Mass/Cann NORML will hold its seventh annual “Freedom Rally” at Boston Commons on September 21. The event is expected to draw at least 75,000 people.
“This is not a celebration of marijuana,” said attorney and NORML board member Richard Evans. “This rally is about the preservation of American freedom.”
Speakers at this years event include Evans, former Boston City Council member Mel King, Prison Life Magazine editor Richard Stratton, Steve Hager of High Times Magazine, and others. Musical acts include Letters to Cleo, Bim Skala Bim, Sam Black Church, and more.
Organizers note that the event has grown in popularity over the years and estimate that last year’s festival was attended by nearly 50,000 people. A Boston radio station that helps to promote the marijuana reform rally, WBCN, is anticipating attendance in excess of 100,000.
For more information, please contact Bill Downing of NORML Mass/Cann (617) 944-CANN.