Stadium of Fire

The Stadium of Fire is annual event held in Provo, Utah at LaVell Edwards Stadium on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) on or near each July 4th, celebrated as the United States' Independence Day.

The event is the culmination of a broader week of celebrations called America's Freedom Festival.[1] The Stadium of Fire is intended as a patriotic extravaganza and features prominent musical performers (often including members of the Osmonds, who founded the event), comedians, dancers, stunt performers, tributes to military personnel and first responders and other events, along with one of the largest stadium fireworks show in the USA, all of which are televised internationally. The venue holds over 50,000 people and tends to sell most or all available seats for the Stadium of Fire, and many tens of thousands more crowd around the area to observe the fireworks.[2]

The Stadium of Fire has been held annually in its current form every year since 1980, with the exception of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, when a televised best-of special was broadcast showing highlights from past events.

History

Stadium of Fire originated as the Freedom Festival Panorama. It took on its current format and name in 1980 after Alan Osmond and Merrill Osmond acquired control of the festival.[3]

In this era, the Osmonds developed a number of businesses or other money-making events to recover from financial losses due to their father George Osmond's bad business decisions that left the family in deep debt.[4] Stadium of Fire reflected Alan's love of large fireworks celebrations.[5] Since 1980, the Stadium of Fire has become one of the largest Independence Day celebrations in the United States with super-star performers. Since 2004, it has been created and produced by Baruch Gayton Productions.[6]

At the 2024 Stadium of Fire event, a firework malfunction injured 26 people.[7]

Yearly headline performers

Stadium performers
Year Performer(s)
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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
2012 The Beach Boys, Scotty McCreery, Ryan Innes
2013 Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Cirque du Soleil[11]
2014 Carrie Underwood, Studio C[12]
2015 Journey, Olivia Holt[13]
2016 Tim McGraw[14]
2017 Little Big Town, Brian Regan,[15] and Hunter Hayes[16]
2018 OneRepublic and Lexi Walker[17]
2019 Keith Urban, Chuck Norris, and Flippenout[18]
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 [19][20]
2022 Tim McGraw, Marie Osmond
2023 Journey
2024 Jonas Brothers |Zion’s Youth Symphony and Chorus |
2025 Rascal Flatts
2026 Brad Paisley, Nitro Circus

TV Special

Year Special title Aired date and time Station name Channel number
2020 The Best of Stadium of Fire July 4, 2020 9pm KSL-TV 5

References

  1. ^ "Home". freedomfestival.org.
  2. ^ https://www.stubpass.com/concerts/stadium-of-fire-wiki/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
  3. ^ "Alan and Suzanne Osmond honored as Pillars of Utah Valley". heraldextra.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
  4. ^ Benson, Lee (2018-12-27). "They're still the Osmond Brothers after all these years". Deseret News. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  5. ^ KSL News Utah (2026-05-02). Alan Osmond remembered with music, fireworks, and surprise at funeral services. Retrieved 2026-05-04 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Stadium of Fire". Baruch/Gayton. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
  7. ^ Pitts, Emma (19 February 2025). "How did Provo's fireworks mishap injure 26 people?". Deseret News. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Lucy Lawless - About the STADIUM OF FIRE at America's Freedom Festival - Press Release".
  9. ^ Tribune, The Salt Lake. "Utah Local News - Salt Lake City News, Sports, Archive - The Salt Lake Tribune".
  10. ^ Deseret News Paisley, Archuleta provide fun American Saturday Night
  11. ^ Lockhart, Ben (28 March 2013). "Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen will headline Stadium of Fire this summer". Deseret News. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  12. ^ Butters, Whitney (19 March 2014). "Carrie Underwood to headline Stadium of Fire 2014". Deseret News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014.
  13. ^ Journey. "journey to headline stadium fire 2015 - Journey".
  14. ^ "Tim McGraw to headline 2016 Stadium of Fire - KSL.com".
  15. ^ Herald, Doug Fox and Genelle Pugmire Daily. "Comedian Brian Regan to join Stadium of Fire lineup". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  16. ^ "Little Big Town to headline annual Stadium of Fire concert". ksl.com.
  17. ^ "OneRepublic plays to sold-out crowd at Stadium of Fire". heraldextra.com.
  18. ^ "Keith Urban, Chuck Norris set to headline this year's Stadium of Fire". Deseret News. 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019.
  19. ^ "America's Freedom Festival at Provo, Stadium of Fire". America's Freedom Festival. America's Freedom Festival at Provo. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  20. ^ Sisson, Makenzie (2 July 2021). "Is Stadium of Fire Happening in 2021?". Deseret News. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

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