News Release

Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival
passes available 

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 16, 2008) –  In addition to its popular Four-Day Festival Grounds Pass, the 2008 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union, will offer a special Blues Buddy Pass, an exclusive Blues Benefactor Pass and a Boat Pass.

Passes are available in advance online at www.waterfrontbluesfest.com via Tickets Oregon.

The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, July 3 through 6, 2008, is the largest blues fest west of the Mississippi, featuring more than 120 performances, workshops, after-concert dances, fireworks and more. Food and funds raised at the festival benefit Oregon Food Bank's mission to eliminate hunger and its root causes ... because no one should be hungry.

Daily admission is a donation of $10 and two cans of food per person (including children) per day. For every $10 donated, Oregon Food Bank can collect and distribute enough food through its food distribution program to fill an emergency food box, a three- to five-day supply of food for a family.

Four-Day Festival Pass - $30
A Four-Day Festival Pass makes it easy to enjoy the Waterfront Blues Festival for multiple days. You'll receive:

• four-day admission to the festival
• official festival collector's button

Blues Buddy Pass - $50
Love the blues? Be a blues buddy and enjoy admission to the festival plus official festival merchandise. You'll receive:

• four-day admission to enjoy the festival
• official festival collector's button
• festival poster, featuring Gary Houston's artwork
• festival T-shirt, featuring Gary Houston's artwork

Blues Benefactor Pass - $250
This exclusive pass allows you the ultimate Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival experience. Your support keeps the festival thriving and provides much-needed food to people who are hungry throughout Oregon and Clark County, Wash. You'll receive:

• four-day admission to enjoy the festival
• four-day complimentary parking pass
• official festival collector's button
• festival poster, featuring Gary Houston's artwork
• festival T-shirt, featuring Gary Houston's artwork
• Four food coupons (value: $5 each)
• 4 beer coupons (value: $5 each)
• 10 percent off merchandise at festival store
• 50 percent off massage at the festival
• access to central stage viewing area
• a special, benefactor breakfast, Saturday, July 6
• guaranteed Fourth of July entry with special gate access

Blues Boat Pass – $50
Proudly display your support for the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival and Oregon Food Bank. Donate $50 per boat and receive a flag with official festival artwork. Oregon Food Bank will visit boats in the harbor daily to collect donations.  You’ll receive:

• opportunity to support Oregon Food Bank
• a 12” x 18” collector’s flag with official festival artwork

About Oregon Food Bank: Oregon Food Bank is a nonprofit, charitable organization. It is the hub of the Oregon Food Bank Network, a statewide network of 20 regional food banks and 919 hunger-relief agencies serving Oregon and Clark County, Wash.

About festival sponsors: The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is presented by First Tech Credit Union. Major sponsors include FedEx Freight, PacificSource Health Plans, iQ Credit Union, Daimler Truck Financial, Land Rover, The Oregonian A&E, KINK.fm and Travel Portland. Supporting sponsors include Burt’s Bees, Good Neighbor Pharmacy, Miller Brewing Co., Henry Weinhard's, Deschutes Brewery, Beringer Wine, Snapple, Pepsi, Nutrisoda, Earth2o Water, Frito Lay Snacks, Yoshida Sauce, Mission Foods, Dreyer’s Ice Cream, NW Natural, FedEx Kinko’s, Impact Advertising, Edge Design, The Boeing Company, PGE, KBOO, OregonLive.com, Blues Revue, Music Millennium, Karolyn March, Guitar Center, Lions Foundation, Cascade Blues Association, Oregon Potters Association, Cascade Zydeco, Delta Music Experience.

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