The Award Winning Wine, Beer, Seafood & Music Festival - Confluence 2010 – (Confluence, Noun: “coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point,”) will be February 12th to 14th in Gardiner, Oregon at the old W. F. Jewett School location. Friday night will kick off the event with Confluence’s “Wine Taster’s Dinner,” at 6 pm featuring a four course of gourmet dinner by Bedrock’s Catering Services and wine pairings by Henry Estates Winery. Henry Estates Winery will be offering case discounts on wine at the dinner. Live music will accompany the dinner by the “Worn Out Frets.” Tickets for the Wine Taster’s Dinner are on sale for $65 at the Chamber office.
Saturday’s hours for Confluence 2010 are extended until 9pm starting at Noon and Sunday’s hours until 7pm also starting at Noon. The music line up Saturday is Hot Tea Cold, Mark Madden and the Ferguson Brothers, The Michael Tracy Band, and Paul Biondi and Band. Sunday’s main stage line up includes local favorites PBA and the Hot Flashes, the Young Bucs and returning from Las Vegas are the Speaks Brothers, known as Wild Horse Theatre. Returning on the main stage are Paul Biondi and Mark Madden as the Masters of Ceremony.
Wineries and Breweries attending will be Deschutes Brewery, Ninkasi Brewing, Wakonda Brewery, Abiqua Wind Vineyard, Bradley Vineyards, Henry Estates, Old Coyote Winery, Pyrenees Winery, River’s Edge Winery, Saginaw Vineyard, and Wild Rose Vineyard. Food vendors will be featuring Oregon Seafood and other delicacies and an assortment of craft vendors will be present. Admission price for Saturday is $10 and Sunday $7. Weekend passes are $15 and senior discounts are available. Tickets are available at The Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce office. There will be free shuttle bus service available; in Winchester Bay from the Winchester Bay RV Resort and Bay Front Loop, in Reedsport from Circle Drive at Reedsport High School, and Price ’N Pride and in Gardiner at the old IP sawmill lot on Saturday and Sunday. There is also plenty of free parking available at the event. This is a 21 and older only festival. Please check with area motels for event discounts. For more information, log on to http://www.reedsportcc.org/confluence or contact the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-247-2155.
