We are over the moon to learn that the Jeremy Wilson Foundation, along with Meals on Wheels People, are this year’s charity partners for the 2021 Waterfront Blues Festival.  A special pre-festival Blues Fest Cares Concert will benefit both organizations. 

The last remaining tickets are available here for this exciting concert, featuring Portland’s own Curtis Salgado. The show begins at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 1.  And if you can’t join us in person, you can watch an hour of the show live on KOIN 6 TV starting at 7 p.m.

“For decades, the Waterfront Blues Festival has been Portland’s premier musical event,” said Jeremy Wilson, the foundation’s founder.  “It’s a terrific honor to be named as a beneficiary of the Upriver show. And the proceeds will go a long way toward creating the much-needed safety net for members of our music community.”

Our community is eager to get back to lots of live music – but recognizing we’re not totally back to pre-Covid conditions, this year’s concert and festival will be held at The Lot at Zidell Yards, less than a mile from the regular location.

You can buy tickets for pods – groups of two, four or six-person seats, socially distanced by all with terrific views of the stage.  The audience will be much smaller – but those who attend will have a terrific experience, with great sound, great sight lines and comfortable seating.

The JWF will have lots of opportunities to tell our story during the four-day blues festival. Volunteers will be meeting with concert-goers, talking about the musicians we’ve helped in so many ways and encouraging people to support the Musician Health and Services Program.

And if you’d like to contribute to us and/or Meals on Wheels, we’d love it if you visited the Blues Fest Cares site to make a donation.

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