Last week, for the second year running, I attended a music festival called Pickathon on a sprawling organic farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. Once again, I dragged my whole family and met up with a large ...
HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. -- Eight years ago I drove my boyfriend’s rattling Volkswagen Jetta from Bend to Happy Valley, arriving at the annual Pickathon music festival for the first time. Instantly, I was ...
Most music festivals rely on "draw" to lure a crush of attendees to pay too much for bottled water and jockey for prime real estate at live performances of the hottest band of the moment. Tucked away ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — You’ve heard the early bird gets the worm, but did you know that it also gets tickets to the Pickathon Music Festival? Happy Valley’s claim to the “best indie festival in the ...
It's hard to believe that Pickathon is turning 20 this year. Not in a "time sure flies" way, but because it seems like Portland only really embraced the festival a few years ago, after organizers ...
As travelers flock to summer music festivals throughout the country, organizers of an upcoming festival in Oregon have had more on their minds than the many musical acts scheduled to perform. The ...