2006 City Stages

The 2006 City Stages was the 17th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". The festival took place on nine stages around Linn Park and 5th Avenue North on June 16-18, 2006. The weather was clear and warm with highs of 94° of Friday, 90° on Saturday, and 88° on Sunday.

Weekend passes cost $35 in advance. Day passes were $28 at the door. The title sponsors were Waldrep Stewart & Kendrick and Lanny Vines & Associates. New this year were large-scale video screens at the Miller Lite and Coca Cola Classic stages. Linn Park's public wifi access was be launched during City Stages weekend.

American Idol champion Taylor Hicks was a late addition to the festival, making two unpaid appearances, first on Saturday night performing "Gin & Juice" with Snoop Dogg, and then on Sunday afternoon fronting his former band, the Little Memphis Blues Orchesta.

Line-up

Friday

• Peter Searcy
• The Bridges
• Joshua Radin
• L'Angelus
• Advent Five O'Clock Band
• Leaving Shiloh
• Larry & Sandy Faulkner
• Leaderdog
• The Connection
• The Bridges
• Ryan Reardon & the Levee Breakers
• The Blondells
• Trapt
• MJ & Jasean
• Con Funk Shun
• Jan Hunter
• James McMurtry
• Sonia Leigh
• Puddle of Mudd
• Morris Day & The Time
• The Shame Idols
• North Mississippi All Stars
• Caddle
• Cameo (scheduled for 10:45, started closer to midight)
• Shinedown
• John Hiatt (with North Mississippi All Stars)

Saturday

• Happy Singers
• Doug Singleton
• Smoke & Mirrors
• Imagination Movers
• Ryan Kinder
• Second Shift
• Tommy Gardner & Patti Townsend
• Mingusphere
• Butch Horsely
• Rinsel McIntosh & Renee Johnson
• Looney Mill
• Tommy Sorrells
• Martini Shakers
• Sullivan
• Rollin' in the Hay
• RazzMaTazz
• Michael Warren
• Mindtrip
• Jonathan Baumeister & Collin Parrish
• Ron Demetrovich with the Broken Hill Band
• Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
• Deputy 5
• The Deadline
• Summerfest
• Eliot Morris
• National Sacred Harp Convention singers
• Radney Foster
• Chris Bailey & Melissa Foti
• Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
• Rantings of Eva
• Paula and the Pontiacs
• Isla
• Flyleaf
• Tommy Emmanuel
• Bloodlet Signature
• The Villebillies
• On Purpose featuring Dwight Houston
• Matchbook Romance
• Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
• Kiss Me at the Gate
• The Plimsouls
• Marian McKay and Magic City Sounds
• Bobby Bare Jr
• 13 Ghosts
• Yellowcard
• Los Lonely Boys
• Lynam
• Hank Williams, Jr
• Snoop Dogg with Taylor Hicks
• Beitthemeans

Sunday

• Beyond Me
• Delta Aires
• Greenbrier Handbell Choir
• Anderson Brooks
• Kurt Carr
• Shariff Simmons
• Latin Rhythms Band
• Ken Edwards & His Well Strung Band
• New City Church Youth Choir
• Elnora Spencer, Caroline Shines, and Debbie Bond
• Red Rock Junction with Gigi Scott
• The Rewinds
• The Bluerunners
• Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
• Lynne & Steve Edmondson
• Donna Brooks
• Alexi Murdoch
• Patton James & the Synchromatics
• Joe Krown Organ Combo
• Heaven Bound Music Ministry
• The Ackleys
• Oteil & the Peacemakers
• Renewed Hope Ministry
• The Duhks
• Billy & Bobbye Keyes
• Little Memphis Blues Orchestra with Taylor Hicks
• Walking on Water Music Ministry
• Phi De I
• The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill
• Zac Brown Band
• Frankie Velvet and the Veltones
• Cathedral of the Cross choir
• Brandi Carlile
• Rebecca & Tom Zurn
• The Derek Trucks Band
• Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone
• OK
• The Singing Jays
• The Creole Cowboys
• The Warblers Club
• The Subdudes
• The Allman Brothers Band (with Taylor Hicks)
• Meteorite
• Heritage Pipes and Drums
• The Beach Boys
• Chad Fisher Group
• Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives

Notes

• The VIP tent is being catered by Anthony Marini of Local restaurant, who is also preparing a soul-food feast of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, black-eyed pea salad and smoked collard greens for headliner Snoop Dogg.
• Police and officers of the Alabama Beverage Control Board used undercover teenagers to investigate illegal beer sales by the mostly volunteer vendors. On Friday 7 vendors and 10 underage drikers were arrested. Two others were arrested on suspicion of selling marijuana. Over the weekend a total of 68 arrests were made for underage drinking, and 6 for other "minor offenses".
• Approximately 10,000 day passes were sold during the festival weekend, short of the 14,500 hoped for by organizers.

References

• Colurso, Mary. (June 6, 2006) "Stages plans for big Snoop Dogg, Williams crowds." Birmingham News.
• Kemp, Kathy. (June 17, 2006) "The Stages light up." Birmingham News.
• Kemp, Kathy. (June 19, 2006) "Steady crowds, nice weather make for 'fabulous' festival." Birmingham News.

External link

• City Stages website
• City Stages photos on Flickr.com