1996 City Stages
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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
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References
- Carlton, Bob (June 12, 1998) "City Stages retrospective." Birmingham News