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 popular stages: Born Divas (7:00) Zachary Richard (7:30) NRBQ (8:00) John Faddis (8:15) John Hiatt (9:00) Sun Ra (9:45) Dash Rip Rock (9:55) Bo Diddly (10:30) Classical Stage workshops (1:00) master classes (2:30) students (4:00) Tedesco Trio (8:00) Avalon Trio (8:30) other Birmingham Concert Chorale

Saturday popular stages New River Band (12:00) Diptones (12:20) Plaid Camels (12:30) Topper Price and the Upsetters (1:00) New Boys (1:30) Pedestrians (1:40) Proxy (2:00) Johnny Shines (2:40) Locust Fork (2:50) Sara Hickman (2:55) Eddie Harris (4:00) Slick Lilly (4:00) Marcia Ball Band (4:05) City Stages Jazz Camp band (4:35) Vova Nova (5:10) O. J. Ekemode and his Nigerian Allstars (5:30) Foster & Lloyd (5:40) Wayne Toups (6:20) Subdudes (6:50) Alabama Symphony Orchestra (7:30) New Potato Caboose (7:30) Dr John (8:10) Nanci Griffith (8:55) BoDeans (9:15) Los Lobos (10:10) Children's Stage Norwood Elementary School choir (11:15) Steve Sedberry (12:00) Malcolm Dalglish (1:30) Jim Aycock (2:15) Radar Rose (3:00) Children's Dance Foundation (3:45) Malcolm Dalglish (4:30) Jim Aycock (5:15) David Amram (6:00) Folklife Stage Whited String Band with James Bryan and Tom Jackson (11:15) James McKinley Jr (12:30) Betty Fykes and Carlton Reese (1:15) Four Eagles and Gospel Harmonettes (2:00) Jim Brock (3:00) National Sacred Harp Convention singers (3:45) J. T. Perkins and Sharon Winters (4:30) Birmingham Sunlights and Fairfield Four (5:15) Folklife Talking Tent Kathryn Tucker Windham (12:00) L Rancho Liars Club of Arab (1:30) Khene music from Laos (2:15) music of the Civil Rights Movement (3:00) Gandy Dancers (3:45) story of the Freedom Quilting Bee (4:30) Faye Brown (5:15) Classical Stage workshop for young composers (9:00) university prep program students (1:00) Bruce Murray (2:30) Stratford Quartet (4:00) Birmingham Opera Theater (5:30) Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra (7:00) Malcolm Dalglish (8:55)

Saturday popular stages Birmingham Heritage Band (12:30) Follow For Now (12:30) Charlotte Guffin (12:30) Juliet Arrington (1:20) Anita Spratt-Smith (1:30) Telluride (1:30)

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

References

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