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The '''1993 City Stages''' was the 5th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival", held [[June 18]]-[[June 20|20]], [[1993]]. 195 acts played on 11 stages. The estimated attendance was 245,000.
[[Image:1993 City Stages poster.jpg|right|thumb|375px|1993 poster, designed by [[Chris Clark]]]]
'''City Stages 1993''' was the 5th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival", held [[June 18]]-[[June 20|20]], [[1993]]. 170 acts played on 11 stages. Weekend passes cost $14. The estimated attendance was 245,000.


[[Image:1993 City Stages poster.jpg|275px|none]]
The first evening ended with the 3rd annual laser light show on the face of [[Birmingham City Hall]] sponsored by [[I-95]] and [[Big B Drugs]]. Saturday afternoon was highlighted by the 5th annual "Street Strut" featuring organized teams sponsored by local businesses as well as spontaneous strutters. Four "architectural monuments" were entered into competition. [[WZRR-FM]] sponsored a karaoke booth at the corner of [[5th Avenue North]] and [[20th Street North|20th Street]].
==Poster==
 
The 1993 City Stages poster was designed by [[Chris Clark]]
Other special events included a songwriters' showcase on [[June 17]] at [[Louie Louie]], a songwriters' workshop on [[June 18]] at the [[Alabama Power Building]], an ecumenical service of thanksgiving at the [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]], the 2nd annual City Stages/[[Hibbett Sports|Hibbett]] 5K run and [[Fox 21]] Fun Run, and special performances of the J. L. Lowe / Karma Ibsen musical "[[Tuxedo Junction (musical)|Tuxedo Junction]]", directed by Mercedes Ellington with the [[UAB Department of Theatre and Dance]].


==Line up==
==Line up==
===Friday===
===Friday===
 
* Coca-Cola Stage
* Jazz Camp All-Stars
** 7:10  Chris Smither
* David Lindley
** 8:30  Bobby Blue Bland
* Lickety Split
** 10:15  Etta James
* [[Glenn Tolbert]]
* Birmingham News/Krystal Stage
* Doc Watson
** 7:00  [[City Stages Jazz Camp]] All-Stars
* James Dean Hicks
** 8:25  [[Jothan Callins]] & the Sounds of Togetherness
* Hugh Prestwood
** 10:05  Wayne Henderson & the Next Crusade
* Lisa Palas
* Miller Genuine Draft Stage
* Robert Byrne
** 7:15  [[Sugar La Las]]
* Don Van Tress
** 8:35  Me Phi Me
* Pierce Pettis
** 10:00  Jellyfish
* Chris Smither
* Alabama Honda Connection Stage
* [[Birmingham Afrikan Dance Coalition]]
** 7:00  David Lindley with Hani Naser
* Mor Thiam and His Drums of Fire
** 8:30  Jerry Jeff Walker
* [[Jothan Callins]] and the Sounds of Togetherness
** 10:05  Waylon Jennings
* [[Birmingham Heritage Band]]
* HealthSouth Sampler Stage
* Wayne Henderson and the Next Crusade
** 7:00  [[Lickety Split]]
* [[Sugar La Las]]
** 8:00  [[Glenn Tolbert]]
* OJ Ekemode and his Nigerian Allstars
** 9:00  Doc Watson
* Bobby Blue Bland
* Southland Concessions Afrikan Village
* Richard Thompson
** 7:00  [[Birmingham Afrikan Dance Coalition]]
* Jerry Jeff Walker
** 8:10  Mor Thiam & His Drums of Fire
* Me Phi Me
** 9:30  OJ Ekemode & His Nigerian All-Stars
* Jellyfish
* Music Cafe
* Etta James
** 7:00  Nashville songwriters (James Dean Hicks, Hugh Prestwood, Lisa Palas, Robert Byrne, Don Von Tress)
* Waylon Jennings
** 8:20  [[Pierce Pettis]]
** 9:50  Richard Thompson
* Chubb Classical Music Oasis
** 6:00 Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving
** 7:30 [[Birmingham Heritage Band]]


