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Cruise the Willamette River on the Portland Spirit and 
More than a thousand volunteers help the Waterfront Blues Festival run smoothly. 
Daily donation of $10 and two cans of food benefits Oregon Food Bank.
Join us for the 25th anniversary of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival
July 4 - 8, 2012,
Portland, Oregon
Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival honored at Cascade Blues Association's Muddy Awards
The Cascade Blues Association recently presented its Muddy Award for "Best Northwest Blues Event" to the 2011 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival.
In addition, Buddy Guy's performance at the festival won "Best Performance of the Year," Blues Cruise sponsors Amanda Gresham and Barbara Hammerman of Delta Music Experience received the "Back What You Believe In" award and Jeff Cota, the festival's Miller Stage manager, received the "Hurley Award."
Learn more about the awards >
Thank you blues fans!
Community has fun, fights hunger
at most successful blues festival ever
2011 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival
breaks all records
PORTLAND, Ore. (July 7, 2011) – Amazing performances, perfect festival weather, enthusiastic volunteers, committed sponsors and generous blues fans helped make the 2011 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival the most successful ever.
See photos from the 2011 festival
Did you know?
The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is Oregon Food Bank's largest annual fundraiser? The event is owned and operated by Oregon Food Bank and raises food and funds to help fight hunger.
100 percent of all donations at the gate help Oregon Food Bank achieve its mission: To eliminate hunger and it's root causes ... because no one should be hungry.
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