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Noontime Concert with Bluesman Steve Cheseborough

Join us for our free monthly concert series with top Portland musicians! Pack a lunch or stop by one of the many eateries at NE 24th and Glisan, bring your food in (no pork or shellfish, please) and come and hear the music! The concerts feature small ensembles and soloists that are semi-acoustic and always enlivening. EJC welcomes seniors, parents and kids, students, and all others. What better thing is there to do on a Friday afternoon?!

Steve Cheseborough plays the harmonica, guitar, percussion, sings, and tells stories while he plays. Born in Portland, Oregon, Cheseborough plays blues music in the style of the 1920’s and 1930’s.He was a finalist in the International Blues Competition in 2004 and has played with many blues greats including David Kimbrough, Honeyboy Edwards, Eden Brent, Willie King, T-Model Ford, and many others. The author of Blues Traveling: the Holy Sites of Delta Blues and one of the stars of Last of the Mississippi Jukes, Cheseborough turns any setting into a 1929 Mississippi jook joint!