Waterfront Blues Festival

Coming Soon

Airs at: Fri, 07/04/2025 at 1:00pm - 10:00pm

Airs at: Sat, 07/05/2025 at 1:00pm - 10:30pm

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We’re back! The Waterfront Blues Festival is returning to Waterfront Park for two jam-packed days on July 4 & 5, 2025! This year, we’re bringing the party to a big ol’ main stage in the bowl along the shores of the Willamette River — same incredible vibes, just a fresh new format.

We’ve got an awesome music lineup, delicious food and drinks, and, of course, Portland’s legendary 4th of July fireworks show! While the festival may look a little different this year, our goal remains the same: bringing our fans together for an unforgettable weekend of music and celebration.

Can't be there in person? No worries, KBOO has you covered — we'll be live broadcasting the whole show! Tune in from 1-10pm on 7/4, and 1-10:30pm on 7/5.

This year's live broadcast of Waterfront Blues Festival is made possible by our wonderful sponsors, Music Millennium and Oregon Country Fair.

Genre(s):

Blues

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Waterfront Blues Festival 2019 Day One!

Airs at: Thu, 07/04/2019 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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The Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest celebration of blues, soul, funk, and rhythm & blues west of the Mississippi. Join us for a long weekend filled with amazing performances across four stages, food, vendors, river boat cruises, and more! The Waterfront Blue... Read more

2017 Waterfront Blues Fest: Day 5

Airs at: Tue, 07/04/2017 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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Here's Tuesday's schedule: 12pm United by Music ; 1pm Rae Gordon Band ; 2pm Just This One: A Paul Delay Tribute ; 3pm American Music Program ; 4pm Monkey Junk ; 5pm The Suffers ; 6pm Canned Heat ; 7pm Curtis Salgado ; 8pm The Duffy Bishop Band ; 9pm Marchfourth Read more

2017 Waterfront Blues Fest: Day 4

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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Here's Monday's Schedule 12pm Dave Fields ; 1pm Norman Sylvester ; 2pm Strange Tones ; 3pm Dustbowl Revival ; 4pm Chris Cain ; 5pm Scott Pemberton ; 6pm Cedric Burnside Project ; 7pm Booker T Stax Revue ; 8pm Bokanté ; 9pm Joss Stone ; Read more

2017 Waterfront Blues Fest: Day 3

Airs at: Sun, 07/02/2017 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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Here's Sundays's schedule: 12 noon Cee Cee James ; 1 pm Rose City Kings ; 2pm The Sons of Soul Revivers ; 3pm Dexter Allen ; 4pm King Louie's Blues Revue: Steele, Stokes, Mann ; 5pm Pimps of Joytime ; 6pm Vieux Farka Touré ; 7pm Blynd ; 8pm Sonny Landr... Read more

2017 Waterfront Blues Fest: Day 2

Airs at: Sat, 07/01/2017 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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Here's Saturday's schedule: 12 noon Lady Kat ; 1pm Big Monti ; 2pm Shari Puorto Band ; 3pm Christone "Kingfish" Ingram ; 4pm Greyhounds ; 5pm Eric Gales ; 6pm Dirty Revival ; 7pm JD McPherson ; 8pm Southern Avenue ; 9pm Big Head Blues Club (Big Head Todd & The ... Read more

Waterfront Blues Festival on 06/30/17

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 10:00pm

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Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 1:00pm - 9:00pm

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Here's Friday's schedule: 1pm Billy D and The Hoodoos ; 2pm Karen Lovely ; 3pm Dirty Bourbon River Show ; 4pm JJ Thames ; 5pm Ty Curtis Band ; 6pm Lovebomb Go-Go ; 7pm Elvin Bishop ; 8pm Fantastic Negrito ; 9pm Chris Isaak Read more

Day 4: Waterfront Blues Festival

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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Here's the schedule for Day 4 - Monday July 4th (KBOO is broadcasting live from both main stages) Read more

Day 3: Waterfront Blues Fest

Airs at: Sun, 07/03/2016 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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Here's the schedule for Day 3 - Sunday July 3rd (KBOO is broadcasting live from both main stages) Read more

Day 2: Waterfront Blues Fest

Airs at: Sat, 07/02/2016 at 12:00pm - 10:00pm

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Here's the schedule for Day 2 - Saturday July 2nd (KBOO is broadcasting live from both main stages) Read more