Waterfront Blues Festival

With great music, plenty of food and beer, and one of the finest settings in the entire northwest, Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival always provides for a memorable July 4th weekend. Held at Waterfront Park, the 21st annual Blues Fest will take place July 3rd - 6th. This year’s lineup features more than 100 performers on four stages, including soulful songstress Phoebe Snow, Chicago harmonica ace Charlie Musselwhite and guitarist Elvin Bishop, boogie-blues-rock pioneers Canned Heat, British neo-soul crooner James Hunter, acclaimed guitarist Joe Bonamassa, Mississippi bluesman Robert “Wolfman” Belfour, New Orleans guitarist Eric Lindell and brass virtuoso Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews.

The festival will also offer Blues Cruises, a Louisiana Pavilion, workshops, interviews, Fourth of July fireworks and much more. Oregon Food Bank will be on-hand all weekend to accept your donated non-perishable food items.

Waterfront Blues Festival
Thursday, July 3 - Sunday, July 6, 2008
Waterfront Park
www.waterfrontbluesfest.com