Well, Birmingham Weekly has gotten ahold of this year's line up for City Stages; Birmingham's "world class" music festival. I'd post a few of the headliners here, but they're really not even worth the time it would take for me to do it. City Stages hasn't really been relvenat since the mid-90's music festival wise, and is sort of limping along at this point because it is practically the only thing that can pull any significant number of people downtown. Honestly, the acts don't really matter anyway. No one I know goes to see them, other than the obligatory swing by whatever indie/cool Hip Hop act is playing in order to maintain "street cred" yo.

My experience consists of the following:

• Get free VIP passes
• Actually only use Fri & Sat night. Maybe just one night.
• Park in someone's downtown office's deck. Or the museum's deck. Whichever is closer.
• Speed through the gate and head straight to the VIP section, avoiding contact with the unwashed masses.
• Drink free beer, hob-knob with the other VIPs, disdainfully look at the proletariat below.
• (I would add this is how pretty much how everyone I know who lives OTM experiences City Stages)

It's pretty much a see and be seen networking event for the young (or those in denial that they are no longer young) professionals in Birmingham at this point. Go figure.

 

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