1990 City Stages
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The 1990 City Stages was the 2nd annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival", held June 15-17, 1990. 115 acts performed on 7 stages. The ticket price remained the same, $3 per day or $5 for the weekend, and the estimated attendance was 75,000. A crew from MTV filmed a segment at the festival.
In addition to the music, City Stages 1990 featured a "Sun Strut" street parade, the Alabama Folklife Festival with numerous workshops and demonstrations, a children's festival with learning activities and special museum tours, an "Art-on-Site" visual arts exhibition, six architect-designed festival gateways, City Stages Jazz Camp for school students and a songwriter's workshop and showcase.
Line up
Friday
- Zachary Richard
- John Hiatt
- Bo Diddley
- Born Divas
- John Faddis
- Sun Ra
- NRBQ
- Dash Rip Rock
- Birmingham Concert Chorale
- Tedesco Trio
- Avalon Trio
Saturday
- New River Band
- Topper Price and the Upsetters
- Proxy
- Sara Hickman
- Marcia Ball Band
- O. J. Ekemode and his Nigerian Allstars
- Subdudes
- Dr John
- Los Lobos
- Plaid Camels
- Pedestrians
- Locust Fork
- Slick Lilly
- Vova Nova
- Wayne Toups
- New Potato Caboose
- Bodeans
- Diptones
- New Boys
- Johnny Shines
- Eddie Harris
- Foster and Lloyd
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra
- Nanci Griffith
- Steve Sedberry
- Malcolm Dalglish
- Jim Aycock
- Radar Rose
- Children's Dance Foundation
- David Amram
- Whited String Band with James Bryan and Tom Jackson
- McKinley James, Jr
- Betty Fykes and Carlton Reese
- The Four Eagles
- The Gospel Harmonettes
- Jim Brock
- J. T. Perkins
- Birmingham Sunlights
- Fairfield Four
- Bruce Murray
- Stratford Quartet
- Birmingham Opera Theatre
- Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra
- Kathryn Tucker Windham
- L-Rancho Liars Club of Arab
- Gandy Dancers
Sunday
- Charlotte Guffin
- Anita Spratt Smith
- Fairfield Four
- Johnny Adams
- Ricky Skaggs
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra
- The Commodores
- Follow For Now
- Telluride
- Eric Essix
- The Montanas
- Will and the Bushmen
- Inner Circle
- Kinsey Report
- Birmingham Heritage Band
- Juliet Arrington
- Freedom Choir
- Corinth Baptist Church choir
- Birmingham Sunlights
- Wind Machine
- Koko Taylor Band
- Mac McAnally Band
- Take 6
- Rona Craig
- Parker High School ensemble
- Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
- Deason Family Christian Harmony Singers
- Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
- Sterling Jubilee Gospel Singers
- Luella Hatchett and the Family
- Albert Macon and Robert Thomas
- Jerry McCain
- Charlie Louvin and Band
- Sand Mountain Boys
- First United Methodist Church choir
- Betty Sue Shepherd
- Birmingham Piano Trio
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References
- Carlton, Bob (June 12, 1998) "City Stages retrospective." Birmingham News.