Each year at Pickathon we invite students at Portland State University’s School of Architecture design program to create a venue made from reusable, sustainable materials. This used to be the Treeline Stage, so you’ll remember all the incredible designs they made over the years. Last year, we absorbed Treeline into the Cherry Hill Neighborhood and […]

We’re happy to announce the Curation Lineup for Pickathon 2023! These special meals are a separately ticketed experience that pairs some of the best chefs in Portland with festival artists, vinyl DJs, and mixologists.

Great Pickathon Podcast up now from our fearless leader Zale Schoenborn featuring him in conversation with Courtney Marie Andrews! Courtney returns to Pickathon this year as a true Northwest hero! With popular albums under her belt and a ravishing take on Indie Americana, she’s come far from the humble roots she talks about here, like […]

We’ve been thinking about that old hobo country song, “The Big Rock Candy Mountains” recently… It’s a classic vision of paradise, but from the viewpoint of the kind of free-wheelin’, free-lovin’ ramblers that come to Pickathon. It’s a land beyond authority and beyond rules, where you can just kick back and relax, enjoying the finest […]

We should have known that Lee Fields wouldn’t phone in his podcast! This week in the Pickathon Podcast is a pretty wild one, and legendary soul singer Lee treats us to some pretty amazing stories, ranging from Jimi Hendrix to James Brown with a big dash of astrophysics thrown in. You can audit Professor Fields’ […]