Portland Blues Experience
June 4th, 2009. Posted by TrinaOn July 2nd through 5th, Portland is hosting an amazing dance event in conjunction with the nation’s second largest Blues Festival. Portland Blues Experience isn’t just a Blues event. The outdoor dance floor at the A&E Front Porch Stage of the Waterfront Blues Festival will be open all weekend so that you can dance west coast swing, east coast swing, zydeco, blues, lindy, and more for four days of live music. The legendary Etta James (”The Blues is My Business”) will headline on Thursday night, and many other familiar artists including Robben Ford (”Start It Up”) and Ryan Shaw (”Over & Done”) will perform.
In addition, don’t miss the Rock the Boat Cruise on Friday night on the Portland Spirit, designed especially for people who want to experience awesome music gliding on the Willamette River through beautiful Portland on a summer night. Featured performers on the cruise include the Loose Marbles (New Orleans jazz and swing), Candye Kane (high energy blues and boogie woogie), and Jim Wallace & the House Cats (West Coast and Chicago blues).
Still looking for more? We will have late-night dances every night with a mix of blues, west coast swing, lindy, and more (Thursday-Sunday) until 6 AM:
| When | Where | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday night | Lenora’s Ballroom (includes catering from La Casita and two rooms of DJ’d music) | $10 |
| Friday night | Marriott (featuring DJ Battle between Steven Watkins, Topher Howard, and Harley White) | $15 |
| Saturday night | Scottish Rite Temple (food, two rooms of DJ’d music, and we may add a live band) | $20 |
| Sunday night | Lenora’s Ballroom (snacks and two rooms of DJ’d music) | $10 |
All of this information and more can be found on our website: http://www.portlandbluesexperience.com
Registration is live and only $115 for a full weekend pass (until June 21st). For those of you who just want to attend the festival and cruise (Friday night), the Experience Pass is only $70. If you have other Fourth of July festivities to attend but don’t want to pass up a once in a lifetime opportunity, the cruise pass is only $30. All of these options can be purchased with a credit card on our registration page. If you prefer to mail a check or give it to us in person, then please send an email to: portlandbluesexperience@gmail.com.
We hope to see you there! You won’t want to miss this event!
Trina Siebert
Planning Committee - PBEx 2009
