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.
| 1980 | The Osmonds | |||
| 1981 | The Osmonds | |||
| 1982 | The Osmonds | |||
| 1983 | The Osmonds | |||
| 1984 | Lee Greenwood
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| 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
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| 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 |