Festival Hub: Pickathon

The Scene: Just east of Portland, the magical Pickathon springs up on a rambling farm. Stages that double as art installations not only host bluegrass, but roots and indie artists too. The festival is proudly sustainable, becoming became the first large outdoor music festival in the US to eliminate single-use plates, cups and utensils.

Pickathon 2024: August 1-4, 2024
  • BONNIE PRINCE BILLY
  • COCOROSIE
  • COURTNEY BARNETT
  • DURAND JONES
  • ELEPHANT REVIVAL
  • ERIN RAE
  • FLORRY
  • GEESE
  • IRREVERSIBLE ENTANGLEMENTS
  • JESS WILLIAMSON
  • JJUUJJUU
  • JOANNA STERNBERG
  • MSPAINT
  • RATBOYS
  • SEAROWS
  • THE SOUL REBELS
  • UPCHUCK
  • WATER FROM YOUR EYES
Pickathon 2023: August 3-6, 2023
  • Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
  • Andrew Marlin
  • Butcher Brown
  • Courtney Marie Andrews
  • Dehd
  • Emily Nenni
  • Florist
  • GA-20
  • Gel
  • Hooveriii
  • Imarhan
  • Jackie Venson
  • Joe Rainey
  • Larry & Joe
  • Lee Fields
  • Logan Ledger
  • Madison Cunningham
  • Madison McFerrin
  • Meridian Brothers
  • Mikaela Davis
  • Mike Dillon’s Punkadelic!
  • MJ Lenderman
  • MonoNeon
  • MØTRIK
  • Nat Myers
  • Nick Shoulders
  • Nikki Nair
  • Novalima
  • Ocie Elliott
  • Orchestra Gold
  • Pachyman
  • Rich Ruth
  • Riddy Arman
  • Say She She
  • Sgt. Papers
  • Sprig of That
  • The Altons
  • The Kernal
  • The Mountain Grass Unit
  • The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
  • The Shivas
  • Thee Sinseers
  • They Hate Change
  • TOBi
  • Vieux Farka Touré
  • W.I.T.C.H.
  • Watchouse
  • Wayne Graham
  • Wednesday
  • WHIMZ
  • Wine Lips
  • Yot Club
Pickathon 2022: August 4-7, 2022
  • Armand Hammer
  • Automatic
  • Bella White
  • Billy Woods
  • Built to Spill
  • Cassandra Jenkins
  • Cedric Burnside
  • David Nance
  • Deeper
  • Elucid
  • Emma-Jean Thackray
  • Faye Webster
  • Feels
  • Feufollet
  • Frankie and the Witch Fingers
  • Gabe Lee
  • Garcia Peoples
  • Goth Babe
  • Guerilla Toss
  • Hannah Cohen
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff
  • Inner Wave
  • Jake Xerxes Fussell
  • Kassi Valazza
  • Margo Cilker
  • Michael Rault
  • Mike and the Moonpies
  • Nate Smith + Kinfolk
  • Nubya Garcia
  • OFF BOOK
  • Operator Music Band
  • Pearl Charles
  • Rachel Baiman
  • Riley Downing
  • S.G. Goodman
  • Sampa the Great
  • Sons of Kemet
  • Sweeping Promises
  • Tempers
  • The Onlies
  • Thee Sacred Souls
  • Tobacco City
  • TV Priest
  • Valerie June
  • Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno
  • Yasmin Williams
  • Zephaniah O’Hora
Pickathon 2019: August 2-4, 2019
  • B BOYS
  • BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT
  • BODEGA
  • BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN
  • CAAMP
  • CEDRIC BURNSIDE
  • COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS
  • DAMIEN JURADO
  • DAVID NANCE GROUP
