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Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival - Preparing for the Greatest Blues Festival ...

Last year, I had the great honor of covering the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival alongside a friend. She needed a photographer, I needed to experience Portland in a blues frenzy. She got what she needed, and I got what I'd come for. Not only is this the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi (and how many other festivals are as big as this one with 100,000+ people in attendance each day for FOUR DAYS in a row?) and second largest festival in the nation, but it benefits the Oregon Food Bank.

Last year, the festival broke all records, taking in over $650,000 and 100,662 pounds of food. Pretty amazing, isn't it?

The way the festival works is that a daily donation of $10 and two cans of food to benefit the Oregon Food Bank are all you need for admission. Once inside the gates, there are a host of options available to you. There are clothing and art vendors, food vendors (really, really good food available all over the park) with one of my favorites being Safeway's Rancher's Reserve steak, and another favorite being Dave's Killer Bread  (especially the Rockin' Rye), so I fully anticipate their return as well as mine. We can't forget the music, but we'll get there soon enough.

The main section of the park is devoted to the two main stages right on the river, and a third, smaller stage (workshops/more intimate performances) behind some carefully arranged trailers and vendors. There's a lot of action to be found in this area and you don't have to wander far to find anything you could possibly need. However, if you do choose to wander afield a bit, you head toward the bridge and underneath you find a few more vendors, clean portapotties, and the entrance to Wonderland. Okay, so many it's just the fourth stage, booths for the Delta Music Experience, a blues society, and some artists...one or two musical artists playing between sets and then actual paint and other medium artists. Always something fascinating going on there!

The fourth stage is billed mostly as the zydeco stage, but you can find plenty of blues happening there throughout the day as well. That's where I first caught Karen Lovely last year, Robbie Laws, Lady A (I believe that was her name), Duffy Bishop, and Terry Robb, along with John-Alex Mason. Additionally, I met the great folks from United By Music back in this less-crowded area. It's the perfect place to sneak off to for a bite to eat at a picnic table and perhaps to rest your ears a bit. Don't get me wrong, I can handle music all day and night, but there does come a time when you need to cut off the music just so you can adjust to the sensory overload that such a big festival produces. With so much to see, hear, and do, it does get a little overwhelming in the most pleasant way possible. I just happen to find decompressing for 10-15 minutes twice a day to be a good thing.

Peterson V947 Piranha LED Trailer Light Kit | Best Buy Boat ...

Piranha LED Over 80 inch wide rear Trailer Light Kit is a submersible rear lighting kit for all trailers 80 inch wide and over. Includes 856/856L LED tail lights plus license bracket, mounting hardware and installation instructions. Provides rear lighting and reflectors. Front clearance/side marker lights, front side reflectors and rear identification lights are necessary to meet all DOT requirements. Replacement harness available separately. ...