Inner City Blues Festival

Got the health care blues? Portland’s original Boogie Cat Norman Sylvester does too. So again this year, he’s helping organize the HEALTH CARE FOR ALL OREGON fundraiser with music, dancing, and food April 22, 2017.

Norman will join Portland Radio Project with Nastacia Voisin and Rebecca Webb on Wednesday April 19, at 9:45 am to talk and sing about the importance of health care to everyone.

As an event sponsor, PRP will donate a fun auction item: a bidder’s chance to be a guest DJ on PRP!

Norman Sylvester

Says Norman:

“We urge everyone to find out about the movement for Universal Healthcare in our State by going to www.hcao.org . We need to stay engaged after this threat to the Affordable Care Act was defeated and think about what is wrong with our current system. The problem is our for-profit insurance companies with no regulations!

A Universal system would replace insurance providers and health facilities making lavish profits and put those dollars to work giving our citizens healthcare. The movement is growing around the country and locally HCAO is working towards a vote in 2020! Musicians know all too well that people are still facing medical bankruptcy, suffering illnesses & more tragic even dying because of the lack of good health coverage. That is why this event is such a success every year.” April 22, 2017 5:00pm ~ 12:00am

Here’s more from Norman in this video by Robert Parish:

North Portland Eagle’s Lodge, 7611 N Exeter Ave. (at Lombard)

* 2 BARS * FOOD FOR SALE * BIG DANCE FLOOR

* 2 STAGES:

*Obo Addy Legacy Project “Okropong”African dancers

*Strangetones & the Volcano Vixens

*Mic Crenshaw “Healthcare Rap”

*Lloyd “Have Mercy” Jones Band

*Bloco Alegria Brazilian Drum & Dance Troup

Accoustic Blues:

*Mary Flower *Tevis HodgeJr. *Steve Cheseborough

*Tony Ozier “Doo Doo Funk”All Stars

* Norman Sylvester Review w/ Lenanne Sylvester & *Shoehorn

*Mad as Hell Doctors, Nurses & Interns!

*Celebrity MC’s: Paul Knauls opening as he has every ICBF

*Community Village stage: CBA’s Cherie Robbins & Greg Johnson

*Ballroom stage: Renee Mitchell & Ken Boddie

ONLINE or OUTLET advance Tickets $20/ $25. At door

~ COMMUNITY VILLAGE OF INFO. TABLES ~

Admission $20 in advance- Online www.tickettomato.com

Advance ticket outlets:

Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside St.

Geneva’s Shear Perfection, 5601 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Cascade Blues Association meetings

Peninsula Station, 8316 N. Lombard

Musician’s Union Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave.

$25 day of show, doors open at 5:00