  • FLASHER
  • FRUIT BATS
  • JJUUJJUU
  • JULIA JACKLIN
  • KHRUANGBIN
  • LAMBCHOP
  • LAURA VEIRS
  • LIDO PIMIENTA
  • LUCIUS
  • MANDOLIN ORANGE
  • MDOU MOCTAR
  • MIYA FOLICK
  • MOUNTAIN MAN
  • NAP EYES
  • NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS
  • PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
  • SAM EVIAN
  • SNEAKS
  • SOFT KILL
  • SUDAN ARCHIVES
  • THE BETHS
  • THE CORDOVAS
  • THE MARÍAS
  • TYLER CHILDERS
  • YOB
  • YOUNG JESUS
  • Phil Lesh
  • The Richard Swift Hex Band
  • Makaya McCraven
  • Ibibio Sound Machine
  • Dan Mangan
  • Reptaliens
Pickathon 2018: August 2-5, 2018
  • Andrew Alli
  • Bedouine
  • Bee Be Sea
  • Black Pumas
  • Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Broken Social Scene
  • Built To Spill
  • Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms
  • Charley Crocket
  • Circuit Des Yeux
  • Colter Wall
  • Cut Worms
  • Dakhabrakha
  • Daniel Norgren
  • Danny Barnes Trio
  • Ezra Furman
  • Glorietta
  • Hailu Mergia
  • Haley Heyndrickx
  • Haram
  • House and Land
  • Jamila Woods
  • Jen Cloher
  • John Craigie
  • Joshua Hedley
  • Karl Blau
  • Kikagaku Moyo
  • Les Amazones D’Afrique
  • Lonnie Holley
  • Lost Bayou Ramblers
  • Low Cut Connie
  • Mapache
  • Marisa Anderson
  • Michael Nau Milo
  • Orkestra Mendoza
  • Paul Cauthen
  • Phil Cook
  • Phosphorescent
  • Pickathon Square Dance with Caroline Oakley and the Cully Cut-Ups
  • Revel in Dimes
  • Rising Appalachia
  • Sam Amidon
  • Sera Cahoone
  • Shakey Graves
  • Shinyribs
  • Sierra Hull
  • The Dead Tongues
  • The War and Treaty
  • The Weather Station
  • Tinariwen
  • Valley Queen
  • Wand
  • Zephaniah
Pickathon 2017: August 3-6, 2017
  • 939 Ensemble
  • Alex Cameron
  • Andy Shauf
  • Anna & Elizabeth
  • A-WA
  • Big Thief
  • Billy Strings
  • Black Milk & Nat Turner
  • Brent Cobb
  • Cat Hoch
  • Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires 
  • Courtney Granger
  • Courtney Marie Andrews
  • Deer Tick
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Dori Freeman
  • Drive-By Truckers
  • Dungen
  • Ex-Cult
  • Hiss Golden Messenger
  • Huun Huur Tu
  • J Mascis
  • Jonathan Richman
  • Jonathan Toubin
  • Julia Jacklin
  • Kaia Kater
  • Kelsey Weldon
  • Khun Narin (Electric Phin Band)
  • KING
  • Mandolin Orange
  • Marlon Williams
  • McTuff feat. Skerik
  • Pinegrove
  • Robyn Hitchcock
  • Sunflower Bean
  • Susto
  • The Last Artful, Dodgr
  • Ty Segall
  • TYuS
  • Wolf People
  • Y La Bamba
  • Xenia Rubinos
Pickathon 2016: August 5-7, 2016
  •  Jeff Tweedy
  •  Yo La Tengo
  • Wolf Parade
  •  Beach House
  •  Ty Segall & The Muggers
  •  Black Mountain
  •  The Oh Hellos
  •  Patrick Watson
  •  Thee Oh Sees
  •  The James Hunter Six
  •  Ibeyi
  •  Fruit Bats
  •  Dan Deacon
  •  Julia Holter
  •  BADBADNOTGOOD
  •  Hurray for the Riff Raff
  •  Alvvays
  •  Protomartyr
  •  Yemen Blues
