Our buddies down in Portland running the fine, fine Pickathon indie-roots music festival just announced the initial lineup for next August’s three-day show at Pendarvis Farm. While there are even more acts to be announced in the coming months, this show is already packed with some of the best music the indie roots scene has to offer: Bill Callahan! Califone! Damien Jurado! Laura Veirs! The Sadies! Richard Swift! Pretty remarkable already… but one of the biggest coups at Pickathon this year is the headlining slot they’ve filled with Mavis Staples, whose Tweedy-produced solo record You Are Not Alone walked off with the Grammy for Best Americana Album.

Without further ado… here’s the initial lineup for Pickathon 2011, which will take over Pendarvis Farm just outside of Portland, Oregon on August 5-7. Tickets are already for sale!

Mavis Staples
Bill Callahan
Lee Fields & The Expressions
Califone
Damien Jurado
Thao
Fruit Bats
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Vetiver
Laura Veirs
Brownout
The Wilders
The Sadies
Richard Swift
Pine Leaf Boys
The Builders and The Butchers
Danny Barnes
Sonny & The Sunsets
Whitey Morgan & The 78′s
Mike + Ruthy
Black Lillies
Strand of Oaks
Elliott Brood
Bruce Molsky
Ages and Ages
Joy Kills Sorrow
Charlie Parr
Old Light
Ted Jones and The Tarheel Boys
Buffalo Killers
Pokey LaFarge
Rock Plaza Central
Truckstop Darlin’
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
Diane Ferlatte