The "Winter Blues" Music Festival was conceived in November, 2011. It started like most good things, with a glass of wine. Why don't we start something new in Portland, Oregon? Let's have an indoor Music Festival in the winter while we wait for the summer to return.

What a great way to get out of the gray, gloomy, rainy season -- with some great music in the middle of the season to tide us over until July! How can we support the musicians, not hurt the summer venues, and introduce the public to some Northwest favorites, as well as new Northwest talent?

Three months later the first "Winter Blues" Music Festival was born -- February 18 & 19, 2012. An amazing core group of 10 members donated a lot of their time to plan this event in a very short time.  "Winter Blues"  wouldn't have happened without the sponsors who graciously helped support us for our first year.