City Stages
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| City Stages | |
|---|---|
 Israel & New Breed performing at 2008 City Stages, Linn Park. | |
| Dates | Mid-June |
| Location(s) | Birmingham, Alabama, US |
| Years active | 1989 - 2009 |
| Founders | George McMillian |
| Website | Official website |
City Stages was a three-day arts and music festival in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, that took place in and around Linn Park from 1989 to 2009. After losses in 2009 amounted to nearly half a million dollars, the organization running City Stages announced on June 25, 2009 that the event would not return the next year.[1]
City Stages' organizers announced in November 2007 that they hired AC Entertainment, one of the co-producers for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, to help produce the Birmingham festival and advise them for the next three years.[2]
The final City Stages was held on June 13–15, 2009, on Father's Day Weekend. Ticket sales were hampered by inclement weather, a struggling economy, and a perceived low-quality artist lineup. After the event, organizers announced that the total debt had surpassed $1 million, and that no further City Stages events would be produced.[1] As of 2021, no plans have been made to revive the festival, though the nostalgia for it has grown.
References
- ^ a b Colruso, Mary; Joseph D. Bryant (2009-06-26). "$1 million-plus debt ends Birmingham music festival City Stages after 21 years". The Birmingham News.
- ^ "Bonnaroo firm hired to boost Birmingham festival". USA Today. November 18, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2010.