  •  La Luz
  •  Ultimate Painting
  •  Daniel Norgren
  •  Boulevards
  •  Mount Moriah
  •  The Deslondes
  •  Golden Rules
  •  Moon Duo
  •  Margo Price
  •  Futurebirds
  •  C.W. Stoneking
  •  Ezra Furman
  •  Adia Victoria
  •  Vhöl
  •  The Cairo Gang
  •  Lindi Ortega
  •  My Bubba
  •  10 String Symphony
  •  Palehound
  •  Kacy & Clayton
  •  Foghorn Stringband
  •  The Easy Leaves
  •  The Wild Reeds
  •  Sir Richard Bishop
  •  I Draw Slow
  •  The Woolen Men
Pickathon 2015: July 31-August 2, 2015
  • A Giant Dog
  • Alice Gerrard
  • Billy Strings & Jon Julin
  • Broncho
  • Cloud Nothings
  • DIIV
  • Dom Flemons
  • Edna Vazquez
  • Ernest Ranglin
  • Ex Hex
  • Freakwater
  • Giant Sand
  • Grandparents
  • Happyness
  • Heartless Bastards
  • Hiss Golden Messenger
  • Israel Nash
  • Jackson Boone
  • JD McPherson
  • Jessica Pratt
  • Joan Shelley
  • Joseph
  • Kamasi Washington
  • Kevin Morby
  • King Tuff
  • Langhorne Slim
  • Leon Bridges
  • Little Freddie King
  • Liz Vice
  • Mandolin Orange
  • Meatbodies
  • Nathan Bowles
  • Rodrigo Amarante
  • Ryley Walker
  • Sam Amidon
  • Sam Cohen
  • Shabazz Palaces
  • Sinkane
  • Sonny & The Sunsets
  • Summer Cannibals
  • The Brothers comatose
  • The Easy Leaves
  • The Quebe Sisters Band
  • The Weather Station
  • Thundercat
  • Tinariwen
  • Total Babes
  • Tune-yArDs
  • Turnpike Troubadours
  • Ty Segall
  • Vetiver
  • Viet Cong
  • Wand
  • Whitey Morgan
  • William Tyler
  • Wolf People
Pickathon 2014: August 1-3, 2014
  • Ages And Ages
  • Angel Olsen
  • Blind Pilot
  • Bobby Patterson
  • Brownout
  • Brown Sabbath
  • Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer
  • Cardboard Songsters
  • Charlie Parr
  • Courtney Barnett
  • Crow Quill Night Owls
  • Della Mae
  • Destroyer
  • Diarrhea Planet
  • EDJ
  • Foxygen
  • Gregory Alan Isakov
  • Hiss Golden Messenger
  • Houndstooth
  • Jolie Holland
  • Jonathan Richman
  • Julianna Barwick
  • Leroy Thomas & The Zydeco Roadrunners
  • Lonnie Holley
  • Love As Laughter
  • Mac DeMarco
  • Mandolin Orange
  • Marco Benevento
  • Mikal Cronin
  • Nickel Creek
  • Old Buck
  • Operators
  • Parquet Courts
  • People Under The Stairs
  • Possessed By Paul James
  • Quilt
  • Robbie Fulks
  • Shakey Graves
  • Son Little
  • Spanish Gold
  • Steve Gunn
  • The Barr Brothers
  • The Black Lillies
  • The Donkeys
  • The Men
  • The Sadies
  • The War on Drugs
  • Those Darlins
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  • Ural Thomas & The Pain
  • Valerie June
  • Warpaint
  • Willie Watson
  • Woods
  • X
Pickathon 2013: August 2-4, 2013
  • Andrew Bird
  • Bradford Lee Folk & The Bluegrass Playboys
  • Breathe Owl Breathe
  • Caleb Klauder Country Band
  • Cardboard Songsters
  • Cat Doorman
  • Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
  • Circus Cascadia
  • Dale Watson
  • Diane Ferlatte
  • Divine Fits