===Saturday===
===Saturday===
* [[Warblers]] men's chorus
* Coca-Cola Stage
* [[Poonanny]]
** 10:45  [[The Warblers]]
* Hit
** 11:45  Blues All-Stars
* Flashback
** 12:55  Stevie & the Stealers
* [[Whited String Band]]
** 2:05  [[Proxy]]
* SculpturEssence
** 3:30  Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
* Jimmy Pritchett
** 4:50  Evangeline
* [[Auntie Litter]]
** 6:20  Hugh Masakela
* Triumph State Soul Crusaders
** 8:00  Ruth Brown
* [[Kathryn Tucker Windham]]
** 10:00  Little Richard
* Blues All Stars
* Birmingham News/Krystal Stage
* [[Countess Felder]]
** 11:05  [[Poonanny]]
* Space Camp
** 12:15  [[Countess Felder]]
* [[Kokomo Blues Band]]
** 1:25  [[Jim Bell Trio]]
* Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
** 2:35  [[Itchy Wigs]]
* Juzz Two
** 4:05  [[City Stages Jazz Camp]] students
* Eddie Wohlford
** 5:25  Maria Muldaur
* [[Children's Dance Foundation]]
** 6:50  [[City Stages Jazz Camp]] clinicians
* Ron & Ann Surace
** 8:15  Delfeayo Marsalis
* [[First Baptist Church of Woodlawn]] choir
** 10:00  Stanley Turrentine
* Stevie and the Stealers
* Miller Genuine Draft Stage
* Jim Bell Trio
** 10:45 [[Hit]]
* [[Remy Zero]]
** 11:55 [[Space Camp]]
* Texas Radio
** 1:05  [[Remy Zero]]
* The Echoes
** 2:15  [[Slick Lilly]]
* Tease
** 3:45  Ian Moore
* [[Rick Carter]]
** 5:00  Monte Warden
* [[Birmingham Children's Theatre]]
** 6:25  [[Brother Cane]]
* Kuni Mikami Quartet
** 8:05  Blue Rodeo
* [[New Hope Baptist Church]] choir
** 9:50  Dan Baird
* [[Gandy Dancers]]
* Alabama Honda Connection Stage
* [[Proxy]]
** 10:45 [[Flashback]]
* [[Itchy Wigs]]
** 11:55 [[Kokomo Blues Band]]
* [[Slick Lilly]]
** 1:05  Texas Radio
* New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
** 2:15  New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
* Jack Landers
** 3:20  Jeff Finlin
* [[Roots Posse]]
** 4:40  [[Born Divas]]
* Stevie Tombstone
** 6:00  Subdudes
* Ensemble Europa
** 7:30  Bellamy Brothers
* John David
** 9:30  Johnny Winter
* [[Birmingham Boys Choir]]
* Southland Concessions Afrikan Village
* [[East Birmingham Church of God]] choir
** 12:00 [[SculpturEssence]]
* Buckdancer's choice
** 1:10  [[Juzz Two]]
* Steve Reilly and the Mamou Playboys
** 2:20  Tease
* Jazz Camp students
** 3:35  [[Roots Posse]]
* Ian Moore
** 5:35  [[Foxxy Fatts]]
* Jeff Finlan
** 6:45  [[Lost In The Mail]]
* Robert Thomas
** 8:35  Mor Thiam & His Drums of Fire
* Barry & Holly Tashian
** 9:55  Hugh Masekela
* [[Marsha Gunter]] & [[Les Filmer]]
* Music Cafe
* [[More Than Conquerers Church]] choir
** 11:20  Jimmy Pritchett
* Pickens County folk blues
** 12:20  Eddie Wohlford
* Evangeline
** 1:20  [[Rick Carter]]
* Maria Muldaur
** 2:20  Stevie Tombstone
* Monte Warden
** 3:20  Barry & Holly Tashian
* Born Divas
** 4:30  Alice Bargeron
* National Sacred Harp Singers
** 5:30  Ellis Paul
* Rock Killough
** 6:30  Jimmy Dale Gilmore
* [[Foxxy Fatts]]
** 7:50  Maura O'Connell
* Alice Bargeron
** 9:10  Kevin Welch
* Ellis Paul
* Nabisco Magic 96 Children's Stage
* [[Virginia Atwater]] & [[Gregory Thomas]]
** 11:20 [[Auntie Litter]] & Pollution Patrol
* Mor Thiam and his Drums of Fire
** 12:45 [[Children's Dance Foundation]]
* [[Pops-ical Players]]
** 1:30  [[Birmingham Children's Theatre]]
* [[Our Lady of Fatima Church]] choir
** 2:15  Ensemble Europa
* [[Mt Moriah Baptist Church]] choir
** 3:00  [[Children's Dance Foundation]]
* [[First Baptist Church of Ensley]] choir
** 3:45  [[Birmingham Children's Theatre]]
* [[Guiding Light Church]] choir
** 4:30  Ensemble Europa
* Front Porch String Band
** 5:15  Nabisco activities
* Frances Renzi
* Chubb Classical Music Oasis
* Dan Baird
** 11:45  Young Adult Musicians
* [[Katie Sankey]]
** 1:15  Ron & Ann Surace
* [[Lost in the Mail]]
** 2:15  Kuni Mikami Quartet
* [[Brother Cane]]
** 3:15  John David
* Holmes Brothers
** 4:15  [[irmingham Boys Choir]]
* John McCutcheon
** 5:15  [[Marsha Gunter]] & [[Les Fillmer]]
* Kevin Welch
** 6:15  [[Virginia Atwater]]<!--or Victoria--> & [[Gregory Thomas]]
* Delfeayo Marsalis
** 7:15  Frances Renzi
* Blue Rodeo
** 8:15  [[Pops-ical Players]]
* Stanley Turrentine
* Other performers
* Johnny Winter
** [[Whited String Band]]
* Ruth Brown
** Triumph State Soul Crusaders
* The Bellamy Brothers
** [[Kathryn Tucker Windham]]
* Subdudes
** Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
* Hugh Masekela
** [[First Baptist Church of Woodlawn]] choir
* Jimmy Dale Gilmore
** The Echoes
* Little Richard
** [[Rick Carter]]
** [[New Hope Baptist Church]] choir
** [[Gandy Dancers]]
** [[Slick Lilly]]
** Jack Landers
** [[East Birmingham Church of God]] choir
** Buckdancer's choice
** Robert Thomas
** [[More Than Conquerers Church]] choir
** Pickens County folk blues
** Monte Warden
** National Sacred Harp Singers
** Rock Killough
** Ellis Paul
** [[Our Lady of Fatima Church]] choir
** [[Mt Moriah Baptist Church]] choir
** [[First Baptist Church of Ensley]] choir
** [[Guiding Light Church]] choir
** Front Porch String Band
** [[Katie Sankey]]
** Holmes Brothers
** John McCutcheon


