The Farmhouse is the literal front door to Pendarvis Farm — the first thing you pass through when you arrive, the threshold where the outside world starts to fall away. This year, that threshold gets a stage.
Designed by Bora Architecture & Interiors as part of their collaboration with Dream Big City, the Farmhouse Stage is a new busking-style platform nestled into the arrival experience, intimate, welcoming, and built for the kind of music that pulls you in before you even realize you’ve stopped walking. And all weekend long, it belongs entirely to Portland.
The Farmhouse Stage is our love letter to Portland.
All weekend long, the stage at the festival’s front door belongs to the artists who call the Pacific Northwest home — a curated lineup spanning folk, roots, indie pop, soul, psych-rock, and everything in between.
Thursday: Portland Songwriters Guild
Thursday kicks off with the Portland Songwriters Guild, a collective of original voices representing the best of what’s coming out of the Portland scene right now. Expect the full range: Ronnie Carrier’s powerful folk-rock storytelling (her song “Idle Hands” just won the 2026 Local Roots Songwriting Contest), Nico Avery’s intimate heartbreak songs, Kyle Glenn’s alt-country narratives, Aika Collins’ doo-wop-twisted bummers, Vandana Prabhakar’s math-rock-inflected acoustic pop, Nathan Earle’s rye-soaked rambler wisdom, Lisa Fitzgerald’s sweet and deeply personal melodies, Friendmaker’s spare and introspective journal songs, Shilo Mae’s lyric-forward indie folk, Leo Moon’s haunting urban prairie tunes (and founding member of Blitzen Trapper), Linoy Yichieli’s alt-pop soul, and Zach Markezich’s heartfelt genre-hopping songwriting.
Friday
Friday brings the full-band energy: Vista House delivering open-range alt-country, Presidio with their raw psych-rock and cinematic indie pop, Taylor Kingman and The Electric Skeleton (of TK & The Holy Know-Nothings) with unflinching songwriting that howls and whispers in equal measure, Rose Gerber blending country and alt-rock in a sound where cowboy boots meet Doc Martens, Kendall Lujan drawing from jazz, folk, bossa nova, and indie-rock on her newly released debut album, and Mama Sam & The Jam bringing their dreamy, groove-forward psychedelic folk-pop ahead of their debut LP drop this fall.
Saturday
Saturday closes things out with Ozkat-Ozkat’s improvisational jazz quartet, Lynna Corinne’s sea island-rooted country, Reb & the Good News and their soul-funk grooves and horn lines built for dancing, Mark Tegio’s barroom poetry in the tradition of Townes Van Zandt and Tom Waits, AC Sapphire’s cosmic Americana and whole-hearted songwriting, and Ringer & the Bells closing it all out with rhythmic, melodic exploration.
Your people are playing the farm.
These are the artists your Portland friends already know and love, now playing just down the road at Pendarvis Farm. The Farmhouse Stage was designed for community, the kind that shows up early, stays late, and discovers something new on the way in.
If you’ve ever thought about coming to Pickathon, this is your sign. Bring your people. This stage was made for you.
