Quote Originally Posted by natureisawesome
Hempfest seems to be having some troubles this year.

I think hempfest should move to a bigger place anyways. It's supposed to be the same size as in 2001, but it can't stay that way forever. I read on the hempfest website that they're having problems getting enough room for people to get to the event. They only have 11 feet of clearance because of the seattle art museum park ( worthless piece of junk imo) and they're trying to work out another path to make more room. Legally, they have to have at least 20 feet of room for people to get in.

I've been to hempfest several times. I think at least 5 or 6. There's nothing new there. Too many people, noises, smells, slow moving crowds, overly expensive goods. The only reason I would go is to get a hempfest volunteer t-shirt. I would honestly rather spend my time up in the olympic national park relaxing and enjoying the great outdoors. (which is what I'm going to do).

I support Hempfest though because the drug war is wrong, even antibiblical, and most of all because I support hemp cultivation, one of the most responsible things you can support.

Hempfest will happen for sure. There have been pretty bum hempfests though. One year it rained, and it was only a few hundred people out there. There's probably more powerful people on the hempfest side than sam or whoever wants to shut them down. I wish they would talk more about hemp cultivation than smoking pot and throwing out joints. Jack Herer is speaking so probably he will talk about it though.

Oh yeah, for those of you who havn't been there before, prepare to have your bags searched at the entrance.
This is old news. This was worked out weeks ago afaik.