Festival passes

Enjoy the blues with ease with a Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival pass. This year, the festival will offer four levels of optional passes: Individual sponsor, Blues Benefactor, Blues Buddy and Four-Day Festival Pass.

Your support keeps the festival thriving and provides much-needed food to people who are hungry throughout Oregon and Clark County, Wash.

Passes are available in advance through Tickets Oregon.

Information for Blues Buddy, Benefactor and Individual Sponsor pass holders
Thank you for supporting Oregon Food Bank by purchasing a four-day pass to the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival!  Not only will you enjoy four days of the world’s best music, but you are also helping Oregon Food Bank meet the skyrocketing demand for emergency food during these difficult economic times. 

Because you purchased a Buddy, Benefactor, or Individual Sponsor pass, you are entitled to the special benefit of early entrance to place your blanket before the main gates open.  Please follow these instructions to be admitted early.

Early entrance will be through one gate only – the South Gate (across from Clay Street – see site map).  At that gate signs will mark the line for Blues Buddies, Benefactors, and Sponsors.  OFB volunteers will exchange the ticket you printed from the Tickets Oregon site for a special Buddy or Benefactor button (Sponsors will already have lanyards).  You will be admitted 30 minutes earlier than the stated gate opening time (please see specific times below).

This is the same gate through which you will need to re-enter if the festival gates are closed by the Fire Marshall.

Your Buddy or Benefactor button is your pass for gaining admission to the festival and to the two Wildhorse Super Jams at the Marriott on July 3 and 4.  Please take care of it – we cannot replace lost or stolen buttons.  

Thank you again for purchasing a pass to the Waterfront Blues Festival.  We look forward to seeing you there!

EARLY ACCESS SCHEDULE:

Tax deductibility note: Oregon Food Bank does not provide a tax receipt for any event pass or cruise ticket, other than at the Individual Sponsor level, because the fair market value of the goods and services received exceeds the price paid. 

Individual sponsor, $1,000
Experience VIP treatment and make a significant gift to support Oregon Food Bank's mission: To eliminate hunger and its root causes ... because no one should be hungry.           

• On stage VIP Sponsor pass for all days
• Daily Parking Pass
• Daily VIP daily pass to Back Beat Hospitality Pavilion
• Ticket for VIP July 4th for BBQ and Fireworks Show
• Recognition as a sponsor on display at festival, on the festival's Web site and in Oregon Food Bank’s annual report
• Waterfront Blues Festival sponsor T-shirt
• Festival poster featuring Gary Houston’s artwork
• Official festival collector’s button
• Access to central benefactor-only stage viewing area
• Complimentary Sunday brunch provided by Eggland's Best
• 50 percent off massage coupon
• Admission to Super Jam parties, presented by Wildhorse Hotel and Casino, at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom. See Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and the Lee Boys on Friday, July 3, and a battle of the 'bones with Big Sam's Funky Nation and Bonerama on July 4.
• Tax receipt from Oregon Food Bank
• Guaranteed re-admission, even when gates are closed
• Early access to place your blanket before main entry opens

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Blues Benefactor Pass, $250 or $450 for a pair

• Four-day admission to the festival
• Four-day complimentary parking pass (1 pass per pair)
• Official festival collector's button (2 for pair)
• One festival poster featuring Gary Houston's artwork
• Festival T-shirt featuring Gary Houston's artwork (2 for pair)
• 4 food coupons (8 for pair)
• 4 beer coupons  (8 for pair)
• Access to central benefactor-only stage viewing area
• Complimentary Sunday brunch provided by Eggland's Best
• 50 percent off massage coupon
• Admission to Super Jam parties, presented by Wildhorse Hotel and Casino, at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom. See Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and the Lee Boys on Friday, July 3, and a battle of the 'bones with Big Sam's Funky Nation and Bonerama on July 4.
• Guaranteed re-admission, even when gates are closed
• Early access to place your blanket before main entry opens

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Blues Buddy Pass, $55

• Admission to Super Jam parties, presented by Wildhorse Hotel and Casino, at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom. See Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and the Lee Boys on Friday, July 3, and a battle of the 'bones with Big Sam's Funky Nation and Bonerama on July 4.
• Four-day admission to the festival
• Early access to place your blanket before main entry opens
• Guaranteed re-admission, even when gates are closed
• Official festival collector's button

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Four-Day Festival Pass, $40

• Four-day admission to the festival
• Guaranteed re-admission, even when gates are closed
• Official festival collector's button

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Blues Boat Pass, $50 per flag

• A 12” x 18” collector’s flag with official festival artwork

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All proceeds benefit Oregon Food Bank