===Sunday===
===Sunday===
* [[Total Assets]]
* Coca-Cola Classic Stage
* Electric City Blues Band
** 12:30  [[Total Assets]]
* [[Month of Sundays]]
** 1:40  Promise
* [[Jackson Trace]]
** 2:50  [[Topper Price]] & the Upsetters
* Lonesone Pine Fiddlers
** 4:05  Lonnie Brooks
* Truth & Right
** 5:35  [[Eric Essix]]
* [[Roger Day]]
** 7:00  Junior Walker & the All Stars
* [[Birmingham Area Youth Theatre]]
** 8:55  Dionne Warwick
* Ensemble Europa
* Birmingham News/Krystal Stage
* [[Prince Yelder]] and Praise & Adoration
** 12:30  Electric City Blues Band
* [[Kathryn Tucker Windham]]
** 1:40  [[Ona Watson]]
* Margaret Charles Smith
** 2:50  Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women
* Promise
** 4:15  Swampcats
* [[Ona Watson]]
** 5:45  [[Birmingham Sunlights]]
* [[Vallejo]]
** 7:05  [[Dixie Hummingbirds]]
* [[J. Willoughby]]
** 8:35  Poncho Sanchez
* [[Angelic Harmonizers]]
* Miller Genuine Draft Stage
* Barefoot Ballet
** 12:30  [[Month of Sundays]]
* [[Lolly Lee]]
** 1:40  [[Vallejo]]
* Radar Rose
** 2:50  Pele Ju Ju
* [[Pan Harmonium]]
** 4:20  Three Walls Down
* [[Birmingham Choral Guild]]  
** 5:50  Jason & the Scorchers
* [[Stephen Schaeffer]] & [[Jane Watwood Gibbs]]
** 7:20  The Wallflowers
* [[Metro Voices of Praise]]
** 8:55  Allgood
* After Class
* Alabama Honda Connection Stage
* [[New Hope Baptist Church]] choir
** 12:50  [[Jackson Trace]]
* P.I.N.G. Choir
** 2:00  [[J. Willoughby]]
* Jerry McCain and the King Bees
** 3:10  Lynn August & the Hot August Knights
* Cephas & Wiggins
** 4:40  Boukman Eksperyans
* [[Osumare Afrikan Cultural Ensemble]]
** 6:10  Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeans
* [[The Hurlers]]
** 7:35  Warren Zevon
* On the Other Hand
** 9:05  John Lee Hooker
* [[Four Eagles]]
* HealthSouth Alabama Sampler Stage
* [[Gospel Harmonettes]]
** 12:30  Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
* [[Good Samaritans]]
** 1:30  Angelic Harmonizers
* [[Sterling Jubilees]]
** 2:30  Father's Day Gospel program ([[Four Eagles]], [[Flying Clouds of Millbrook]], [[Gospel Harmonettes]], [[Good Samaritans]], [[Sterling Jubilees]], and [[Melvin Square]], emcee)
* [[Suzan & Jeff Sauls]]
** 5:15  Jerry & Tammy Sullivan
* Jerry & Tammy Sullivan
** 6:15  [[Henri's Notion]]
* Lonnie Brooks
** 7:15  Jerry McCain & the King Bees
* Dianne Davidson
** 8:30  Cephas & Wiggins
* Henri's Notions
* Southland Concessions Afrikan Village
* Lynn August and the Hot August Knights
** 12:30  [[Truth & Right]]
* Jeff Black
** 1:40  Barefoot Ballet
* Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
** 2:50  Osumare Afrikan Cultural Ensemble
* Pele Ju Ju
** 6:15  Pele Ju Ju
* [[Eric Essix]]
** 7:40  Burning Spear
* Three Walls Down
** 9:40  Boukman Eksperyans
* Swampcats
* Music Cafe
* Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeans
** 1:05  [[Roger Day]]
* [[Birmingham Sunlights]]
** 2:05  [[Lolly Lee]]
* [[Dixie Hummingbirds]]
** 3:05  [[The Hurlers]]
* Poncho Sanchez
** 4:05  Dianne Davidson
* Rory Block
** 5:15  Jeff Black
* Boukman Eksperyans
** 6:25  Rory Block
* Jason and the Scorchers
** 7:45  [[Jeff & Suzan Sauls]]
* Burning Spear
** 8:45  Leo Kottke
* Leo Kottke
* Nabisco Magic 96 Children's Stage
* The Wallflowers
** 12:00  [[Birmingham Area Children's Theatre]]
* Warren Zevon
** 12:45  Radar Rose
* John Lee Hooker
** 1:30  "On the Other Hand"
* Junior Walker and the All-Stars
** 3:00  [[Birmingham Area Youth Theatre]]
* Dionne Warwick
** 3:45  Radar Rose
** 4:30  Rory Block
** 5:15  Nabisco activities
** 6:00  [[Metro Voices of Praise]]
* Chubb Classical Music Oasis
** 2:00  [[Ensemble Europa]]
** 3:00  [[Pan Harmonium]]
** 4:00  [[Birmingham Choral Guild]]
** 5:00  [[Stephen Schaeffer]] & [[Jane Watwood Gibbs]]
** 6:00  After Class
** 7:00  [[New Hope Baptist Church]] choir
* Other performers
** [[Prince Yelder]] and Praise & Adoration
** Margaret Charles Smith
** [[Partners in Neighborhood Growth]] youth choir


