1990 City Stages

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

Preceded by: 1989 City Stages

City Stages 1990

Succeeded by: 1991 City Stages

References

• Carlton, Bob (June 12, 1998) "City Stages retrospective." Birmingham News.