Blues for Food Fest 2010

Photo courtesy Blues for Food Fest 2010

Fourth annual Labor Day weekend event celebrates music, community and food

Saturday, September 4, 12 noon-7:30 pm

at Magnuson Park Amphitheatre & P-Patch,

7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle 98115

Proceeds support P-Patch Trust and Washington Blues Society

WHAT IS BLUES FOR FOOD FEST?

- An all-ages all-day celebration of good food, good friends and good music, featuring some of the finest local blues bands.

- A community party to raise awareness about hunger and the P-Patch gardens in Seattle that donate over 28,000 pounds of organic produce to people in need every year.

WHAT CAN YOU DO THERE?

- Groove to local blues legends

- Enjoy Creole soul food from Where Ya At Matt, Seattle ’s latest food truck sensation

- Bid on scrumptious pies and an Art of the Pie cooking class at the homemade pie auction

- Donate your homegrown produce at the Lettuce Link/Solid Ground “Beet Hunger” booth

- Enjoy family fun: worm bin exploration, bug hunts, seed saving, nature art sculptures and harvesting vegetables in the P-Patch

- Learn how P-Patch gardeners are educating and inspiring all age groups about the joys of organic gardening

LINE-UP:

12:00-1:00    Kim Archer

1:30-2:30      Red Hot Blues Sisters

3:00-4:00      Junkyard Jane
4:30-5:30      Randy Oxford Band

6:00-7:30     Patti Allen All Star Band

WHY BLUES FOR FOOD FEST?

Seattle’s P-Patch giving gardens, community farms and community fruit tree harvests donate close to 15 tons of fresh organic produce every year to local food banks, meals-on-wheels programs, transitional housing, and shelters for women and children. BLUES FOR FOOD FEST is a collaboration with the Washington Blues Society. Proceeds from the event will benefit the P-Patch Trust, local food banks and the WBS Musicians Relief Fund.

COST:

$15 in advance at Brown Paper Tickets, $20 at the door; Kids: $8 & $10

Bike or bus, but if you come by car, there’s LOTS OF FREE PARKING