Thanks for your interest in joining or donating to the CBA! This page will guide you through the process and tell you everything you need to know.
Membership Benefits
What do you get when you join the CBA?
- Monthly membership newsletter via electronic mail
- Discounts on blues concert and event tickets, including member-only ticket giveaways
- Free blues entertainment at Member Showcase meetings the first Wednesday of each month at locations in the greater Portland area. These meetings are free and open to under-21 audiences from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. We feature a mix of upcoming and familiar local blues musicians. We also give away CDs offered up by longtime CBA partner Music Millenium & share ticket giveaways for upcoming blues events
- Annual CBA Holiday Party
- A chance to follow our annual Journey to Memphis Competitions – we help support each year’s winner as they prepare to compete in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis!
- The privilege to vote for deserving artists, venues, and recordings in many categories for the nationally-acclaimed annual CBA Muddy Awards.
- A chance to influence the CBA’s direction by voting annually for Board Officer candidates
- The good feeling you get when you support local musicians!
How Do I Join?
Ready to join the CBA right now? You can do it online right here using the options below. All transactions are processed securely through Paypal — pay safely with your credit card, or use an existing PayPal account.
If you’d prefer to join via mail and send us a check, you can also do that. Click here to display an application form*, fill in all of the blanks (be sure to indicate the type of membership you’re signing up for), and then print it out and mail with your check to:
Cascade Blues Association
PO Box 6566
Portland, Oregon 97228-6566.
Online Memberships via PayPal
Choose the type of membership you want to purchase and click the corresponding button. Single, Family and Foreign memberships have fixed payment amounts; while each of the four Supporting Membership levels has a dollar range — you specify the amount you want to donate within that range for your Supporting Membership.
Membership Levels
Choose the desired options in the box next to the membership type you want, and then click the “Buy Now” button for that membership type.
If you are buying the membership as a gift please indicate this under special instructions and enter the recipient’s address in the shipping address field.
| Single Membership $25.00 | |
| Family Membership $40.00 | |
| Band Membership $55.00 | |
| Foreign Membership (outside the U.S.) $40.00 |
Supporting Memberships
We also offer Supporting Memberships – these confer special membership status in return for donations that exceed our standard membership levels. See below for full details on the dollar ranges of the four Supporting Membership levels and the benefits that accompany each level.
Just click the “Make A Donation” button for the membership level you’ve chosen, and specify a donation amount that falls within the dollar range of that membership level when you reach the checkout page.
If you’d prefer to join via mail and send us a check, you can do that as well. Click here to display an application form*, fill in all of the blanks (be sure to indicate the type of membership you’re signing up for), and then just print it out and mail with check to:
Mailing Address:
Cascade Blues Association
PO Box 6566
Portland, Oregon 97228-6566.
If you are buying the membership as a gift please indicate this under special instructions and enter the recipients address in the shipping address field.
| 1-Star Supporting Membership Donation of $150.00 | |
| 2-Star Supporting Membership Donation of $250.00 | |
| 3-Star Supporting Membership Donation of $500.00 | |
| 4-Star Supporting Membership Donation of $1000.00 or more. |
* If you want to mail in your membership you will need Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view and fill out the form.
You can get Reader here.
