Tall Stacks
tall stack formally known tall stack music art heritage festival festival held every three four year cincinnati ohio usa area celebrated city heritage riverboat sixth date final edition held october festival typically featured number vintage replica steamboat across eastern united state docked along ohio river shoreline cincinnati across river covington newport kentucky event cancelled festival tentatively scheduled held due poor economy lack corporate sponsor organizer later set date october – subsequently also cancelled first tall stack festival held october part cincinnati bicentennial celebration fourteen riverboats made appearance threeday festival included tour boat cruise race rival delta queen belle louisville — renewal annual race kentucky derby festival louisville kentucky people attended subsequent festival event expanded four day attendance increased largest attendance event cincinnati blink light art festival broke record schedule moved year prevent nearconflict summer olympics atlanta georgia event expanded five day riverboats kentucky city added civil war reenactment festivity attendance increased new record though attendance tall stack drew named us top tourism event american bus association nineteen riverboats traveled festival festival took recent formal name drew record visitor theme cruise added attraction wine tasting cruise cincinnati zoo cruise musical act included creedence clearwater revisited lucinda williams emmylou harris shawn colvin jayhawks delbert mcclinton john hammond b b king ricky skaggs mary chapin carpenter national regional local band riverboats took part festival including delta queen belle louisville general jackson natchez mississippi queen majestic newport side river site newport barrack series american civil war display established taught military life period u army corp engineer display river event cancelled due lack sponsorship held since pa denny ship tall stack official web site tall stack photo video clip paddle steamer tall stack