1996 City Stages

The 1996 City Stages was the 8th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival", held on June 14-16, 1996. 220 acts performed on 13 stages. Ticket prices remained at $15/day or $20 for a weekend pass. The estimated attendance was 265,000.

A review of the 1996 festival by John "Jazzfest Johnny" Driver raved, "It is the best lineup of any music festival in the South. Period. I don't know how they do it."

Poster

The 1996 City Stages poster was designed by Robert Guthrie

Line up

• Gladys Knight
• Johnny Cash
• The Village People
• Patti LaBelle
• The Neville Brothers
• Diamond Rio
• Arlo Guthrie
• Squirrel Nut Zippers
• Randy Newman
• The Burns Sisters
• Joe Ely
• The Nields
• The Delevantes
• Jolene
• Marc Phillips
• Red Mountain White Trash
• Little Red Rocket
• Tekneek
• Penetrators
• New Hope Baptist Church choir
• Kevorkian Skull Poets

References

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