Dan Lurie – Once again, it’s time to grab your Klean Kanteen and head into the forest for Pickathon, the northwest’s most welcoming and famously garbage-free music festival. Held on the wooded lands of Pendarvis Farm just outside Portland, Pickathon quite simply does things right.
Dan Lurie – We arrived at Pickathon with high hopes of seeing some amazing musicians and quite possibly finding Sasquatch. The much-loved festival takes place at Pendarvis Farm in the woods of Happy Valley, Oregon. It’s basically Endor, but with fewer Ewoks and more members of Yo La Tengo.
Dan Lurie – It’s harvest season at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, but don’t expect a bountiful yield of corn, wheat or leafy greens. This farm is known for one thing: rock n’ roll. Each summer, an eye-opening lineup of musicians rolls up on the property for Pickathon, a music festival without comparison.
Dan Lurie – It was a wild and wooly weekend on the banks of the mighty Willamette River. Yes, MusicfestNW has come and gone, but the memories won’t soon be forgotten, depending on how much Heineken you drank.
Dan Lurie – Longtime reader Aaron Semer stopped by the office recently to drop off this thought-provoking issue of Country Magazine.
