Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union. Largest blues festival west of Mississippi. Named one of Greatest Outdoor Music Festivals in North America. Produced by Oregon Food Bank to raise food and funds to eliminate hunger and its root causes ... because no one should be hungry. Four days. Four stages. More than 100 performances.

Thursday performers include Etta James and the Roots Band, presented by First Tech Credit Union. Grammy-nominated Robben Ford. Soul Vaccination. Luckas Nelson and Promise of the Real (Willie's son). Zydeco Dance with Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie. Swingin' to the Blues Dance with Johnnie Ward's Sharkskin Revue. Ken DeRouchie Band, featuring LaRhonda Steele. King Louie and Baby James. Marriott Afterhours Allstars Northwest Pianorama with David Vest, DK Stewart, Janice Scroggins and Steve Kerin. Festival Afterhours at University Place Hotel and Hotel Fifty.