Joe Bonamassa::
“This kid deserves to be in the same class with Stevie Ray F***ing Vaughan, Jimmy Hendrix and Jeff Beck.” - Ted Nugent July 3 - 08:00PM, Credit Union Blues Stage.

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Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival presented by First Tech Credit Union

performance Andrew Jr Boy Jones Canned Heat dancers

Oregon Food Bank thanks community for successful 2008 Waterfront Blues Festival

PORTLAND, Ore. (July 8, 2008) – Perfect festival weather, great music, enthusiastic volunteers, committed sponsors and generous blues fans helped make the 21st annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union, a rousing success.

Blues fans donated $538,000 at the gate, making the 2008 Waterfront Blues Festival the second highest for gate donations in the festival’s 21-year history. In addition, blues fans donated an estimated 91,192 pounds of food. Read more >

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NEW: Blues Blog takes you behind the scenes

Peter Dammann, Waterfront Blues Festival's multi-talented talent coordinator, takes you behind the scenes for an insiders' view of the festival. Recent posts include: "Classie Ballou: When lightning strikes, he's there," Carolyn Wonderland: Texistenial Wonder," "James Hunter," "Hey, Bo Diddley (has left the building) and more. Read the blog >

Cruise the Willamette River on the Portland Spirit and hear legendary blues artists perform on the boat’s three intimate stages.

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Oregon Food Bank thanks community for successful 2008 Waterfront Blues Festival

Join us for next year's festival July 2-5, 2009

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July 2-5, 2009