Appalachian percussionist/banjo player Nathan Bowles made us a mixtape this week, y’all! We’re so excited to welcome this dude to the farm after last year’s excellent release (his first with vocals!) on Paradise of Bachelors. Take a listen to the ‘Nathan Bowles Picks of Pickathon’ playlist, featuring William Tyler, Jessica Pratt, Ryley Walker, Tinariwen and […]

Get yer boots on and join us next Thursday, June 4 from 6pm-9pm at Danner Union Way on Burnside. We’re teaming up with Danner for a little pre-festival jam featuring a live performance by Portland’s own Grandparents (also playing Pickathon this year!) and complementary grub from Bunk Sandwiches, Fort George Brewery, and Reverend Nat’s Hard […]

We’re now down to the final two months of waiting for the gates of Pendarvis Farm to open wide and let us all in… As this past weekend marked the ‘official’ beginning of summertime fun, today we wanted to make sure you’re ready for this years Seventeenth Annual Pickathon! Weekend Tickets are available, but won’t […]

One of the biggest thrills of Pickathon is the sense of discovery and finding something great that is also completely new to you. To help with this, each week we will we’re bring you mini playlists curated by the artists from this years lineup. This week JD McPherson tells us who he’s stoked to see […]

JD McPherson isn’t the only Oklahoma boy ridin’ up to Pickathon this year. BRONCHO hails from the college town of Norman, playing a retro brand of pop-punk taking influence from The Ramones to The Strokes. Learn more on the BRONCHO’s artist page just a click away riiight here.