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Oregon Food Bank thanks community for successful Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival
PORTLAND, Ore. (July 7, 2005) The annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union, not only attracts the finest blues artists from throughout the world, it's also a major fund-raiser to sukpport OFB and its work to elimiante hunger and its root causes.

Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Shemekia Copela, Oliver Mtukudzi, the subdudes to highlight 2005 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, July 1-4, 2005
The 2005 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union, includes some of the finest blues artists in the nation. read more >>

Find out who's performing on six different Blues Cruises
Cruise the Willamette River on the Portland Spirit with Charlie Musselwhite, Kenny Neal Band, Mark Lemhouse, Dufy Bishop, Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Guitar Shorty, the Campbell Brothers, Doyle Brahmhall, the Vipers and many, many more. Read more

HSBC Workshop Stage highlights The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival offers a full line-up of educational workshops, performances and children’s programming. Read more.

Northwest Film Center invites blues fans to two special outdoor screenings on the Oregonian A&E Front Porch Stage at the 2005 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival. Read more.

Handy Award Winners to perform at Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, Shemekia Copeland and Kenny Neal & Billy Branch all won 2005 Handy Awards at the prestigious 26th annual W.C. Handy Ceremony in May. And they all will perform at the 2005 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland in July. Read more.

Oregon Potters to create thousands of Empty Bowls
Blues fans will find more than music at the 18th annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, July 1 to 4. They'll also find thousands of beautiful, handcrafted bowls. read more >>

May 25, 2004--Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival 2004 announces performance schedule
May 25, 2004--2004 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival today announced the performance schedule for each of the four fabulous festival days. Headliners include Keb' Mo, Jonny Lang, Canned Heat and The Holmes Brothers and more.

Festival talent coordinator receives national Keeping the Blues Alive Award
The national Blues Foundation honored Peter Dammann, talent coordinator for the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, with the prestigious 2001 Keeping the blues Alive Award for Promoter of the Year. read more >>

June 21, 2004 --Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival to celebrate Howlin' Wolf

June 21, 2004 --Household Workshop Stage to offer more workshops for children, novices and experts

June 3, 2004 -- Northwest Film Center to present two late-night screenings: 'Hubert Sumlin: Living the Blues' and 'The Howlin'

March 10, 2004 -- Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival 2004 celebrates the blues, July 2 to July 5, 2004.

Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival and Portland Spirit to present five fabulous Blues Cruises

May 25, 2004 --Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival 2004 announces performance schedule

Portland's Genuine Blues to benefit Oregon Food Bank

June 21, 2004 --Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival to celebrate Howlin' Wolf

June 21, 2004 - Household Workshop Stage to offer more workshops for children, novices and experts

June 3, 2004 Northwest Film Center to present two late-night screenings: 'Hubert Sumlin: Living the Blues' and 'The Howlin'
Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival 2004 to feature Keb Mo and Jonny Lang