1989 City Stages
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The 1989 City Stages was the inaugural edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". The entire festival took place on five stages within Linn Park on June 16-18 with about 70 acts. Tickets cost $3.00 per day or $5.00 for the weekend and beer was served in re-usable yellow plastic mugs. The estimated attendance for the weekend was 38,000.
Line-up
Friday
- Tim Dewitt and Bounty Hunter
- Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks
- John Prine
- Georgia Satellites
Saturday
- The Nighthawks
- Chuck Berry
- Alex Chilton
- John Hiatt
- Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra
- Beausoleil
- Ellis Marsalis
- Birmingham Heritage Jazz Band featuring Erskine Hawkins
- The Cast
- The Snakes
- Locust Fork Band
- Steve Forbert
- The Wagoneers
- Travis Tritt
- Proxy
- Lolly Lee, Pete Nice and Don Tinsley
- Whited Old-Time String Band
- Four Eagles
- Baldwin County Polka Band
- [[Johnny Shines[[
- Jerry McCain
- Madison County Ramblers
- Albert Macon and Robert Thomas
- Bluegrass Four
- Kathryn Tucker Windham
- Blair Hobbs, Janet McAdams and Michael Rosen (poetry)
- Arlin Moon Family
- Hipp and Hicks
- Cousin Cliff Holman
- Birmingham Suzuki Violins
- Radical Network
Sunday
- Nicolette Larson
- Corinth Baptist Church Choir
- Mt Canaan Full Gospel Choir
- Three on a String
- Travis Tritt
- Charlie Louvin
- Gospel Harmonettes
- Birmingham Sunlights
- Greene County Bluesmen
- Sterling Jubilees
- James Bryan
- Bessie Woodward
- Steve Sedberry
- Johnny Adams
- Eric Essix
- Bebe and Cece Winans
- UAB SuperJazz
- The Temptations with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Preceded by: none |
City Stages 1989 |
Succeeded by: 1990 City Stages |
References
- Carlton, Bob (June 12, 1998) "City Stages retrospective." Birmingham News.