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The '''1997 City Stages''' was the 9th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". It was held June 13-15, [[1997]] in and around [[Linn Park]] in [[Downtown Birmingham]]. There were 270 acts, and the estimated attendance was 255,000 people. Thunderstorms skirted the site early Friday and Saturday afternoons, but no performances were canceled due to weather. Day passes were $18 and 3-day passes were $25 in advance. | The '''1997 City Stages''' was the 9th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". It was held June 13-15, [[1997]] in and around [[Linn Park]] in [[Downtown Birmingham]]. There were 270 acts on sixteen separate stages, and the estimated attendance was 255,000 people. Thunderstorms skirted the site early Friday and Saturday afternoons, but no performances were canceled due to weather. Day passes were $18 and 3-day passes were $25 in advance. | ||
==Poster== | ==Poster== | ||
The 1997 City Stages poster was designed by [[Susan Oliver]] | The 1997 City Stages poster was designed by [[Susan Oliver]] | ||
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==Line up== | ==Line up== | ||
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* [[Birmingham's Three Tenors]] | * [[Birmingham's Three Tenors]] | ||
* [[Birmingham Heritage Band]] | * [[Birmingham Heritage Band]] | ||
* | * David Grisman Quintet | ||
* Matthew Sweet | * Matthew Sweet | ||
* Collective Soul | * Collective Soul | ||
* Little Feat | |||
* Trisha Yearwood | * Trisha Yearwood | ||
* Kool & the Gang | * Kool & the Gang | ||
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* The Connection | * The Connection | ||
* The Blues Healers | * The Blues Healers | ||
* [[National Sacred Harp Convention]] singers | |||
* The Skeletons | * The Skeletons | ||
* Satan & Adam | * Satan & Adam | ||
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* Charles Brown | * Charles Brown | ||
* [[Telluride]] | * [[Telluride]] | ||
* Rusted Root | |||
* Farmer Not So John | * Farmer Not So John | ||
* BR-549 | * BR-549 | ||
* Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe | * Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe | ||
* Dee Carstenson | * Dee Carstenson | ||
* Suzanne Vega | |||
* [[Emmylou Harris]] | * [[Emmylou Harris]] | ||
* [[Ray Charles]] | * [[Ray Charles]] | ||
===Sunday=== | ===Sunday=== | ||
* Boozoo Chavis and his Majic Sounds Band | |||
* Laurie Lewis | |||
* David Olney | |||
* Austin Lounge Lizards | |||
* Guy Davis | * Guy Davis | ||
* Southern Culture on the Skids | * Southern Culture on the Skids | ||
* Trout Fishing in America | * Trout Fishing in America | ||
* Sister Hazel | * Sister Hazel | ||
* Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band | |||
* Celebration Winds | * Celebration Winds | ||
* Cordelia's Dad | * Cordelia's Dad | ||
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The 1997 City Stages coincided with an ongoing touring exhibition of objects from the Smithsonian Institution on display at the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]], which also hosted the [[Mind Expanding Grits Theater]]. | The 1997 City Stages coincided with an ongoing touring exhibition of objects from the Smithsonian Institution on display at the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]], which also hosted the [[Mind Expanding Grits Theater]]. | ||
==External links== | |||
* [http://www.geocities.com/wiseoldgeezer/wogbirm.html Set list and reviews of John Prine show] from the Wise Old Geezer. | |||
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Revision as of 21:35, 23 July 2006
The 1997 City Stages was the 9th annual edition of "Birmingham's World-Class Music Festival". It was held June 13-15, 1997 in and around Linn Park in Downtown Birmingham. There were 270 acts on sixteen separate stages, and the estimated attendance was 255,000 people. Thunderstorms skirted the site early Friday and Saturday afternoons, but no performances were canceled due to weather. Day passes were $18 and 3-day passes were $25 in advance.
Poster
The 1997 City Stages poster was designed by Susan Oliver
Line up
Friday
- Birmingham's Three Tenors
- Birmingham Heritage Band
- David Grisman Quintet
- Matthew Sweet
- Collective Soul
- Little Feat
- Trisha Yearwood
- Kool & the Gang
Saturday
- Auntie Litter
- Topper Price and Scott Boyer
- The Connection
- The Blues Healers
- National Sacred Harp Convention singers
- The Skeletons
- Satan & Adam
- Crooked Road
- Partial to Mabel
- Chris Scheurich & Junior Atomic
- Little Charlie & the Nightcats
- Allen Toussaint
- Charles Brown
- Telluride
- Rusted Root
- Farmer Not So John
- BR-549
- Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe
- Dee Carstenson
- Suzanne Vega
- Emmylou Harris
- Ray Charles
Sunday
- Boozoo Chavis and his Majic Sounds Band
- Laurie Lewis
- David Olney
- Austin Lounge Lizards
- Guy Davis
- Southern Culture on the Skids
- Trout Fishing in America
- Sister Hazel
- Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band
- Celebration Winds
- Cordelia's Dad
- Beausoleil
- Barenaked Ladies
- Willie King
- John Prine
- The Temptations
Notes
The Birmingham Police Department reported 25 arrests during the festival, which was staffed by more than 100 officers. Of the arrests, only one was on a felony charge, with the remainder being for disorderly conduct, intoxication, possession of alcohol by a minor, and traffic offenses.
The northbound lanes of I-59 were closed for a little over an hour following a fatal collission between the 4th Avenue South and Roebuck Parkway exits just as the festival was closing on Sunday evening.
The 1997 City Stages coincided with an ongoing touring exhibition of objects from the Smithsonian Institution on display at the Birmingham Museum of Art, which also hosted the Mind Expanding Grits Theater.
External links
- Set list and reviews of John Prine show from the Wise Old Geezer.
| Preceded by: 1996 City Stages |
City Stages 1997 |
Succeeded by: 1998 City Stages |