Festivals in Oregon

Wedged between the Pacific, its evergreen forests and the volcanoes of the Cascade Range, Oregon grows a festival scene in its own image: independent, open-air and a little wild. It starts in Portland, the Rose City, where every Fourth of July the Waterfront Blues Fest stages one of the West Coast's biggest blues gatherings along the banks of the Willamette. A few miles out, on Pendarvis Farm, Pickathon has become the tastemakers' festival, a trusted scout for American indie and folk.

Further west, near Eugene, the Oregon Country Fair has kept the state's countercultural spirit alive since 1969 — three days of music, craft and utopia under the trees. Cross the Cascades into the high desert and the scenery flips entirely: the Sisters Folk Festival turns a small central-Oregon town into a songwriters' village, while Reggae Rise Up Oregon brings the heat to summer nights. FestT computes your FestiScore — how closely a line-up matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date.