Pickathon is honored to welcome back Tuareg guitar group Tinariwen for two nights, as part of our 20th annual festival. Headlining both Thursday August 2nd & Friday August 3rd. Originally formed in 1979 in Algeria, then returning to Mali in the 1990’s, Tinariwen has more than once been called the greatest guitar group on earth. The […]

It was 2012 when Pickathon first hosted Phosphorescent, in-between Here’s To Taking It Easy in 2010 and the breakout success of Muchacho that came in 2013 (Here’s To Taking It Easy is the one that really got me hooked, well, o.k., that record and also 2009’s To Willie. Damn, what a record). This will be a rare set of […]

Ethiopian Jazz Luminary. African Funk Pioneer. Classical Accordion Genius. D.C. Cab Driver With New Music For The First Time In Nearly 30 Years. We are pleased to welcome Hailu Mergia & trio to Pickathon, joining us August 3-5 as part of our special 20th annual festival. Lala Belu is Hailu Mergia’s newest release, out today on the […]

Making their Pickathon debut this Summer, we are pleased to host The Blind Boys Of Alabama for two nights during our 20th annual festival weekend – joining us on both Saturday August 4 & Sunday August 5. This will be a pair of very special performances, in fact, once-in-a-lifetime for many of us lucky enough to […]

Making their Pickathon debut in 2018, Broken Social Scene have answered the call and will be headlining our 20th annual gathering on both Saturday August 4 & Sunday August 5. This will be two massive shows on the two biggest days of the weekend. Expect to see the band around Pendarvis Farm a lot, coming […]