Seattle, WA: Event organizers are expecting over 150,000 attendees at this weekend’s 18th annual Seattle Hempfest, taking place this Saturday and Sunday at Myrtle Edwards Park in downtown Seattle. More than 80 speakers and dozens of musical and comedy guests will perform on six stages during the two-day event, which is now recognized as the largest marijuana law reform gathering in the world.
Speakers at this year’s event include: NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre; NORML Founder Keith Stroup; NORML Outreach Coordinator and Audio Stash host Russ Belville; NORML Board Members Dale Gieringer, Madeline Martinez, Bill Panzer, George Rohrbacher, Jeffrey Steinborn; as well as Adam Eidinger, communications director of Vote hemp; Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, and Mason Tvert, executive director of SAFER and co-author of the book Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? (with NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano and MPP’s Steve Fox).
Seattle Hempfest “seeks to advance the cause of cannabis policy reform through education, while advancing the public image of the cannabis advocate or enthusiast through example.”
A complete schedule for this year’s Seattle Hempfest is available online at: http://hempfest.org/drupal/node.