Pickathon is a roots music festival held annually since 2000 at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, near Portland. The 2013 edition not only features its most high profile line-up yet (Feist, Andrew Bird, Divine Fits, Sharon Van Etten, The Felice Brothers) but expands its horizons to include a variety if indie and psych artists (Kurt Vile & The Violaters, Ty Segall, White Fence, King Tuff, Parquet Courts, and Future Heart favs Yellowbirds). Foxygen was also scheduled to perform though Builders and Butchers had to fill in following Sam France’s recent leg injury.
KEXP 90.3 FM’s is webcasting Pickathon all this weekend. Watch the broadcast at the official websites for Pickathon or KEXP. The full schedule is below (PST).
Friday, August 2:
12:40 p.m. – Pure Bathing Culture
1:50 p.m. – Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
3:00 p.m. – Leo Rondeau
4:10 p.m. – Yellowbirds
5:20 p.m. – White Fence
6:30 p.m. – Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
7:40 p.m. – Lightning Dust
8:50 p.m. – The Devil Makes Three
9:40 p.m. – The Relatives
11:20 p.m. – King Tuff
1:00 a.m. – JD McPherson
Saturday, August 3:
11:10 a.m. – Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys
12:20 p.m. – The Relatives
1:30 p.m. – Wayne Hancock
2:40 p.m. – King Tuff
3:50 p.m. – Vieux Farka Touré
5:00 p.m. – Lady
6:10 p.m. – The Lone Bellow
7:20 p.m. – Andrew Bird
8:40 p.m. – JD McPherson
9:50 p.m. – Divine Fits
11:00 p.m. – Kurt Vile and the Violators
12:30 a.m. – The Felice Brothers
Sunday, August 4:
11:20 a.m. – Shinyribs
12:30 p.m. – Old Light
1:40 p.m. – Tift Merritt
4:00 p.m. – Sharon Van Etten
5:10 p.m. – The Felice Brothers
6:20 p.m. – Kurt Vile and the Violators
7:40 p.m. – Parquet Courts
9:20 p.m. – Marco Benevento
11:20 p.m. – Lady
1:00 a.m. – Divine Fits
UPDATE – August 5th
The entire festival is streaming on demand in HD. Watch day 1 here, day 2 here and day 3 here.
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