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It’s that time of year again folks. The Safeway® Waterfront Blues Festival, the largest blues festival on the West Coast and the second largest blues festival in the nation is coming to Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon July 2nd-5th.
The image below shows how close our Yamhill store is to the Festival!!!
ICE COLD DRINKS, SANDWICHES, SNACKS, ICE CREAM, DISPOSABLE CAMERAS & MORE!!!
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With Artists such as:
* Taj Mahal * Little Feat * John Mayall * Booker T. * Bobby Rush * Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen * Curtis Salgado * Galactic with Cyril Neville * JJ Grey & Mofro * Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue * Walter Trout * Baskery
* Michael Burks Band with Lucky Peterson * Chris Thomas King * Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm * Moreland & Arbuckle * Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks * Mingo Fishtrap * PorterDavis * Norton Buffalo’s Knockouts * Janiva Magness * Paul Cebar * Kara Grainger * Sultans of Slide * NW Women in Rhythm & Blues * Zydeco Swamp Romp with Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Donna Angelle & Zydeco Posse, Corey Ledet & his Zydeco Band, Andre Thierry & Zydeco MagicThis is the line-up:
- Friday, July 2, 3 to 10 p.m.: Taj Mahal, John Mayall with his Bluesbreakers, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Walter Trout, Moreland & Arbuckle, porterdavis
- Saturday, July 3, noon to 10 p.m.: Booker T., Bobby Rush, Michael Burks Band with Lucky Peterson, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcom, Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks, Paul Cebar, NW Women in Rhythm & Blues, Zydeco Swamp Romp with Curley Taylor, Donna Angelle, Andre Thierry, Corey Ledet
- Sunday, July 4, noon to 10 p.m.: Fireworks! Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Curtis Salgado, Janiva Magness, Mingo Fishtrap, Norton Buffalo’s Knockouts, Kara Grainger, Harmonica Blow-off
- Monday, July 5, noon to 9 p.m.: Galactic with Cyril Neville, Little Feat, JJ Grey & Mofro, Chris Thomas King, Baskery.
Festival passes and DME Blues Cruise tickets now available at www.waterfrontbluesfest.com
And of course, the primary reason for even having a blues festival to begin with is to feed the hungry. The Oregon Food Bank no doubt feeds a lot of people who would otherwise go hungry. Oregon Music News has an interesting little test on their website called the oregon food bank test. Check it out HERE.
Benefit to fight hunger
Touted as one of the best-run festivals anywhere, the Waterfront Blues Festival remains a grassroots festival, produced and operated by Oregon Food Bank, a nonprofit, charitable organization, with the help of a thousand volunteers. The festival raises food and funds to help people who are hungry throughout Oregon and southwest Washington.
“The need for emergency food remains at alarmingly high levels. The magic of this festival is that it brings people together from throughout the world and from all walks of life to not only enjoy great music but also to create hope for people in need,” says OFB CEO Rachel Bristol.
Entry
Daily entry is a suggested donation of only $10 plus two cans of food per person per day, making this festival one of the great entertainment bargains of the summer. 100 percent of gate donations go to Oregon Food Bank.
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