Seattle HEMPFEST® Event Registered Performer Information
For Acts Confirmed and Scheduled to Perform at the Seattle HEMPFEST® Event Fri/Sat/Sun, Aug. 17, 18, 19, 2018 (if you are not confirmed to play this year you are on the wrong page).
ALL STAGES MANAGER: Law Ebert [email protected]
BACK-LINE and LOAD-IN: HEMPFEST® equips each stage with a full professional quality back-line (including pro-drums). Scroll to the bottom of this page to view back-line list per stage. Acts just walk in with their guitars, kick-drum/effects-pedals (if desired) , personal drumsticks (if desired) and keyboards and utilize the back-line.
NO VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED into the parks. Band equipment will be shuttled into the event from Band Load-In by Band Load-In carts and volunteers.
Please find the HEMPFEST® event location by using the directions posted on on the “Getting to Seattle HEMPFEST” page. 
Please, BE ON TIME. In fact, BE EARLY. We’ll do everything we can to get you on stage and performing in your time slot. Any special needs should be worked out in advance with the All Stages Manager. The full professional back-line provided on all stages is mandatory. Feel free to bring pedal boards, keyboards, bass drum kicks, even cymbals if you wish. A list of gear by stage will be provided.
STAGE PLOT DOCUMENT: Fill out this document and e-mail it back to: [email protected]hempfest.org and/or hand it to your stage manager when you get to your stage (or 60 minutes in advance of performance time on day of event). PLEASE DO NOT FORGET! This will guarantee that we can provide you the best sound available and have a quick and smooth change-over between acts. There will be speakers on stage between bands and during your set-up. There is no dead stage time at a “protestival” as we are in it to win it.
SOUND SYSTEMS: Main Stage, Hi Tunes, & Seeley Black Stage sound is provided by NAF Productions – [email protected] Hemposium Stage sound provided by Dodge Sound – [email protected] – If you have special sound concerns or needs you should contact them in advance.
HOSPITALITY: There will be complimentary hospitality snacks and drink available to performers/speakers only. Each performer can take full advantage of the complimentary food and drink in the backstage area of your stage. Band guests are not allowed to eat from the hospitality area but you can always share with your guests.
PROFANITY: Profanity or racial epitaphs detract from the power of our message and does not help our cause. The HEMPFEST® protestival rally is not in a club or a bar, it is in two public parks and there are children present. We do not censor your freedom of speech. Acts wishing to be asked back should keep profanity and racial epitaphs at the absolute minimum. Acts with excessive profanity or racial epitaphs will not be asked back.
BACK-STAGE SECURITY: Our backstage is where your equipment is secured and we want to make sure that we know everyone who’s enjoying the privacy of that area at all times. 
Passes will be required for access. We also want you to feel comfortable in our backstage hospitality area. Schmooze, network, make contacts, meet people, exchange cards, introduce yourself and make new friends there.
Thanks for being a part of the HEMPFEST cause! Sorry if we come off sounding heavy, it is a big job throwing the world’s largest cannabis reform rally. We absolutely have to pull it off pro and we need your help to do it. One day HEMPFEST will be a victory party, and we thank you in advance for supporting this essential cause.
TRADEMARKED NAME: The name HEMPFEST® is proprietary intellectual property of the Seattle Events A Non-Profit Corporation (dba Seattle HEMPFEST®) – United States Patent and Trademarks Office Reg. No. 4,753,487. Any usage of the name HEMPFEST®, Seattle HEMPFEST®, or any usage of the HEMPFEST® logos, or brand images on products such as t-shirts, bottles, etc., are restricted without prior permission from the Seattle Events Board of Directors contactable at [email protected]
LIVESTREAM: Main Stage & Seeley Black Stage acts make sure to fill out the live-stream contract you will get to guarantee you can have your performance live-streamed on the HEMPFEST website.
