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The '''1996 City Stages''' was the 8th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". A review of the 1996 festival by John "Jazzfest Johnny" Driver raved, "It is the best lineup of any music festival in the South. Period. I don't know how they do it." | The '''1996 City Stages''' was the 8th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". 220 acts performed on 13 stages. Ticket prices remained at $15/day or $20 for a weekend pass. The estimated attendance was 265,000. | ||
A review of the 1996 festival by John "Jazzfest Johnny" Driver raved, "It is the best lineup of any music festival in the South. Period. I don't know how they do it." | |||
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==Line up== | ==Line up== | ||
* Gladys Knight | |||
* Johnny Cash | |||
* The Village People | |||
* Patti LaBelle | |||
* The Neville Brothers | |||
* Diamond Rio | |||
* Arlo Guthrie | |||
* Squirrel Nut Zippers | |||
* Randy Newman | |||
* The Burns Sisters | |||
* Joe Ely | |||
* The Nields | |||
* The Delevantes | |||
* Jolene | |||
* [[Marc Phillips]] | |||
* [[Red Mountain White Trash]] | |||
* [[Little Red Rocket]] | |||
* [[Tekneek]] | |||
* [[Penetrators]] | |||
* [[New Hope Baptist Church]] choir | |||
* [[Kevorkian Skull Poets]] | * [[Kevorkian Skull Poets]] | ||
Revision as of 02:21, 2 December 2006
The 1996 City Stages was the 8th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". 220 acts performed on 13 stages. Ticket prices remained at $15/day or $20 for a weekend pass. The estimated attendance was 265,000.
A review of the 1996 festival by John "Jazzfest Johnny" Driver raved, "It is the best lineup of any music festival in the South. Period. I don't know how they do it."
Poster
The 1996 City Stages poster was designed by Robert Guthrie
Line up
- Gladys Knight
- Johnny Cash
- The Village People
- Patti LaBelle
- The Neville Brothers
- Diamond Rio
- Arlo Guthrie
- Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Randy Newman
- The Burns Sisters
- Joe Ely
- The Nields
- The Delevantes
- Jolene
- Marc Phillips
- Red Mountain White Trash
- Little Red Rocket
- Tekneek
- Penetrators
- New Hope Baptist Church choir
- Kevorkian Skull Poets
| Preceded by: 1995 City Stages |
City Stages 1996 |
Succeeded by: 1997 City Stages |