How Pick5 works
Pick five songs before the band takes the stage. Score them live as the setlist happens. Rarer songs score more, and calling where a song lands scores more still.
How to play
Find a Show
Browse upcoming shows for your favourite jam bands. Shows are synced automatically, so the schedule is always current.
Pick 5 Songs
Search the band's catalogue and choose five songs you think get played. Optionally call which one is the opener, closer, or encore.
Earn Points
Your picks score live as the setlist happens. Rarer songs score more, and a correct position call multiplies them.
What a song is worth
Three signals, recalculated after every finalised show. A song that just got played drops; a song that has been sitting climbs.
Gap
Shows since the band last played it. Resets the show after it appears, then ticks up by one. A song they just played is worth less; one dormant for 50+ shows is worth a lot.
Recent Rotation
How many times it has appeared in the last 30 shows. Heavy rotation is worth less; a song that has surfaced once or twice is worth more.
Rank
How often they have played it across their whole history. Rank #1 is the most common and scores least; the highest rank is the rarest and scores most.
Position multipliers
Optional. Getting one wrong costs you nothing — you still score the song's full base points.
Opener
×2.0
Very first song of the entire show
Closer
×2.0
Last song before the encore
Encore
×1.5
Any song played in the encore set
Any
×1.0
No position call — played anywhere
The Wild Card
One bet on whether the band debuts something nobody has heard. It is the only pick that can go negative.
Scoring live
Real-time updates
We poll multiple sources every few minutes during a live show to detect songs as they're played.
Instant scoring
As each song is detected your score updates automatically — you watch it climb during the show.
Final score
After the show ends, scores are finalised against the complete verified setlist and locked in.
In detail
Four pages that go further than this one.
- ScoringWhat a song is worth, what the multipliers do, and how a card is totalled.
- StreaksThe flame on your calling card — how it builds and exactly when it breaks.
- TournamentsMulti-night runs, the cut, the carry, and how a champion is crowned.
- ClubsPrivate boards for your crew, and the standing rule that opens their pools.
Pick5 is a free prediction game built on this data — pick five songs before the band takes the stage and score them live as the setlist happens.
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