Sugar Water Festival

Sugar Water Festival
Tour by Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah, Jill Scott

Promotional poster for festival
Associated album The Dana Owens Album
Worldwide Underground
Beautifully Human
Start date July 8, 2005 (2005-07-08)
End date August 13, 2006 (2006-08-13)
Legs 2
Number of shows 24 in North America
Erykah Badu tour chronology
Worldwide Underground Tour
(2004)		 Sugar Water Festival
(2005-06)		 Summer Tour
(2006)
Queen Latifah tour chronology
Sugar Water Festival
(2005-06)		 Trav'lin' Light Tour
(2007)
Jill Scott tour chronology
Big Beautiful Tour
(2005)		 Sugar Water Festival
(2005-06)		 The Real Thing Tour
(2008)

The Sugar Water Festival was a music festival founded by American recording artists Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah and Jill Scott. The trek played to amphitheaters and arenas in the United States during the summer of 2005 and 2006. It began in 2005 as an event to bring awareness to health issues to African-American women. British duo Floetry opened shows during the 2005 run. The festival was relaunched briefly in 2006 with Kelis opening the show and comedian Mo'Nique hosting the festival.[1] 2006 was the final year for the outing. The festival had plans to expand into Europe and Asia, however, this did not come to fruition.

Background

The festival was announced in May 2005. Forming the "Suger Water Festival, LLC, the trek was headlined by Badu, Latifah and Scott. The singers stated performing Lilith Fair was the inspiration for the outing—with each singer wanting to bring a specific message to African American woman.[2] The festival was planned within six months, not providing enough times to gain notable sponsors. Badu says the meaning behind the name is the symbolism of "water" to "Earth", as the planet is three-fourths water. She continues to say women are the sweetness to the water, giving them the name of the tour."

To introduce the shows, Badu stated:[3]

“ The Sugar Water Festival is much more than a concert tour," said Badu. "It's about educating, enlightening and entertaining. Queen, Jill and I are all committed to tapping into the communities we play—to raise awareness, in a positive way, of what we can all do create a better world. ”

Opening acts

Set list

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America—Leg 1[3]
July 8, 2005 Virginia Beach United States Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 9, 2005 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 12, 2005 Wantagh Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
July 13, 2005 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
July 15, 2005 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
July 16, 2005 Camden Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
July 17, 2005 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
July 21, 2005 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater
July 22, 2005
July 23, 2005 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 26, 2005 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 27, 2005 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
July 29, 2005 Chicago United States Lakefront Pavilion
July 30, 2005 Columbus Germain Amphitheater
July 31, 2005 Maryland Heights UMB Bank Pavilion
August 2, 2005 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 4, 2005 Concord Chronicle Pavilion
August 6, 2005 Paradise Mandalay Bay Events Center
August 9, 2005 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
August 10, 2005
North America—Leg 2[10]
August 3, 2006 Grand Prairie United States Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
August 5, 2006 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater
August 12, 2006 New York City Prospect Park Bandshell
August 13, 2006 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion

Additional notes

References

  1. ↑ McCabe, Brent (9 August 2006). "Sugar Water Festival with Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah, Kelis, and Mo'nique". Baltimore City Paper. Times-Shamrock Communications. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Wynn Jr., Terry (18 July 2005). "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". NBC News. NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Sugar Water Festival to Kick Off July 8 in Virginia Beach; Grammy Winners Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah and Jill Scott to Join Forces for Summer Concert Tour" (Press release). Business Wire. 6 July 2005. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Vaziri, Aidin (2 August 2005). "Divas of hip-hop and R&B ready to spice up Sugar Water Festival". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Week of June 30". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. 23 June 2006. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Reid, Shaheem (13 July 2005). "Latifah, Badu And Scott's Beach Party Small But Loud". MTV News. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Anderman, Joan (15 July 2005). "Sugar Water makes inspiring debut". The Boston Globe. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Patterson, Spencer. "Sugar Water Festival great for Scott". Las Vegas Sun. The Greenspun Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  9. ↑ Gathers, Katrina T. (20 July 2005). "It's ladies first at the sublime Sugar Water Festival". The Day (The Day Publishing Company). p. D3. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Queen Latifah Launches 2006 CURVATION(SM) PROJECT CONFIDENCE(SM) Awards at Sugar Water Festival" (Press release). PR Newswire. 3 August 20. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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