2008 City Stages

The 2008 City Stages will be the 20th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". The festival is scheduled to take place on nine stages around Linn Park and 5th Avenue North on June 13-15, 2008.

For 2008 festival organizers inked a three-year deal with Knoxville, Tennesee's AC Entertainment, a co-producer of the successful Bonnaroo festival to serve as booking agent, instead of Red Mountain Entertainment

Line-up

Friday

• Ledisi
• Sean Kingston
• Diana Ross
• Galactic
• Citizen Cope
• The Roots
• L'Angelus
• Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• Old Crow Medicine Show
• Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs
• Tyron Lyles and the Modern Eldorados

Saturday

• Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys
• Beyond Me
• Wille Hoge
• Dave Barnes
• Marc Broussard
• Buddy Guy
• Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
• Act of Congress
• Jon Black
• Ford Turrell
• Jon McLaughlin
• Nick Moss and the Flip Tops
• Rocket City Jazz Orchestra
• Notorious
• Chris Miller & Bayou Roots
• TekNeek

Sunday

• Blues Old Stand
• Toubab Krewe
• The Flaming Lips
• Birmingham Mass Community Choir
• Martha Munizzi
• Israel and New Breed
• The Basement
• Within Reason
• Michael Warren
• Fredy Omar con su Banda
• Big Daddy's New Band
• Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie
• Feufollet

Finances

As of November 2007, City Stages was carrying $230,000 in debt, of which $186,000 represented the deficit from the 2007 City Stages.

References

• Colurso, Mary (November 18, 2007) "Birmingham's City Stages organizers hire Bonnaroo co-producer." Birmingham News.

External links

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

Preceded by: 2007 City Stages

City Stages 2008

Succeeded by: 2009 City Stages