1994 City Stages
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The 1994 City Stages was the 6th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival", held June 17-19, 1994 in downtown Birmingham, centered on Linn Park. 195 acts played 11 stages. The daily ticket was $10, or $14 for a weekend pass. The estimated attendance was 250,000.
Betse Henle chaired the Chubb Classical Music Oasis stage.
Contents
- 1 Poster
- 2 Line up
- 2.1 Coca Cola Classic Stage
- 2.2 HealthSouth Stage
- 2.3 Miller Genuine Draft Stage
- 2.4 Chubb Classical Music Oasis
- 2.5 Birmingham News/Krystal Stage
- 2.6 Nabisco/Magic 96 Children's Stage
- 2.7 Alabama Sampler Stage
- 2.8 Talking Tent/Dancefest
- 2.9 Afrikan Village
- 2.10 BellSouth Mobility Music Café
- 2.11 GospelFest
- 3 External links
- 4 References
Poster
The 1994 City Stages poster was designed by Dan Browning
Line up
Coca Cola Classic Stage
- Friday
- 6:45: Beau Jocque & the Zydeco High Rollers
- 8:10: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- 9:45: The Band
- Saturday
- 11:30: Soul Practitioners
- 12:35: Topper Price and the Upsetters
- 1:40: Jous
- 2:45: Kelly Garrett
- 3:55: "King" Sunny Adé
- 5:35: Dallas County Line
- 7:00: A. J. Croce
- 8:25: Roomful of Blues
- 10:15: The Pointer Sisters
- Sunday
- 12:30: Scott Boyer & the Decoys
- 1:35: The Bluedads
- 2:40: Legal Tender
- 3:45: Basin Brothers
- 5:15: Tabu Ley Rochereau et Orchestre Afrisa L'International
- 6:55: Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers
- 8:40: UnityGlow
- 9:00: B. B. King
HealthSouth Stage
- Friday
- 7:00: Junior Wells
- 8:25: Michelle Shocked & the Casualties of Wah
- 10:10: George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
- Saturday
- 11:45: Stained Mecca
- 12:50: Proxy
- 1:55: Locust Fork Band
- 3:00: Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys
- 4:10: Ashley Cleveland
- 5:35: Gravy
- 6:45: Keri Leigh & the Blue Devils
- 8:10: Maceo Parker & Roots Revisited
- 9:40: The Neville Brothers
- Sunday
- 12:45: The Ticks
- 1:50: Alice Bargeron
- 2:55: TBA
- 4:20: Shaver (Billy Joe Shaver & Eddy Shaver)
- 5:45: Turner Nichols
- 7:25: The Mavericks
- 9:10: Tracy Lawrence
Miller Genuine Draft Stage
- Friday
- 7:00: Jupiter Coyote
- 8:40: Robben Ford & The Blue Line
- 10:20: The Indigo Girls
- Saturday
- 12:00: Sea of Rains
- 1:05: Hungerfield
- 2:10: Space Camp
- 3:20: Vallejo
- 4:30: Shallow
- 5:40: Hank Flamingo
- 7:05: Donna the Buffalo
- 8:30: Freddy Jones Band
- 9:55: 311
- Sunday
- 12:45: Skycow
- 1:50: The Sleepys
- 2:55: Hootie & the Blowfish
- 4:15: Chuck Prophet & the Creatures of Habit
- 5:40: The Fleshtones
- 7:05: The Continental Drifters
- 8:45: Widespread Panic
Chubb Classical Music Oasis
- Friday
- 6:30: Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving
- 8:00: Birmingham Heritage Band
- Saturday
- 1:00: Young adult musicians
- 2:00: Collage Woodwind Quintet
- 3:00: PanHarmonium
- 4:00: Alla Zingara
- 5:00: Birmingham Music Club scholarship winners
- 6:00: Kristi Tingle
- 7:00: The Whitney Trio
- 8:00: Jean Redpath
- Sunday
- 2:00: Vestavia Chancel Ringers
- 3:00: Frances Renzi
- 4:00: Birmingham Brass
- 5:00: Lisa Davis & Anthony Pattin
- 6:00: Anthony Glise
- 7:00: Magic City Boys Choir
Birmingham News/Krystal Stage
- Friday
- 7:10: Cleve Eaton & Company
- 8:20: Straight Ahead
- 9:45: Frank Morgan Quartet
- Saturday
- 11:45: Joe Giattina Orchestra
- 12:50: Joyful Sounds
- 1:55: Soul Rebels Brass Band
- 3:00: Mark Kimbrell Trio
- 4:05: City Stages Jazz Camp students & artists
- 5:30: Earl Turbinton
- 6:45: Nnenna Freelon
- 8:10: City Stages Jazz Camp All-Stars
- 9:35: George Howard
- Sunday
- 12:45: TBA
- 1:50: Pamela Cannon
- 2:55: Rock Killough & the Dixie Flyers
- 4:00: Robert Moore & the Wildcats
- 5:15: City Stages architectural competition
- 5:25: Dorothy Love Coates
- 6:50: Ronny Jordan
