Cannabis Events – Hempfest Founder (interview)
Cannabis Events – Hempfest Founder (interview)
The Seattle HEMPFEST® protestival started out as a humble little gathering of stoners and has grown into one of the most sophisticated cannabis policy reform events in the world. Originally billed in 1991 as the “Washington Hemp Expo”, the first Hempfest started in Volunteer Park where it would stay for three years. With a meager attendance of only 500 people and a staff that included of 20 members of the Seattle Peace Heathens Community Action Group, there was no way to know that we were sowing the seeds that would someday make Pacific Northwest history.
The fallout from Jack Herer’s groundbreaking publication, “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”, was just beginning to build and the time was right for a new wave of marijuana activists to emerge on the political scene.
In 1992 organizers placed two large budding sinsemilla plants on the small amphitheater in Volunteer Park. Hempfest’s reputation as a politically flamboyant but professionally astute public assembly had begun to develop. We were amazed that 2,000 hempsters showed up for the second annual event. Seattle’s grunge scene was starting to zenith and there was no shortage of bands chomping at the bit to support the cause. They were honored to have Jack Herer as the keynote speaker that special year.
Guest:
Vivian McPeak, Founder/ Executive Director – Seattle Hempfest
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivian-mcpeak-a0389bba/
http://www.hempfest.org/about/history/
Co-Hosts:
Tom Howard & Miggy420~ hosts of Cannabis Legalization News
https://www.youtube.com/cannabislegalizationnews
Host:
Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/
Episode 765 of The Talking Hedge:
Your Cannabis Business Podcast.
Covering cannabis business news, interviews, investments, events, products, reviews, and some random stuff. But as Jay-Z said “it’s only entertainment.”
https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com
Music Info:
Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020
Artist: Milochromatic Beats
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Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018
Artist: LuxrayBeats
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