Seattle Hempfest August 20-21-22, 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010, 7:30pm – 11pm, Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle. $25 and up membership purchase gains entry to this and all year-round Hempfest events. 21 and Over.

Hempfest Member’s Event Introduces All Year Long Benefits Package

With an unprecedented degree of Pacific Northwest activity on the cannabis law reform front, and at the behest of Hempfest supporters, Seattle Hempfest is launching a new campaign to promote cannabis education and social networking throughout the year.

Support Seattle Hempfest and join its community of members, in online forums and at many special events throughout the year, and receive special benefits at the world's largest Hempfest!

Browse our various Membership levels: Supporter ($25) / Member ($50) / VIP ($150)

In addition to the pride of advancing the cause of legalization by helping produce its largest forum with Seattle Hempfest, our members are rewarded with the following exclusive benefits:

Seattle Hempfest 2006 - Main Stage. Photo by Owl Jester.

Seattle Hempfest is held the third weekend in August each year. The next Seattle Hempfest is August 20-21-22, 2010. The event spans three Seattle waterfront parks: Elliott Bay Park (North Entrance), Myrtle Edwards Park, and Olympic Sculpture Park (South Entrance).

Seattle Hempfest is now a 3 day event! The event hours are from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday. And 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission to Seattle Hempfest is free.

To beat the crowds, use the north entrance by crossing the Amgen Pedestrian Bridge off of W Prospect Street.

2008 Seattle Hempfest Event Programs
Photo Credit: Cyril Bouanna

Each year Seattle Hempfest creates a 32 page Event Program. The Event Program highlights the many exciting partnerships and opportunities for Hempfest attendees. Hempfest goers preserve their programs as memorabilia, offering the advertiser a unique opportunity for long-term branding.

To place an advertisement in the Seattle Hempfest 2010 Event Program, you will first need to purchase an advertisement and then mail in your advertisement image to the Event Program crew by July 1, 2010.

Canadian cannabis activist, business owner and philanthropist, Marc Emery, is being prosecuted by the United States Government for selling seeds across the United States border via mail order. Marc Emery is being extradited from Canada to Seattle, Washington, to attend a sentencing hearing. Emery is expected to get a 5 year sentence in a federal prison, as he has nobly accepted a plea bargain in order to have the charges dropped on his two former co-defendants.

As Americans, we need to oppose the political persecution of our Canadian brother, Marc Emery, and let our government and the Canadian government know that nobody should go to prison for pot.

Go to: http://www.noextradition.net for much more info on how to help.

1) Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years to the beginnings of pottery. The Columbia History of the World states that the oldest relic of human industry is a bit of hemp fabric dating back to approximately 8,000 BC.

2) Presidents Washington and Jefferson both grew hemp. Americans were legally bound to grow hemp during the Colonial Era and Early Republic. The federal government subsidized hemp during the Second World War and U.S. farmers grew about a million acres of hemp as part of that program.

3) Hemp seed is nutritious and contains more essential fatty acids than any other source, is second only to soybeans in complete protein (but is more digestible by humans), is high in B-vitamins, and is a good source of dietary fiber. Hemp seed is not psychoactive and cannot be used as a drug (learn more at TestPledge.com).

2009 Seattle Hempfest - Hemposium Stage, "Hemp For Victory" Speakers Panel: Steve Levine, Anndrea Hermann, Adam Eidinger, George Rohrbacher, Sue Kastensen, Denny Finneran

Seattle Hempfest 2009 would like to thank the following people...

Hemposium Stage, 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 15 2009
Speakers Panel: Emcee: Philippe Lucas, Leland "Lee" Berger, Omar Figueroa, Douglas Hiatt, Edie Lerman, Jeffery Steinborn.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CC9B54216A5BFF3F

This video displays what one can expect from Seattle Hempfest. The song is "More Than Just Weed" by 4Ever Records.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHjCVOmrR_s

Seattle Hempfest is the largest cannabis policy reform event in the world. Now in its 18th year, the protestival attracts tens of thousands of people each day to listen to Hempfest’s reform messages amidst the festival atmosphere.

Photo by Pete Santos.

Seattle Hempfest happens thanks to a volunteer core staff of one hundred twenty (120) working year-round and an additional one thousand (1,000) volunteering through the week of our event. Over forty distinct crews synergize to produce the largest pot rally on the planet. The energy created by this activist family is amazing, and we invite you to be a part of it!

1. Sign Up for Hempfest 2010 Crews and Shifts Today!
2. Read the Volunteer Frequently Asked Questions

If you need help, contact the staffing crew at staff2010@hempfest.org. We need Volunteers from August 16th through the 25th, day and night. Email us to get on the HFStaff notification list!

Don't forget! We're counting on you to show up for the shifts you signed up for, and you can change your shifts by logging in.

REMEMBER to bring your Photo ID with you to Staff Check-In.

Seattle Hempfest is an all-volunteer event, and we can use your help with promotion. Please feel free to use these in your magazine, on your blog, in your podcast, etc. Reproduction limited to free distribution for informational purposes only. Other usage is strictly prohibited unless permission in writing is obtained from the artist(s) please.

Main Stage, Seattle Hempfest 2006. Photo by Anthony P. Lilly

Vending Sales Open to the Public!

We have vending galore! Vending sales are now open to the public. Just click on vendors to find out how to purchase a vending booth. Seattle Hempfest has hundreds of vending opportunities available and our vending team is ready to answer your questions. Contact us if you have questions that are not answered in the vending section of this website.

Hempfest is looking for volunteer certified flaggers and licensed forklift operators

We need all kinds of skills. Riggers, greeters, stage hands, drivers, security, safety, traffic, vending, cooks, food prep, sign painter, graphic artist, podcast, software design, Drupal programmers, grant writers, writers, construction, deconstruction, hydration and caffeination.

Hempfest congratulates our former Chief of Police Gil Kerlikowske on his confirmation as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, commonly known as the United States Drug Czar. This makes us proud that the Nation will be able to work with one of Seattle’s finest.

Members of the Seattle Hempfest Core Group have recently returned from Berkeley, California, after attending the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws national conference, where we were awarded the 2008 NORML "Outstanding Cannabis Advocate Award."

Did you lose an item at Seattle Hempfest 2009? If so, we may have it! Call or email a detailed description of your lost item, including your full name, phone and email and we will get back to you. Voicemail: 206-781-5734 Email: lostandfound2009@hempfest.org

Hemposium Stage 2008

• Industrial Hemp: What it Can Do for America (Day 1)
• Industrial Hemp: What it Can Do for America (Day 2)
• State of the State: Washington Medical Marijuana Law
• Cannabis and Spiritual Freedom
• Looking Forward in Cannabis Reform
• Pot Pride
• Marijuana Mythbusters

On May 3, 2008, over 200 cities world wide, had marches against the prohibition of cannabis. In Seattle, hepatitis patient Tim Garon had been denied a transplant because of his medical marijuana use, and had just died. A group of Seattle medical marijuana patients organized a march and rally. The march was from Volunteer park in Seattle and went to the rally at Westlake Center Square.

Former Seattle Police Chief (1994-2000) Norm Stamper is interviewed backstage by Hempfest event director Vivian McPeak for THC-TV, at Hempfest 2006.

In 2001 Hempfest and Hype Schwartz produced a documentary of our event, featuring Woody Harrelson and a cast of many thousands.

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