  • Feist
  • Foghorn Stringband
  • Foxygen
  • Ginny Hawker
  • Howe Gelb
  • I Draw Slow
  • JD McPherson
  • King Tuff
  • Kurt Vile & The Violators
  • Lady
  • Lake Street Dive
  • Leo Rondeau
  • Lightning Dust
  • Malcolm Holcombe
  • Marco Benevento
  • Old Light
  • Parquet Courts
  • Pharis & Jason Romero
  • Pure Bathing Culture
  • Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
  • Shabazz Palaces
  • Shakey Graves
  • Sharon Van Etten
  • Shinyribs
  • Sturgill Simpson
  • The Cactus Blossoms
  • The Devil Makes Three
  • The Felice Brothers
  • The Lone Bellow
  • Tift Merritt
  • Vieux Farka Toure
  • Wayne Hancock
  • White Fence
  • Yellowbirds
Pickathon 2012: August 3-5, 2012
  • AA Bondy
  • Abigail Washburn with Kai Welch
  • Alela Diane
  • Blitzen Trapper
  • Bombino
  • Bowerbirds
  • Bruce Molsky Band
  • Cajun Country Revival
  • Cardboard Songsters
  • Casey MacGill
  • Cass McCombs
  • Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
  • Doug Paisley
  • Dr. Dog
  • Foghorn Stringband
  • Genticorum
  • Heartless Bastards
  • Hot 8 Brass Band
  • Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
  • Lake Street Dive
  • Langhorne Slim
  • Laura Gibson
  • Lonnie Walker
  • Los Cojolites
  • Lost Bayou Ramblers & Gordon Gano
  • Midtown Dickens
  • Neko Case
  • Petunia & The Vipers
  • Phosphorescent
  • Reverend KM Williams
  • Robert Ellis
  • Shovels & Rope
  • Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
  • Sonny & The Sunsets
  • Southeast Engine
  • Ted Jones And The Tarheel Boys
  • The Barr Brothers
  • The Cactus Blossoms
  • The Cave Singers
  • The Mynabirds
  • The Two Man Gentlemen Band
  • The War On Drugs
  • The Wood Brothers
  • Thee Oh Sees
  • THEESatisfaction
  • Todd Snider
  • Typhoon
  • White Denim
  • Whitey Morgan & The 78’s
  • Y La Bamba
Pickathon 2011: August 5-7, 2011
  • MAVIS STAPLES
  • BLACK MOUNTAIN
  • BILL CALLAHAN
  • LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS
  • CALIFONE
  • GRUPO FANTASMA
  • THAO
  • RAY WYLIE HUBBARD
  • FRUIT BATS
  • VETIVER
  • WYE OAK
  • DAMIEN JURADO
  • MICHAEL HURLEY
  • THE SADIES
  • L. C. ULMER
  • DANNY BARNES
  • THE BUILDERS AND THE BUTCHERS
  • LAURA VEIRS
  • FUTURE ISLANDS
  • BROWNOUT
  • CORINNE WEST & KELLY JOE PHELPS
  • THE WILDERS
  • LIGHTNING DUST
  • RICHARD SWIFT
  • ELLIOTT BROOD
  • JESSE SYKES AND THE SWEET HEREAFTER
  • PINE LEAF BOYS
  • SONNY & THE SUNSETS
  • WHITEY MORGAN AND THE 78′S
  • OLD SLEDGE
  • MIKE + RUTHY
  • BRUCE MOLSKY
  • AGESANDAGES
  • CHARLIE PARR
  • DAWN LANDES
  • POKEY LAFARGE
  • THE BLACK LILLIES
  • STRAND OF OAKS
  • EILEN JEWELL
  • ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL
  • THE BUFFALO KILLERS
  • TED JONES AND THE TARHEEL BOYS
  • JOY KILLS SORROW
  • OLD LIGHT
  • TRUCKSTOP DARLIN’
  • SUNDAY VALLEY
  • CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST
  • DIANE FERLATTE