Seattle HEMPFEST® 2018 Back-line Gear Breakdown (Drum specs at the bottom)
Share Parker Memorial Main Stage
GTR Amps
Marshall JCM 900 (2)
Mesa Boogie 3 Channel Triple Rectifier (1)
GTR Speaker cabinets
Marshall 1960 A 4×12” Slant Cabinet (2)
Mesa Boogie 4×12 (1)
GTR Combo Amps
Fender Twin Reverb (1)
Mesa Boogie Tremo Verb (1)
Bass Amps
Ampeg SVT CL (1)
Bass Speaker Cabinets
Ampeg SVT 8×10” (1)
Keyboard Amps
Roland KC550 – 1-15 (1)
Seeley Black Memorial Stage & Hi Tunes Stage 
GTR Amps
Marshall JCM 900 (1)
Mesa Boogie 3 Channel Triple Rectifier (1)
GTR Speaker cabinets
Marshall 1960 A 4×12” Slant Cabinet (1)
Mesa Boogie 4×12 (1)
GTR Combo Amps
Fender Twin Reverb (1)
Bass Amps
Ampeg SVT CL (1)
Bass Speaker Cabinets
Ampeg SVT 8×10” (1)
Keyboard Amps
Roland KC550 – 1-15 (1)
Ric Smith Hemposium Stage
GTR Amps
Mesa Boogie 2 Channel Dual rectifier
GTR Speaker cabinets
Mesa Boogie 4×12” Straight
GTR Combo Amps
Fender Twin Reverb (2)
Bass Amps
Ampeg SVTCL (1)
Bass Speaker Cabinets
Ampeg SVT 8×10 (1)
Keyboard Amps
Roland KC550 – 1-15 (1) 
Spares on Site
Fender Twin Reverb (1)
Marshall JCM 900 with 4×12 cab
Roland KC 500 Keyboard Am
Drum Back-Line Specs Per Stage
Share Parker Main Stage
DW Collector’s Series Natural Maple (White Marine Finish)
10″ Rack
12″ Rack
14″ Floor w/ legs
16″ Floor w/ legs 
22″ Kick
14″ x 5″ Maple Snare
3x DW 9000 series cymbal stands
3x DW 9000 series tom stands
1x DW 9000 series snare stand
1x DW 9000 series hi-hat stand
1x DW 9000 series single kick pedal
1x DW 9000 series double kick pedal
1x Drum throne
Seeley Black Stage
DW Collector’s Series Natural Maple (Black Oyster Finish) 
10″ Rack
12″ Rack
16″ Floor w/ legs
22″ Kick
14″ x 5″ Maple Snare
3x DW 9000 series cymbal stands
3x DW 9000 series tom stands
1x DW 9000 series snare stand
1x DW 9000 series hi-hat stand
1x DW 9000 series single kick pedal
1x DW 9000 series double kick pedal
1x Drum throne
Ric Smith Hemposium Stage 
Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute (Black Finish)
10″ Rack
12″ Rack
16′ Rack w/ legs
22″ Kick
14″ x 6″ Maple Snare
3x Yamaha 800 series cymbal stands
2x Yamaha double tom mounts
1x Yamaha 800 series snare stand
1x Yamaha 800 series hi-hat stand
1x Yamaha Flying Dragon single Kick pedal
1x Yamaha Flying Dragon double kick pedal
Hi Tunes Stage 
Yamaha Maple Custom Vintage (Natural Finish)
10″ Rack
12″ Rack
16′ Rack w/ legs
22″ Kick
14″ x 5.5″ Maple Snare
3x Yamaha 800 series cymbal stands
2x Yamaha double tom mounts
1x Yamaha 800 series snare stand
1x Yamaha 800 series hi-hat stand
1x Yamaha Flying Dragon single Kick pedal
1x Yamaha Flying Dragon double kick pedal
All drum kits will be equipped with 1 pair of hi hats, 2 crashes, and 1 ride. Brands and sizes TBD as we get closer to the date of the event (usually Zildjians and Paistes).
