The Scene
'The Waterfront Blues Festival is downtown Portland’s largest and longest-running music festival and one of the most renowned celebrations of the blues in the world. Founded in 1988, the festival has welcomed over 2,000 acts! '
2011 Artist Lineup
- ARSEN SHOMAKHOV
- JAMES HARMAN BAND
- AURTHUR “FRESH AIR” MOORE
- JOURNEY TO MEMPHIS FINALS
- BACKYARD BLUES BOYS
- KAREN LOVELY
- BILL RHOADES HARMONICA BLOW-OFF
- LAUREN SHEEHAN
- BILLY T BAND
- LISA MANN AND HER REALLY GOOD BAND
- BLACK JOE LEWIS AND THE HONEYBEARS
- LUCINDA WILLIAMS
- BOBBY RADCLIFF
- MACEO PARKER
- BROTHER YUSEF
- MESCHIYA LAKE AND THE LITTLE BIG HORNS
- BRUCE CONTE
- MIA VERMILLION
- BUDDY GUY
- NATHAN JAMES
- CHRIS CAIN BAND
- OREGON FOOD BANK PRESENTATION
- CHUBBY CARRIER & THE BAYOU SWAMP BAND
- ORGONE
- COREY LEDET & HIS ZYDECO BAND
- PRESTON SHANNON
- CURLEY TAYLOR & ZYDECO TROUBLE
- ROBERSON & BEESE
- CURTIS SALGADO
- ROBERT CRAY BAND
- DICK WATERMAN
- ROLAND AND JANINE JEMERSON
- DUFFY BISHOP AND FRIENDS
- ROSIE LEDET AND THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS
- SOUL VACCINATION WITH SPECIAL GUEST BRUCE CONTE
- GRADY CHAMPION
- STEVE RILEY AND THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS
- HILLSTOMP
- THE STRANGE TONES
- HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND
- TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS
- INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE WINNERS AND FINALISTS
- TY CURTIS BAND
- IVAN NEVILLE’S DUMPSTAPHUNK
- ZYDECO SWAMP ROMP