{{Start box}}
{{City Stages}}
{{Succession box|before=[[1992 City Stages]]
|title=[[City Stages]]
|years=[[1993]]
|after=[[1994 City Stages]]}}
{{End box}}


==References==
==References==
* Carlton, Bob (June 12, 1998) "City Stages retrospective." ''Birmingham News''.
* Ryan, Shawn (June 11, 1993) "Little Richard vows he’ll make City Stages rock." {{BN}}
* Carlton, Bob (June 12, 1998) "City Stages retrospective." {{BN}}


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Latest revision as of 16:35, 11 May 2020

1993 poster, designed by Chris Clark

City Stages 1993 was the 5th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival", held June 18-20, 1993. 170 acts played on 11 stages. Weekend passes cost $14. The estimated attendance was 245,000.

The first evening ended with the 3rd annual laser light show on the face of Birmingham City Hall sponsored by I-95 and Big B Drugs. Saturday afternoon was highlighted by the 5th annual "Street Strut" featuring organized teams sponsored by local businesses as well as spontaneous strutters. Four "architectural monuments" were entered into competition. WZRR-FM sponsored a karaoke booth at the corner of 5th Avenue North and 20th Street.

Other special events included a songwriters' showcase on June 17 at Louie Louie, a songwriters' workshop on June 18 at the Alabama Power Building, an ecumenical service of thanksgiving at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, the 2nd annual City Stages/Hibbett 5K run and Fox 21 Fun Run, and special performances of the J. L. Lowe / Karma Ibsen musical "Tuxedo Junction", directed by Mercedes Ellington with the UAB Department of Theatre and Dance.

Line up

Friday

  • Coca-Cola Stage
    • 7:10 Chris Smither
    • 8:30 Bobby Blue Bland
    • 10:15 Etta James
  • Birmingham News/Krystal Stage
  • Miller Genuine Draft Stage
  • Alabama Honda Connection Stage
    • 7:00 David Lindley with Hani Naser
    • 8:30 Jerry Jeff Walker
    • 10:05 Waylon Jennings
  • HealthSouth Sampler Stage
  • Southland Concessions Afrikan Village
  • Music Cafe
    • 7:00 Nashville songwriters (James Dean Hicks, Hugh Prestwood, Lisa Palas, Robert Byrne, Don Von Tress)
    • 8:20 Pierce Pettis
    • 9:50 Richard Thompson
  • Chubb Classical Music Oasis

Saturday

Sunday

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