Waterfront Blues Festival 2009

The festival's 22nd year featured a stellar line-up with more than 100 performances, including triple Grammy Award-winning bluesman Keb' Mo', presented by First Tech Credit Union; Grammy-nominated Robben Ford; Texas blues-rock legend Johnny Winter, presented by iQ Credit Union; slide-guitar wizard Sonny Landreth; Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; the Lee Boys; Rick Estrin and the Nightcats; Candye Kane; Terry Evans; Bonerama; Kevin Gordon, presented by the Boeing Company; Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings; Ryan Shaw; Magic Slim and the Teardrops; Big Sam's Funky Nation; Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, presented by Karolyn H. March, attorney at law; and more.

Blues fans donated more than $479,343 at the gate. This year, the festival also offered blues fans new ways to increase their donations by buying special passes. Special passes purchased online added $65,295 to festival coffers, enabling the Oregon Food Bank to exceed its $500,000 goal with total donations of $544,638. In addition, blues fans contributed more than 76,363 pounds of food. Festival entry was $10 and two cans of food per person, per day.