2007 City Stages
The 2007 City Stages will be the 19th 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 15-17, 2007. Ticket prices are expected to be $28 for a one-day ticket (the same as 2006), $50 for a three-day pass (compared to $35 in 2006)
Line-up
Friday
- Maxx Cabello, Jr
- Whiskey Falls
- Willy Mason
- LynnMarie & the Boxhounds
- Birmingham J
- Advent Five O'Clock Band
- 3 Shades of Gravy
- Red Mountain White Trash with Becca Impello
- Within Reason
- Corey Smith
- Secondhand Serenade
- Peanut Fitts
- Curt & Wendy Johnson
- Earthbound
- Four for Time
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Eric Johnson
- KolorBlind
- Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
- Love Rush
- Bruce Cockburn
- Hawthorne Heights
- Far South Movement
- Shariff Simmons
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Steve Miller Band
- Ludacris
Saturday
- John Scalici
- Jared Faires & Shannon Kee
- Tyrone Vaughan Band
- Adam Hood
- David DiMuzio
- Aretta Woodruff
- Rocket City Jazz Orchestra
- Clear Blue Sky
- Little Nashville
- Voice of the South
- Selling Mary
- Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack
- Total Assets
- Ages Apart
- Billy & Bobbye Keyes
- After Class
- Lost Bayou Ramblers
- Colin Armstrong
- Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's
- Sarah Green
- Matthew Perryman Jones
- National Convention of Sacred Harp Singers
- Feijoada
- Red Halo
- Zelda Rose
- J. Paul, Jr & the Zydeco Nubreeds
- Anderson Brooks
- Mambo Gris-Gris
- Michael & Carol Patilla
- Looney Mill
- Randall Bramblett
- Dead Confederate
- Anthony Pattin
- Rinsel McIntosh & Patt Abbott
- In Between Worlds
- Victoria Williams
- Vallejo
- Lynam
- Within Reason
- Montana Skies
- Leaderdog
- Marcia Ball
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Ratt
- Tranz Am
- Dr John
- Poison
- Caddle
- The 17th Floor
Sunday
- P. F. Flyers
- Jason Tickle Band
- System 3
- Elder Edward Babb & His Madison Bumblebees
- Rosetta Johnson
- Moses Mayfield
- Runa Pacha
- Shaun Pezant Trio
- Chris Scheurich
- David Brooks
- Beyond Me
- Birmingham Mass Community Choir
- Ladies' Night Out
- Stoll Vaughan
- Leaving Shiloh
- Chris Bailey & Melissa Foti
- Eaglefeather
- RED
- Bo Butler & the Nice Boys
- Lecretia Campbell
- Ron Dometrovich & Broken Hill Band
- Natti Love Joys
- Kate Campbell
- Landon Pigg
- Helios
- Cahaba Saxophone Quartet
- Phi De I
- Vicki Yohe
- Savoir Faire avec Paul Daigle
- Robinella
- Dirt Poor Robbins
- Puddle of Mudd
- Martini Shakers
- Kurt Carr & the Kurt Carr Singers
- Stoned Cobra
- Bart Ruark & Karin Kratina
- Sam Bush
- Birmingham Sunlights
- T-Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
- Breaking Benjamin
- Ryan Kinder
- Canton Jones
- The Ackleys
- Night Flight
- Rickey Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
- The Basement
- Three Days Grace
- Charlie Soul Band
- Frankie Velvet and the Mighty Veltones featuring Rick Carter
Finances
A campaign launched in September 2006 involved City Stages organizers partnering with Catalyst 4 Birmingham to raise $1 million to retire its debts and create a cushion for ongoing operations. Six major donors have pledged $600,000 so far, while about $150,000 has been raised in smaller increments by Catalyst. Another $300,000 for the next three years is sought from public sources.
In early June 2007, City Stages reported that it had cut it's overall debt by $795,000 to slightly more than $60,000 as it continues fund raising in the private sector. Public funding from Jefferson County Community Arts Fund was reduced by $15,000 while the city of Birmingham provided $50,000 in direct funding as well as a police security detail.
References
- Colurso, Mary (February 23, 2007) "Music fest paying off its debts." Birmingham News.
- Colurso, Mary (June 10, 2007) "City Stages cuts deficit by $795,000." Birmingham News.
External links
- City Stages website
- City Stages photos on Flickr.com
Preceded by: 2006 City Stages |
City Stages 2007 |
Succeeded by: 2008 City Stages |