Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival presented by First Tech Credit Union 17th Annual July 2-5 2004
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  • Largest festival west of the Mississippi.
  • Second largest blues festival in the nation
  • Every month an estimated 194,000 people eat meals from an emergency food box, and 37 percent of those eating meals from are children.
  • For every dollar you donate, Oregon Food Bank can move six pounds of food through its food distribution system.
  • Annually attracts more than 120,000 blues fans from throughout the world
  • Keeping the Blues Alive AwardMore the 150 performances on four stages
  • Winner of the prestigious 2000 Keeping the Blues Alive Award from the national Blues Foundation.
  • Winner of the Ovation Awards as Oregon's Best Festival, Civic Celebration or Community Event.

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