Stadium of Fire
The Stadium of Fire is a nearly annual event held in the Brigham Young University's LaVell Edwards Stadium on or very near the United States' Independence Day. It is one of the main events for the America's Freedom Festival.[1] This patriotic extravaganza with a cast of thousands features the largest stadium fireworks show in the USA. It is also televised worldwide to US troops and their families on American Forces TV, as a gift from America's Freedom Festival.
The Stadium of Fire was created by Merrill Osmond & Alan Osmond in 1980; it was one of the money-making events conceived by the Osmond family in the early 1980s to recuperate money from father George Osmond's bad business partnerships that had left the family in deep debt.[2] Since 1980, it has become one of the largest Independence Day celebrations in the United States. With super star performers and also the Stadium of Fire Dancers. For the past 13 years it has been created and produced by Baruch Gayton Entertainment Group.
Year | Performer(s) |
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1980 | The Osmonds |
1981 | The Osmonds |
1982 | The Osmonds |
1983 | The Osmonds |
1984 | Lee Greenwood; Donny, Marie, and Jimmy Osmond |
1985 | Roy Clark, David Hasselhoff, Miss America Sharlene Wells, The Osmond Brothers |
1986 | Crystal Gayle, Mr. T, Donny & Marie Osmond |
1987 | Bob Hope, The Osmond Boys (2nd Generation), Miss America Kellye Cash, Thurl Bailey |
1988 | Rich Little; Mary Hart; Emmanuel Lewis, Osmond Brothers |
1989 | NBC weatherman Willard Scott, Keshia Knight Pulliam, The Osmond Boys, The Jets |
1990 | Osmond Family, Wayne Newton, Highway 101 |
1991 | Andy Williams, Phylicia Rashad, Lorrie Morgan |
1992 | The Beach Boys |
1993 | Kenny Loggins, Jeffrey Osborne, Miss America Leanza Cornett |
1994 | The Oak Ridge Boys, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Mickey Mouse & his ToonTown friends |
1995 | Barbara Mandrell, Jay Leno, Utah Symphony |
1996 | Donny Osmond, Kurt Bestor |
1997 | Natalie Cole, The Jets |
1998 | Huey Lewis and the News |
1999 | Gladys Knight, All-4-One, Harry James Orchestra, Lex de Azevedo |
2000 | Alabama, The Osmonds-Second Generation |
2001 | Sawyer Brown |
2002 | Toby Keith |
2003 | Martina McBride, Sean Hannity |
2004 | Reba McEntire, Sean Hannity |
2005 | Mandy Moore, Lonestar, Debbie Reynolds, Lucy Lawless, The Osmonds[3] |
2006 | Taylor Hicks, Lee Ann Womack, Raven-Symoné |
2007 | Brooks & Dunn, Corbin Bleu, Glenn Beck |
2008 | Miley Cyrus, Blue Man Group, Glenn Beck |
2009 | Jonas Brothers, SHeDAISY, Glenn Beck[4] |
2010 | Carrie Underwood, The 5 Browns, Jenny Oaks Baker, The Osmonds Second Generation, Eric Dodge |
2011 | Brad Paisley, David Archuleta, The Whits, Eve Asplund, Artie Hemphill and the Iron Horse Band[5] |
2012 | The Beach Boys, Scotty McCreery, Ryan Innes |
2013 | Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Cirque du Soleil[6] |
2014 | Carrie Underwood, Studio C[7] |
2015 | Journey, Olivia Holt[8] |
2016 | Tim McGraw[9] |
2017 | Little Big Town, Brian Regan,[10] and Hunter Hayes[11] |
2018 | OneRepublic and Lexi Walker[12] |
2019 | Keith Urban, Chuck Norris, and Flippenout[13] |
2020 | (KSL-TV Channel 5 airs a special presentation of the Best of Stadium of Fire on July 4, 2020 at 9pm due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.) |
2021 | Lee Greenwood, Collin Raye, David Archuleta, Jenny Oaks Baker, Millennial Choirs and Orchestras, Nitro Circus, Stadium of Fire 4One [14][15] |
2022 | Tim McGraw, Marie Osmond |
2023 | Journey |
2024 | Jonas Brothers |Zion’s Youth Symphony and Chorus | |
TV Special
Year | Special title | Aired date and time | Station name | Channel number |
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2020 | The Best of Stadium of Fire | July 4, 2020 9pm | KSL-TV | 5 |
References
- ^ "Home". freedomfestival.org.
- ^ Benson, Lee (2018-12-27). "They're still the Osmond Brothers after all these years". Deseret News. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Lucy Lawless - About the STADIUM OF FIRE at America's Freedom Festival - Press Release".
- ^ Tribune, The Salt Lake. "Utah Local News - Salt Lake City News, Sports, Archive - The Salt Lake Tribune".
- ^ Deseret News Paisley, Archuleta provide fun American Saturday Night
- ^ Lockhart, Ben (28 March 2013). "Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen will headline Stadium of Fire this summer". Deseret News.
- ^ Butters, Whitney (19 March 2014). "Carrie Underwood to headline Stadium of Fire 2014". Deseret News.
- ^ Journey. "journey to headline stadium fire 2015 - Journey".
- ^ "Tim McGraw to headline 2016 Stadium of Fire - KSL.com".
- ^ Herald, Doug Fox and Genelle Pugmire Daily. "Comedian Brian Regan to join Stadium of Fire lineup". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Little Big Town to headline annual Stadium of Fire concert". ksl.com.
- ^ "OneRepublic plays to sold-out crowd at Stadium of Fire". heraldextra.com.
- ^ "Keith Urban, Chuck Norris set to headline this year's Stadium of Fire". deseretnews.com. 12 March 2019.
- ^ "America's Freedom Festival at Provo, Stadium of Fire". America's Freedom Festival. America's Freedom Festival at Provo. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Sisson, Makenzie (2 July 2021). "Is Stadium of Fire Happening in 2021?". Deseret News. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
External links
Media related to Stadium of Fire at Wikimedia Commons
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