Party Off The Grid 2026 News

***This is a private event, and we aim to keep attendance limited to maintain a small footprint. You can invite others, but please don't invite more than a few extra folks and only those who will appreciate this type of underground event.***

Update 6/24/26

POTG will be at a the same location as 2025. The coordinates are 45.1756865, -121.4159783. After turning right off of NF48 onto NF170, DRIVE VERY CAREFULLY, there are potholes and major ruts along this road, but easy to navigate if you drive slow (~5mph).

These coordinates take you to a potential parking/staging area just before the Barlow Road intersection, which is where we are camping. Barlow road is a much rougher road, so from here, you can either drive further into camp if your vehicle has high clearance, or if you want to avoid the final major ruts you can stay parked in this area and hike gear in. From here, you may want to survey the camp on foot before proceeding. Most cars should be fine driving further into camp as long as you take it slow though.

If anyone has heavy gear to transport to the main camp and doesn’t want to through the Barlow road ruts, come find someone and we can drive your gear in from there.

We are taking over a fairly large area again this year, so if anyone has wagons or carts to share for moving gear, please bring them.

Once you arrive at the Barlow road 4-way intersection, main camp is to the right, but there are additional camping sites just at intersection and to the left. There are plenty of camping and parking options all over though.

See you all soon!

PS: Here are photos of the signage at the turnoff for NF170

Update 6/21/26

POTG is less than a week away! We made some minor adjustments to the schedule and we’re getting our packing lists all finalized.

Unfortunately, the weather forecast has taken a turn for the cold and wet up by Government Camp, but it’ll be considerably warmer and dryer in lower elevations and in the rain shadow. We’re keeping an eye on things, and since the forecast keeps changing the exact location is still TBD.

Stay tuned, since we’ll post directions on either Wednesday or early Thursday once we have the site locked down. Until then, make sure to have cold weather gear, rainy weather gear, and a bundle of dry firewood on your lists.

Optionally, if anyone has extra popups or propane fire-pits or other contained heat sources they want to contribute, bring them along. Thanks everyone, and see you soon.

Update 6/12/26

Basic info:
Your favorite camping weekend for musicians and music lovers is right around the corner. As usual, we'll have acts on Friday night and Saturday all day featuring some of Portland's finest artists. In the spirit of experimentation, there will also be opportunities for open improvisation/collaboration among the trees, so bring your favorite musical toys, acoustic or electronic. You can pass on the date to a handful of close friends, but please limit invitations to help us keep this a small underground event.

This year's event will feature:

FRIDAY (8:00pm)
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Otolithia
The Translucent Spiders
TSS Martin Organic Procedure Group
Personality Test
Library Studies

After sets:
Open jam
B-movie cinema

SATURDAY DAYTIME (11am-3pm)
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Hermit Metamorphosis on the Moon
Multiverse Ensemble
Worm Commons
Patrick McCulley

After sets:
Open jam

SATURDAY EVENING (7pm)
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Folknoize
nolan ashley
Roche Limit
Body Shame
skitterkitty
Blaed
Drum Jam hosted by Lo Glo

After sets:
B-movie cinema

Also featuring:
DJ sets by sh.
Projections by Colin Manning & Cyclop Toad

We are watching the weather closely and based on the forecast the location will be decided and posted a day or two before the event. Our possible sites have plenty of camping but limited parking, so PLEASE CARPOOL if possible.

We plan to camp in a high elevation area where weather can change in an instant. We're hoping for sun, but be prepared for cold, rain and maybe some mosquitoes before the sun goes down.

Bring as many pop-ups, tarps, ropes and bungees as you can so we can build a tarp city if necessary. Also, bring at least one bundle of FIREWOOD per carload, more if you can fit it. A lot of the wood around our site might be wet or picked clean.

Things we highly recommend you bring:
-Donations (Although the event is free, we are paying for gas for generators, infrastructure, and other various supplies. You can send donations via Venmo to @Joshua-Faber-Hammond)
-Firewood (at least one or two bundles per car would help)
-Trash bags (Pack out what you pack in, obviously)
-Trowel & TP (No facilities, you're in the woods so be prepared to dig a hole)
-Cold weather/rain gear
-Tarps/rope/bungies
-Sunscreen
-Bugspray
-Food/beer/water (at least enough for yourself for the weekend)
-Tent/sleeping bags
-Camping chairs
-Flashlights/lanterns
-Extra things highly encourage you to bring if you have them:
-Instruments
-Art
-Inflatable Furniture!!!
-Pop-up canopies
-Portable tables
-Outdoor games, and specifically bocci ball sets if you have them. We often organize a mega bocci ball game.
-Cool lights (battery powered or solar charged is good, rope lights are great too)

Thanks for joining us. Can't wait to camp and make music with all of you. See you in the woods in a few weeks!!!