Past Media Coverage of the Seattle HEMPFEST® Event
- Seattle Targets Pot Event
U.S. News, 08/09/17 - Seattle Drops Fine
KOMO News, 08/09/17 - A Regional Classic
Inlander, 07/12/17 - Streamlined Hempfest at the Crossroads
WestCoastLeaf.com, 07/12/17 - AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to pot high holiday
AJC.com, 04/20/17 - Las Vegas Marijuana Expo Seattle Hempfest Franchise
Las Vegas Sun, 02/22/17 - Las Vegas Hempfest Loses Seattle Hempfest Franchise
DOPE Magazine, 02/22/17 - Olympia Hempfest Central
Spokane Review, 01/13/17 - How Hempfest Is Staying Relevant
Seattle Weekly, 07/17/16 - Hempfest Needs Money Survive
KOMO 4 NEWS, 07/13/16 - Weed Tourism
Complex.com, 06/03/16 - Roach Paper Art
Maryjane.com, 05/25/16 - Seattle Summer Festivals
TravelMag.com, 05/20/16 - 10 Crazy Things About Seattle Hempfest
SonicBids Blog, 05/06/16 - 25 Years of Seattle Hempfest – Interview with Vivian McPeak
Marijuana Times, 05/03/16 - DC Cannabis Protestors Defy Smoking Ban, Police Shrug
The Leaf Online, 04/04/16 - HEMPFEST® teams up with CaviarGold for 2016
Seattle PI, 12/08/15 - Seattle Hempfest Central Announces Grand Re-Opening In New Location
The Weed Blog, 11/11/15 - My First Seattle Hempfest as a News Anchor Turned Cannabis Activist
Mariujana Politics, 08/23/15 - NJ Weedman’s Passing the Joint: Pot-friendly Seattle provides peaceful respite
Trentonian 08/23/15 - 10 big differences between Seattle Hempfest, Denver 4/20 Rally
The Cannabist, 08/20/15 - Hemp drink sales at Seattle Hempfest marks an emerging trend
InvestorIntel, 08/18/15 - Week in Weed: Where’s Wiz? Plus Hempfest and other dank Instas
The Cannabist, 08/17/15 - I Went to Hempfest and I Wasn’t Even High
Seattle Weekly, 08/17/15 - Five Things to Do at Seattle Hempfest
SF Gate, 08/16/15 - How to Behave at Hempfest
The Stranger, 08/13/15 - Social pot use: It’s a riddle for Seattle as well as in Denver
The Cannabist, 08/12/15 - Portland NORML Directors To Speak Six Times At Seattle Hempfest
The Weed Blog, 08/12/15 - Higher Ground: Hempfest Still Matters, Dude
Seattle Weekly, 08/11/15 - Pier 86 on Seattle waterfront closes to fishing for Hempfest
Seattle TImes, 08/11/15 - Island County’s jail dehydration death in spotlight at Seattle’s Hempfest
Whidbey Daily, 08/06/15 - Seattle’s Smoking Ban In Parks Will Not Interfere With Hempfest
KPLU.org, 08/06/15 - Seattle Hempfest Is Seeking Attendee Donations
The Weed Blog, 08/04/15 - Seattle HEMPFEST Exports Its Protestival To New Cities, States
The Weed Blog, 06/27/15 - Kohl-Welles to be honored at the 2015 Seattle Hempfest Festival
Ballard News Tribune, 06/26/15 - How to roll the perfect joint with Seattle Hempfest teacher
Seattle PI, 10/21/14 - Marijuander Lust: The Seattle Hempfest
Lady Bud, 08/26/14 - 10 Differences Between Seattle Hempfest, Denver 4/20 Rally
HighTimes, 08/26/14 - Seattle Hempfest 2014 Pictures and Shenanigans
SF Gate, 08/18/14 - Seattle Hempfest 2014 – Dawn of A New Era Regarding Legalization of Pot
OpEd News, 08/16/14 - Hempfest, Seattle’s Mega-Pot Rally introducing Pot Gardens
Seattle PI, 08/12/14 - Seattle Hempfest 2014 Pictures and Shenanigans
San Francisco Gate, 08/18/14 - Seattle Hempfest vs. Denver 4/20 – Ten Major Differences
The Cannabist, 8/20/14 - Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Declares War on Pot Prohibition
Seattle PI, 8/15/2014 - Seattle Hempfest 2014 by Mark Taylor Canfield
2Op Ed New, 8/16/2014 - How to Roll the Perfect Joint by Seattle Hempfest Expert
Seattle PI, 10/21/2014 - Marijuander Lust at Seattle Hempfest
Ladybud Magazine, 8/26/2014 - A Recipe for Mixing Medical and Retail Marijuana in Washington
Forbes Magazine, 11/26/14 - Seattle Hempfest 2014 As big as ever
Seattle PI, 8/15/14 - Marijuana at Seattle Hempfest: Time, Place and Manner
Seattle PI, 8/22/14 - Seattle City Atty and Rick Steves hang out at Seattle Hempfest
Seattle PI, 08/16/14 - Seattle Hempfest is a Carnival, but its Our Carnival
Hawaii News Daily, 8/25/14 - A Sneak Peek at Seattle Hempfest
Seattle PI, 04/20/14 - Here comes Seattle Hempfest
Huffington Post, 8/16/13 - 5 Things to do at Seattle Hempfest
San Francisco Gate, 8/16/14 - Las Vegas gets a Hempfest
Las Vegas Sun, 8/22/14 - Hempfest Ain’t No Seahawks Game:How a Quarter Million Stoners Kept the Peace
San Francisco Gate, Sept. 13, 2013 - Cops Dealing Doritos at Post-Legalization Hempfest
Jamestown Sun, Aug 15, 2013 - 5 Things I learned from Hempfest
Leafly, Aug 19, 2013 - Doritis for Potheads? The Police They Are a Changin’
MSN News, Aug Sept 10, 2013 - Charles Krauthhammer Wants to Get Hiiiiiiigh
Wonkette, Aug 22, 2013 - Meet the Cops Who Give Doritos to Stoners
Salon, Aug 20, 2013 - Hempfest Doritos Selling for $55 on e-Bay, Stoner Souvenir?
