Mannish Boys with special guest Kid Ramos, Kirk Fletcher, Finis Tasby, ::
Allstar West Coast revue features former Fabulous Thunderbirds' guitar slingers Kid Ramos and Kirk Fletcher. July 4 - 02:30PM, DME Portland Spirit Blues Cruise. July 4 - 07:15PM, Miller Stage.

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Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival presented by First Tech Credit Union

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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 90,000 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 >

Spectacular fireworks display, July 4
Celebrate July 4th with a spectacular display of fireworks, twice as large as any display in Oregon. Read more.

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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