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Monday, January 18, 2010

City Hempfest Adds Third Day

Posted by on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:32 PM

The Seattle Hempfest, the city's annual reefer frenzy and the world's largest pot rally, will add a third day to its weekend lineup this summer, organizers have announced. This year's festival will open on Friday, August 21 at noon and run until 8:00 p.m. in Myrtle Edwards Park; on Saturday and Sunday the shindig runs from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Hempfest is growing in popularity—as it should (I've said Hempfest could be better, but overall it's totally swell). And it will probably continue to attract flocks of people, especially considering our new pot-legalizing mayor and our marijuana-friendly city attorney. But how long can Hempfest cram into the long jogging trail that is Myrtle Edwards Park? Will it eventually move to the Seattle Center or just run for a full month?

 

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1
Great place to pick up dirty hippies with very good pot and few inhibitions.... right Dom?
Posted by Choir Boy No More on January 18, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Will in Seattle 2
Once they legalize it and sell it in WSLCB stores, it will slowly die out - unless somebody turns it into a cultural event like Oktoberfest.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on January 18, 2010 at 5:17 PM
seandr 3
Seattle Center would be perfect.
Posted by seandr on January 18, 2010 at 5:24 PM
onthequest4peace 4
I like Hempfest even though I don't indulge (very often, anyway!) and I like Seattle Center, but I hope they never meet. Seems like a poor match.
Posted by onthequest4peace on January 18, 2010 at 5:25 PM
5
Why don't you have it at Freeway Park. You can try and convert the junkies from crack to pot.
Posted by Jane Fonda on January 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM
6
A suit and tie theme may help the movements current momentum.
Posted by Bong...James Bong on January 18, 2010 at 5:28 PM
7
@5.. You don't need meth. You don't need speed. Cuz' everything's better with a bag of weed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aKurjW-e…
Posted by Very on January 18, 2010 at 5:34 PM
8
@6: Who wants to be mainstream? Why substitute one bit of moronic mediocrity (anti-marijuana laws) for another (monkey suit dress codes)? I'm not buying into the "we have to sell out to be successful, because we all need to grow up and love the American Dream!" mantra.
Posted by meh on that. on January 18, 2010 at 5:53 PM
derrickito 9
yeah, thanks for closing down a bicycle highway for 3 days you asshats. it doesn't make me want to get off my bike, it makes me ride through there faster. and even though that isn't anywhere NEAR my commute, i like to ride through there during hempfest just to chase people off the trail.

im an angry person.
Posted by derrickito on January 18, 2010 at 5:58 PM
gloomy gus 10
As long as Slog keeps publicizing its date and location so I don't accidentally stumble across it, fine. The only fun I get from it is a weekend of excellently torsoed shirtless submental exburban boys wandering around downtown gawping at everything, dull-eyed ladyfriends in tow.
Posted by gloomy gus on January 18, 2010 at 6:03 PM
giffy 11
@9, eh, no one gives a shit. More people attend hempfest in a day than get on a bike in a month. I have to put up with massholes on a monthly basis. Deal with it.
Posted by giffy on January 18, 2010 at 6:53 PM
12
@9 - wish I knew who you were. I'd trip your ass while you were biking through - you're a prick and Seattle Hempfest does nothing wrong.
Ride the sidewalk around the park, it's the same distance jerk.
Posted by 1 of Hempfests' Creators on January 18, 2010 at 7:07 PM
13
@12 - I hate massholes - but I hate dirty hempfest hippies more. Masshole wins!
Posted by myballs on January 18, 2010 at 8:02 PM
derrickito 14
im going to stab all you people twice
Posted by derrickito on January 18, 2010 at 9:15 PM
seandr 15
@9 & @14 -
Thanks for your contribution, cause if there's one thing the internet needs more of, it's cranky bitching from whiny misanthropic assholes.
Posted by seandr on January 18, 2010 at 9:46 PM
16
In states where pot has been decriminalized for decades people don't dress like hippies to get their point across to others. Wash your hair, comb your hair, wear clean clothes even if they're from the thrift store, and speak articulately (educate yourself). Others will have more respect for your opinion and want to engage in your conversation. Judging people on their first impression is human nature of self preservation. Based on your looks people will protect themselves from you until you speak articulately to engage them otherwise. Unless, oc, you meet in the Strangers Stranger section then all protections are off without the safety word.
Posted by witness on January 19, 2010 at 7:09 AM
17
We need a streetcar from the Watefront to Seattle Center!
Posted by D. Tooley on January 19, 2010 at 8:01 AM
Allyn 18
When I read the headline, I initially thought it was a reference to the Christian music band Third Day. And I thought, "wow, a Christian band that is pro-pot? That's odd."

Too bad that's not the case...
Posted by Allyn on January 19, 2010 at 8:08 AM
19
@8, Nothing says "radical self expression" like wearing an old torn up Korn shirt and smelling like ass.
Posted by Reg on January 19, 2010 at 10:59 AM
Will in Seattle 20
@3 ftw, with @17 in a follow-up second place.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on January 19, 2010 at 11:13 AM
21
This event is a magnet for every form of complete asshole you can imagine
Posted by Seattleisshit on August 20, 2011 at 11:08 PM

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