Birmingham Jam
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The Birmingham Jam was an annual 3-day music festival held at Sloss Furnaces in the fall, between 1991 and 1997. It was produced by promoter Joe Benintende's Encore Entertainment.
The festival featured blues, jazz and gospel acts including Pinetop Perkins, the Staple Singers, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Gregg Allman, Luther Allison and Taj Mahal.
Local acts who played the Birmingham Jam included Foxxy Fatts
Festivals
1991
September 18–20, 1992
1993
October 7–9, 1994
- Gregg Allman & the Alabama Allstars
1995
October 11–13, 1996
- Diana Krall Trio
October 10–12, 1997
- Colonel Bruce Hampton & the Fiji Mariners
- Little Feat
- Leftover Salmon