Bayfest Adds Two More Bands To Lineup

Bayfest Bands Two major acts have been added to BayFest's 2009 lineup. Anita Baker will perform on the Miller Lite Stage and Stone Temple Pilots will perform on the Pepsi Stage both on Friday October 2.

by Bayfest, Inc.

Published: Thu, August 13, 2009 - 3:55 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, August 13, 2009 - 4:01 pm CST

BayFest Adds Anita Baker and Stone Temple Pilots to Festival Lineup

Two major acts have been added to BayFest's 2009 lineup. Anita Baker will perform on the Miller Lite Stage and Stone Temple Pilots will perform on the Pepsi Stage, both on Friday, October 2. When paired with previously-announced country headliner Alan Jackson, these three huge acts make for one of the biggest nights in BayFest history.

With eight Grammy awards and four platinum albums, Anita Baker is R&B royalty. Classics like "Giving You the Best That I Got," "Just Because," and "Fairy Tales" are among her many fan favorites. This appearance marks Baker's first at BayFest.

Since the early 90s, Stone Temple Pilots has racked up 15 singles on the Billboard Top Ten, winning a "Best Hard Rock Performance" Grammy in 1994 for "Plush," and selling more than 25 million copies of five albums worldwide. A dominant force in rock music since its beginning, the group's impressively extensive and top-selling music has cemented its standing as one of the most successful rock groups of all time.

Lineups for the Gospel Stage, Café Stage and Radio Avalon Jazz Tent were also announced and are available at www.bayfest.com. Local/regional acts Hamelin, Stereo Hype, Color the Coast, El Cantador, The Ugli Stick, Elle Duhe Band, Hank Becker, Fat Man Squeeze, Jon Miller Band, and Wes Loper Band are all performing this year. Times and stages for these acts will be announced at a later date.

Three-day passes for BayFest are just $35 and are on sale now at www.bayfest.com. Purchase tickets before September 1 and you'll be automatically entered to win a meet & greet with an artist of your choice (some rules apply.) Weekend passes can now be purchased in outlets, which include Circle K stores, Regions, Hancock, and Whitney Banks, IP Casino in Biloxi, and the Downtown Mobile Alliance.

The 15th Annual BayFest Music Festival will be held October 2-4, 2009 in the streets of Downtown Mobile. BayFest is the host of more than 125 national, regional and local artists who play on nine stages over a three-day weekend. Confirmed acts for the 2009 festival include 3 Doors Down, The Steve Miller Band, T-Pain, Akon, Alan Jackson, Billy Currington, James Otto, Musiq Soulchild, Ne-Yo, Gary Allan, Train and Wet Willie. More acts will be announced soon. For more information, visit www.bayfest.com.

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Mike x51 Says:

Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:38 am

I’ll go to Bayfest when they add Job for a Cowboy, Mastodon or Lamb of God. That would be hilarious. “Wutz all that gosh durn devil music goin on up chair?”