This year marks the second decade in the celebration of some of the finest music and drink in one of the most beautiful venues in the world. We will celebrate it with fervor. Starting with our FREE Friday Night Waterfront Jam, featuring all things local, we'll sample our renowned local breweries—Walking Man, Backwoods and Acadian Farms. Hood Crest Winery will make an appearance, and our local Eagles will be masterfully manning the grill. Shake to the groove of our talented local bands, Mystik Mojo and The Tess Bar Blues Band. Join the celebration Friday, June 21 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm!
What you get on Saturday, June 22nd:
Noon – 10pm, $15 admission includes commemorative beer or wine glass.
This year, we'll have the "buzz tent", where hobbyists and enthusiasts can talk shop with the brewers and other folks who take the craft seriously. Become more intimate with what you're drinking, or learn how to start your own beer career!
Throughout the afternoon, Women Enjoying Beer, an educational group, will give a number of presentations, speaking at 12:30pm 2:00pm, and 3:30pm. They'll cover a range of topics, including the female beer consumer and how one goes about marketing to her. Brewers of the Gorge, including Walking Man, Backwoods, Everybody’s, Double Mountain and Big Horse will take part in Q&A sessions.
Our Lineup for 2013
Tess Barr Blues Band
Tess Barr is a vocalist, songwriter and guitar player from The Pacific Northwest and has been singing her entire life. Growing up in the 60s listening to country and western music, Tess decided that rock and roll was really more her style but always felt empty until she discovered the blues in the late 70s and has never turned back. More..
Suburban Slim Band with Jim Wallace
Reunited in this great new band, Suburban Slim, multi-award winning guitarist, singer and songwriter, lead guitarist for The Strange Tones and Jim Wallace, multi-award winning harmonica player, singer and songwriter, team up with former drummer for the Insomniacs Dave Melyan and electric bassist John Neish to bring to the stage a hard-hitting, high-energy show that you won’t want to miss.
Featuring soulful, clever, originals from classic Chicago and Texas Blues - ala T-bone Walker, Little Walter and Muddy Waters - to soul, rock and R & B gems from Ray Charles, Bobby Bland, Snooks Eaglin, and Little Richard - they’ve got the blues covered. More..
Stacy Jones Band
Charged-up music that imparts energy, power, originality & talent
From the State of Washington, Stacy Jones has been singing and playing music since she took up the piano at age four. Before she’d graduated from high school, she’d also become proficient on the guitar and harmonica.
Hard work and a lot of practice have paid off as the The Stacy Jones Band hit the ground with a steady gallop. They have now released five annual albums including 2009’s “Live at the Triple Door EP,” 2010’s “Long Time Comin'” and 2011’s “No Need to Spell it Out”."Live and Untapped", the band's latest offering, is currently #12 on the Roots radio report. It is nominated for the WBS 2013"BB award for best northwest recording and was chosen by The South Sound Blues Assoc. as the entry for the 2013 best Independent album contest at the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
Appearing regularly at venues like The Oxford Saloon in Snohomish, Wa., this band deserves the attention of a larger legion of fans. (Joe Ross)
Stacy Jones is nominated for three 2013 WBS Best of the Blues awards: Best female Vocal, Best Harmonica and Acoustic Guitar. Rick J Bowen is nominated for best blues drums, and blues writer. More..
The Fat Tones
Stealing the show at major music venues, blowing away audiences, and winning award after award—both collectively and individually—is what the music industry has come to expect from the Fat Tones. Sometimes fate allows all the puzzle pieces to fall into place just the way we want them to, and that is exactly what happened one fruitful night at a club in Spokane, Washington a few years back. Bobby Patterson (Lead Guitar), Bob Ehrgott (Bass Guitar), and Michael Hayes (Drums) got into a jam that electrified the audience and had them screaming “Encore!”
Since then, the Fat Tones’ musical skills have evolved into a high-impact, progressive fusion of Blues and Rock that leaves their audiences begging for more. Precise synergy of rhythm, percussion and world class guitar playing, topped off with fun, fresh lyrics and perfectly blended 3-part harmonies is what this band consistently delivers.
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