Los Angeles Times, Aug 16, 2013 - White House News Briefing
(me(Hempfest) Doritos) Aug 21, 2013 - Marijuana festival in Seattle
FOX News, Bill O’Reilly, Aug 19, 2013 - Seattle Hempfest on Bill O’Reilly
FOX News, Aug 19, 2013 - Does Hempfest Matter Anymore?
The Stranger Magazine, Aug 22, 2013 - Hempfest, Giving Pot Peace a Chance
New York Post, Aug 21, 2013 - Hey Dude, Want Some Doritos?
Christian Science Monitor, Aug 18, 2013 - My Seattle Hempfest by Doug McVay
Celeb Stoner, Aug 19, 2013 - Seattle Hempfest is Three Day Marijuana Rally
Huffington Post, Aug 18, 2013 - Smoking Up at Seattle’s Hempfest
CBS News, Aug 18, 2013 - At Seattle’s Annual Hempfest Police to Give Out Doritos
CBS News, Aug 15, 2013 - Mellow Mood at First Seattle Hempfest Since Legalization
Reuters, Aug 17, 2013 - Seattle Cops to Hand Out Doritos at Hempfest
ABC News, Aug 15, 2013 - Operation Orange Fingers: Seattle Police to Give Away Doritos
Time Magazine, Aug 15, 2013 - The Brain Behind Seattle Police’s Social Media on Marijuana
Forbes, Aug 17, 2013 - Don’t Inhale Too Deeply, as Seattle Hempfest Kicks Off in Seattle This Weekend
Associated Press, Aug 16, 2013 - Clever Seattle Cops Bring Doritos to Hempfest
Examiner.com, Aug 16, 2013 - Seattle Hempfest Narrows Focus to National Legalization
King 5 News, August 16, 2013 - Seattle Hempfest Victory Celebration
Newsday, Aug 16, 2013 - Seattle Hempfest Enters New Era
KUOW, Aug 15, 2013 - Cops Take Care of Munchies by Giving Doritos
UK Daily Mail, Aug 18, 2013 - 5 Things to do st Seattle Hempfest
Business Insider, Aug 16, 2013 - Police Deal Doritos at Hempfest
Business Insider, Aug 15, 2013 - High Expectations as Medi-Swipe receives 10,000 Unit Purchase Order at Hempfest
Bloomberg, Aug, 2013 - Police Cure Munchies at Hempfest in Seattle
FOX News, Aug 15, 2013 Vice, 2013 - Seattle Kicks Off Pot Festival
USA Today, Aug 15, 2013 - What makes Hempfest So Special?
Steve Hager, Aug 22, 2013 - Police Move From Undercover Busts To Serving The People At Seattle Hempfest
Popular Resistance, Aug 22, 2013 - Q & A With New Drug Czar
Wall Street Journal, May 14,2009 - A Humble Gathering of Responsible Stoners
Seattle City Insights Examiner, May 14, 2009 - Hempfest ’08: One of the America’s Biggest All-Volunteer Events
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Dir — September 2nd, 2008 - World’s Largest Pot Rally Rolls in Town, Police Not Worried
Seattle P.I. Blog — Aug 15, 2008 - Change Agent
Real Change News — June 13, 2007 - Hempfest claims victory in SAM sculpture-park dispute
Seattle PI.com Blog, May 29, 2007 - Statues of limitations
SLOG, The Stranger, May 28, 2007 - SAM and Hempfest wrestle over who runs the waterfront
Seattle Weekly, May 16, 2007 - Seattle Hempfest – 2006 lessons / 2007 challenges
Seattle Public Safety – Governmental Relationships & Arts, April 3, 2007 - Hempfest fans rockin’ the joint
Seattle Times, August 25, 2005 - Thousands of pot lovers defiantly light-up at US hemp festival
Agence France Presse, August 25, 2005 - Hempfest goes out on high note
Philip Dawdy, Seattle, August 25, 2005 - Seattle could learn from a city up north
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 22, 2005 - In the Northwest: Of elder statesmen, food aficionados and hemp
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 27, 2004 - Pro-pot initiative gets political push at high-flying Hempfest
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 18, 2003 - Political Aroma Detected at Hempfest
Seattle Times, August 18, 2003 (cannabisnews.com) - Home Grown; Nine years ago a high-school dropout and daily pot smoker attended his first Hempfest.
The Stranger, Aug 14, 2003 - Mellow folks at Hempfest don’t seem like a threat to the fiber of our society
Seattle Times, August 20, 2002 (cannabisnews.com) - Hempfest pushes fall ballot measure
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 19, 2002 - Hempfest crowd rallies for pot-policy reform
Seattle Times, August 19, 2002 (cannabisnews.com) - Thousands attend Hempfest in Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 17, 2002 (cannabisnews.com) - Marijuana backers pack park in Seattle
Seattle Times, August 18, 2002 (cannabisnews.com)
