashing Pumpkins Son Volt Soul Coughing Soulhat Spin Doctors Spiritualized Squirrel Nut Zippers Super 8 Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band The Authority Twenty Nineteen The Samples The Thundercloud Singers The Tragically Hip Toad The Wet Sprocket Ugly Americans Ween Widespread Panic Wilco Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers The Mother Hips Return There were rumors over the years that the band would eventually revive the H.O.R.D.E. tour. Asked about this in 2006, Blues Traveler drummer Brendan Hill replied, "The future is always bright for us, and we are constantly thinking about the future, maybe two or three years in advance." The H.O.R.D.E. Festival was officially revived on July 9, 2015, featuring Blues Traveler, 311, The Verve Pipe and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. The inaugural performance was held at