1994 City Stages

official poster

The 1994 City Stages was the 6th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival", held June 17-19, 1994. 195 acts played 11 stages. The daily ticket was $10, or $14 for a weekend pass. The estimated attendance was 250,000.

Betse Henle chaired the Chubb Classical Music Oasis stage.

Poster

The 1994 City Stages poster was designed by Dan Browning

Line up

Friday

• The Band
• George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
• The Indigo Girls
• Frank Morgan
• Loudon Wainwright III
• Kenny Baker & Josh Graves Jr
• Mystic Revealers
• Birmingham Heritage Band
• Junior Wells
• Michelle Shocked & the Casualties of Wah
• Robben Ford & the Blue Line
• Straight Ahead
• David Wilcox
• Lickety Split
• iRon Lion
• Beau Jocque & the Zydeco High Rollers
• Jupiter Coyote
• Cleve Eaton & Company
• Todd Snider
• Steve Kaufman
• Truth and Right
• Glenn Tolbert & Company
• Rock Killough & the Dixie Flyers

Saturday

• The Pointer Sisters
• The Neville Brothers
• George Howard
• Norman & Nancy Blake
• Santiago Jiménez Jr
• "King" Sunny Adé
• Jean Redpath
• "Shining Time Station" Live
• New Hope Baptist Church mass choir
• Roomful of Blues
• Maceo Parker
• Freddy Jones Band
• Bill Morrisey
• Birmingham Sunlights
• Mt Canaan Full Gospel Mass Choir
• Boukan Ginen
• The Whitney Trio
• Magic City Boys Choir
• Christ's Temple Deliverance Church
• A. J. Croce
• Keri Leigh &the Blue Devils
• Donna the Buffalo
• Nnenna Freelon
• Tish Hinojosa
• Jerry "Boogie" McCain & Microwave Dave
• iRon Lion
• Kristi Tingle
• Birmingham Area Youth Theater
• Adamsville Church of God choir
• Dallas County Line
• Gravy
• Hank Flamingo
• Earl Turbinton
• Steve Young
• Sullivan Family
• Lost In The Mail
• Birmingham Music Club scholarship winners
• Auntie Litter
• Ashley Cleveland
• Hootie & the Blowfish
• Soul Rebels Brass Band
• Anthony Crawford
• National Sacred Harp Convention singers
• Foxxy Fatts
• Alla Zingara
• Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys
• Texas Rubies
• Carlton Reese & the Freedom Choir
• Black Down
• Pan Harmonium
• Norman, Nancy and James
• Al & Pashion Lewis New Community Church choir & ensemble
• Morningstar Baptist Church Choir
• Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
• Collage Woodwind Quintet
• Sterling Jubilee Singers
• Young Adult Musicians
• Kathryn Tucker Windham
• Jeff & Susan Sauls
• Shallow
• Kevin Derryberry
• Kelly Garrett
• Mark Kimbrell Trio
• Jous
• 311
• Locust Fork Band
• Randy Hunter
• Topper Price and the Upsetters
• Hungerfield
• Joyful Sounds
• Eric Fiedor & the American Steel Band
• Soul Practitioners
• Stained Mecca
• Sea of Reins
• Space Camp
• City Stages Jazz Camp students and artists

Sunday

• B. B. King
• Tracy Lawrence
• Widespread Panic
• Pharoah Sanders
• Ronny Jordan
• Steve Forbert
• Tabu Ley Rochereau & Orchestre Afrisa International
• Kevin Burke & Open House
• Magic City Boys Choir
• Marvin Matthow
• First Baptist Church of Kingston youth choir
• Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers
• The Mavericks
• The Continental Drifters
• Dorothy Love Coates
• Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet
• Papa Jube
• Hackberry Ramblers
• Anthony Glise
• Cookie Monster
• Triumph State Soul Crusaders
• Turner Nichols
• Peter Case
• The Basin Brothers
• Proxy
• Partners In Neighborhood Growth youth choir
• Shaver (Billy Joe Shaver & Eddy Shaver)
• Chuck Profit & the Creatures of Habit
• Pamela Cannon
• Marlee MacLeod & the Lonesome Choir
• Osumare
• Delta Aires
• Gospel Harmonettes
• Angelic Harmonizers
• Four Eagles
• Shelby County Big Four
• Birmingham Brass
• Mark Graham
• Roots Posse
• Little Jimmy Reed
• Frances Renzi
• Birmingham African Dance Coalition
• Kathryn Tucker Windham
• Vestavia Chancel Ringers
• Jazz Two
• Whiteds
• SculpturEssence
• Grateful Dread
• Henri's Notions
• Lisa Davis & Anthony Pattin
• Rollin' in the Hay
• Legal Tender
• Vallejo
• The Bluedads
• Alice Bargeron
• Sleepys
• Radar Rose
• Scott Boyer & the Decoys
• The Ticks
• Skycow

References

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