Birmingham Jam
The Birmingham Jam was an annual 3-day music festival held at Sloss Furnaces in the fall, between 1991 and 1997. The first event was put on by the Lakeview Festival Association, with later iterations credited to 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
October 25–27, 1991
Albert Collins, Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine, John Hammond, Kent DuChaine, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Stewart, Johnny Shines, Erskine Hawkins, Charmaine Neville. Passes were $6 per day or $10 for the weekend.
September 18–20, 1992
September 24–26, 1993
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Col. Bruce Hampton and Aquarium Rescue Unit, the Radiators, John Mayall
October 7–9, 1994
Gregg Allman & the Alabama Allstars
October 6–7, 1995
Etta James, Dr John, The Staple Singers, Ellis Marsalis Trio, Freddy Jones Band, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Little Milton, John Hammonds Day passes were $7 and weekend passes $15
October 11–13, 1996
Diana Krall Trio
October 10–12, 1997
Colonel Bruce Hampton & the Fiji Mariners, Little Feat, Leftover Salmon, R. L. Burnside, and Cowboy Mouth Three-day passes were $20.