   
Oregon Food Bank thanks community for successful 2008 Waterfront Blues Festival
PORTLAND, Ore. (July 8, 2008) – Perfect festival weather, great music, enthusiastic volunteers, committed sponsors and generous blues fans helped make the 21st annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union, a rousing success.
Blues fans donated $538,000 at the gate, making the 2008 Waterfront Blues Festival the second highest for gate donations in the festival’s 21-year history. In addition, blues fans donated an estimated 90,000 pounds of food. Read more >
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NEW: Blues Blog takes you behind the scenes
Peter Dammann, Waterfront Blues Festival's multi-talented talent coordinator, takes you behind the scenes for an insiders' view of the festival. Recent posts include: "Classie Ballou: When lightning strikes, he's there," Carolyn Wonderland: Texistenial Wonder," "James Hunter," "Hey, Bo Diddley (has left the building) and more. Read the blog >
 Spectacular fireworks display, July 4
Celebrate July 4th with a spectacular display of fireworks, twice as large as any display in Oregon. Read more.
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