The 2026 Lineup: Where Legends Play the Woods and The Future is Born
After 26 years of elevating emerging artists like Geese, Billy Strings and Leon Bridges, the Portland-area festival returns with a lineup that balances discovery with icons including Steve Earle, Shakey Graves and Marcos Valle.
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Let it Rock!…Chatham County Line releases “IV”

Often the meat and potatoes of Pickathon, Bluegrass has been a staple since the beginning. Often i think to myself that there are too many string bands out there, thus limiting the reach of a few of the upstarts destined for greatness (insert Chatham County Line here). Chatham County Line are as good as it […]

Crooked Still joins the fun.

That’s right, Crooked Still will join in on the fun for the first time at this years big 10th Annual. A familiar group to the Northwest with a few outstanding shows at Wintergrass over the past couple years leaving many in a state of open-jaw-awe, in fact – their ground shaking buzz is still resonating […]

Way down in Louisiana….

The Red Stick Ramblers are monsters of Louisiana swing, cajun, western and old-school Jazz (for an easy summation of the band). 2008 Pickathon will be the first time these boys give the Northwest a dose of their fine cajun cooking, and as many of us have heard of the Red Sticks it’s their latest release […]

Tom Heinl brings us Morning Wood.

Tom Heinl is a man of Oregon lore, a pioneer of Country music, and above all else – one of the funniest folks that will ever grace our stage. With his deep baritone voice, hilarious one-man show, and clever songwriting, Tom is known by most as “everyones favorite opening act”. I enjoy the break from […]

New Website, New Music.

Here it is, fresh from the lab – our new look, our new feel. So new it still smells like hot plastic. Check it out!…listen to the new 2008 Artist Playlist, watch a video or two, and of course keep posted on the hot blog action. ….the coming months will bring more artists, music, video, […]

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