Safeway Waterfront Blues Fest To Celebrate 20 Years

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The largest blues festival on the West Coast and second largest in the nation will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.

The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, to take place July 4-July 8 in Portland, Ore., includes four stages and 125 artist performances, including the Neville Brothers, Koko Taylor, Joan Armatrading and the Blind Boys of Alabama. The event also features nine Delta Music Experience Blues Cruises along the Willamette River.

The festival is produced by and as a benefit for Oregon Food Bank. Daily admission is a donation of $8 per person per day and two cans of food. All festival proceedings benefit Oregon Food Bank’s work to eliminate hunger and its root causes in Oregon and southwestern Washington.



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