Pickathon 2026: The Superlatives

Pickathon 2026: The Superlatives

This year’s Pickathon was another wild multi-day set of diverse performers, with acts both familiar and obscure providing sets that got crowds moving and grooving (and, unfortunately, a little chatty). Best Set El Khat @ Paddock One might ask why it took until the moon had crested the night sky on Sunday night of the festival to arrive at a set like this one. El Khat was likely a band few festivalgoers knew of before the line-up was announced, a…

Oregon’s Pickathon Succeeds With Genre-Bending, Sensory-Overloading Festival and Standout Sets from Built To Spill, Sgt. Papers, El Khat, and More (FESTIVAL REVIEW/PHOTOS) - Glide Magazine

Another Pickathon is in the books, and as always, it’s refreshing to know this little independent festival is not only surviving, but continuing to push the boundaries for what’s possible when artistic communities come together to create something bigger than the sum of their parts. Over the course of several days, from July 30th through August 2nd, the hills of Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon just outside of Portland came to life with th…