"WATERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL"

Now in its 25th year, the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi and the second-largest blues festival in the nation. The festival annually attracts more than 100,000 blues fans from throughout the world Enjoy more than 100 performances on four stages, plus more than 35 artist interviews and workshops, Blues Cruises on the Willamette River, activities for kids, dances, after-hours jams, fireworks and more. Touted as one of the best-run festivals anywhere, the Waterfront Blues Festival remains a grassroots event, produced by Oregon Food Bank – a nonprofit, charitable organization – with the help of a thousand volunteers. The festival raises food and funds to help people who are hungry throughout Oregon and Clark County, Wash. To date, the Festival has raised over $5 million and 1 million pounds of food for hunger relief in the region. Daily admission is a donation of $10 plus two cans of food per person – making this festival one of the great entertainment bargains of the summer. This year, the festival also offers four levels of passes with fabulous perks and special access: Individual Sponsor, Blues Benefactor, Four-Day Festival Pass and Blues Buddy Pass.