City Stages 2006
Brandi Carlile performs at City Stages 2006.
City Stages 2006, Birmingham’s annual three-day music festival, brought out the crowds for Shinedown, Hank Williams Jr., Snoop Dogg and American Idol Taylor Hicks. Despite a crazy name (“Waldrep, Stewart & Kendrick City Stages Presented by Lanny Vines & Associates”) and persistent debt, the music showcase endured for an 18th outing.
Wade on Birmingham provided coverage before, during and after the festival.
Daily glimpses
Special features
- The City Stages mix CD (June 9)
- Very silent auction: a failed online charity fund-raiser (June 14)
- Winners and losers (June 19)
- Questions for the Sustain City Stages fund-raising effort (Nov. 28)
In the headlines
- Financing a festival: searching for stage sponsors, benefit show, adding Snoop Dogg (May 23)
- Last-minute wrapup: debt problems, festival details, performers (June 16)
The haiku guide to stages
- Birmingham News/al.com Homegrown Stage
- Children’s Festival
- Coca-Cola Classic Stage
- Mason Corporation Music Oasis
- Miller Lite Stage
- Mypeople.com Stage
- Vault Dance Depot
And, the complete archive of stories mentioning City Stages.
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