- 8:30: Pharaoh Sanders
Nabisco/Magic 96 Children's Stage
- Saturday
- 12:00: Auntie Litter & Pollution Patrol
- 12:45: "Shining Time Station" Live
- 1:30: Birmingham Area Youth Theater
- 2:15: Magic City Boys Choir
- 3:00: "Shining Time Station" Live
- 3:45: Metro Voices of Praise
- 4:30: Radar Rose
- 5:15: "Shining Time Station" Live
- 6:00: Nabisco activities
- Sunday
- 12:00: Children's Dance Foundation
- 12:45: Cookie Monster
- 1:30: Birmingham Children's Theatre
- 2:15: Children's Dance Foundation
- 3:00: Marvin Matthow
- 3:45: Cookie Monster
- 4:30: Alabama Youth Mass Choir
- 5:15: Nabisco activities
- 6:00: Marvin Matthow
Alabama Sampler Stage
- Friday
- 7:00: Glenn Tolbert & Company
- 8:00: Steve Kaufman
- 9:00: Lickety Split
- 10:00: Kenny Baker & Josh Graves Jr
- Saturday
- 11:30: Kathryn Tucker Windham
- 12:30: Sterling Jubilee Singers
- 1:30: Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
- 2:30: Norman and Nancy Blake & James Bryan
- 3:30: Carlton Reese & the Freedom Choir
- 4:30: National Sacred Harp Convention singers
- 5:20: The Sullivan Family
- 6:45: Jerry "Boogie" McCain & Microwave Dave
- 8:00: The Birmingham Sunlights
- 9:10: Santiago Jiménez Jr
- Sunday
- 12:40: The Whited Old Time String Band
- 1:30: Kathryn Tucker Windham
- 2:40: Little Jimmy Reed
- 3:35: Father's Day Gospel Program
- 6:00: Henri's Notions
- 7:00: The Hackberry Ramblers
- 8:20: Kevin Burke & Open House
Talking Tent/Dancefest
- Saturday
- 11:30: Pacific island dances
- 12:15: Tartan Heirs
- 1:00: Jumprope/Hand Jive/Playground Games
- 2:00: Nigerian traditional folk dance
- 2:45: Natyananda Indian dancers
- 3:30: Birmingham Contra Dance Society
- 4:30: The Gandy Dancers
- 5:30: Dixieland Dancers country/western show team
- Sunday
- 1:00: Hispanic Dance Olé
- 1:45: Association of Cajun Music Enthusiasts
- 2:45: "1-2-3 Red Light", folk games led by SculptureEssence
- 3:45: Greek dancers
- 4:45: Caribbean dance
Afrikan Village
- Friday
- 7:00: Truth and Right
- 8:10: Iron Lion
- 9:30: The Mystic Revealers
- Saturday:
- 12:00: Al & Pashion Lewis New Community Church choir & ensemble
- 1:10: Black Down
- 2:20: Foxxy Fatts
- 3:35: Lost in the Mail
- 5:10: The Birmingham Sunlights
- 6:25: Iron Lion
- 7:45: Boukan Ginen
- 9:30: "King" Sunny Adé
- Sunday
- 12:30: SculpturEssence
- 1:40: Jazz Two
- 2:35: Birmingham African Dance Coalition
- 3:45: Roots Posse
- 4:50: Osumare African Cultural Ensemble
- 6:00: Greatful Dread
- 7:10: Papa Jube
- 8:20: Tabu Ley Rochereau et Orchestre Afrisa L'International
BellSouth Mobility Music Café
- Friday
- 6:45: Wendy Bucklew & Skin Horse
- 7:45: Todd Snider
- 8:45: David Wilcox
- 10:05: Loudon Wainwright III
- Saturday
- 11:45: ASCAP winners
- 12:40: Eric Fiedor & the American Steel Band
- 1:35: Randy Hunter
- 2:30: Texas Rubies
- 3:25: Kevin Derryberry
- 4:20: Anthony Crawford
- 5:25: Jeff & Susan Sauls
- 6:25: Steve Young
- 7:35: Tish Hinojosa
- 8:55: Bill Morrisey
- 10:05: Norman and Nancy Blake
- Sunday
- 12:30: ASCAP winners
- 1:25: Radar Rose
- 2:20: Mark Graham
- 3:15: Rollin' in the Hay
- 4:10: Marlee McCloud & the Lonesome Choir
- 5:20: Alejandro Escovedo
- 6:35: Peter Case
- 7:50: Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet
- 9:10: Steve Forbert
GospelFest
- Saturday
- 12:00: Morningstar Baptist Church choir
- 1:00: Christ Temple Deliverance Church choir
- 2:00: Adamsville Church of God choir
- 3:00: Mt Canaan Full Gospel Mass Choir
- 4:00: New Hope Baptist Church mass choir
- Sunday
- 2:00: First Baptist Church of Kingston youth choir
- 3:00: Triumph State Soul Crusaders
- 4:00: Partners In Neighborhood Growth youth choir
External links
- 1994 City Stages program at digital.archives.alabama.gov
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References
- Carlton, Bob (June 12, 1998) "City Stages retrospective." Birmingham News