Quote Originally Posted by weekapaug74
from Westword.com:

The Show Must Go On

The state's first-ever Colorado Cannabis Convention almost didn't happen. That's because the original promoter, Raymond Springsteel and Boulder Talent Agency, which booked the Colorado Convention Center for this coming weekend back in August, apparently disappeared after collecting a boatload of checks from vendors who'd already signed on to participate. But the show is definitely going on: On Friday, March 26, Denver District Court granted an injunction to DBOTCOM and Kush Colorado Magazine, the title sponsor, against Springsteel; DBDOTCOM is now handling the entire event.

"While Daily Buds and Kush Colorado were only supposed to be a sponsor of the convention, when we learned about what had really transpired we felt we had no choice but to step in on behalf of the vendors and the entire medical marijuana community with our substantial resources, people and money save the Colorado Cannabis Convention from being canceled and all lost," the company wrote in a message to vendors. "We are very pleased to report that with very little time left, we were able to save the event, and make it successful for all of the patrons and everyone involved."

Local promoter JJ Walker is now handling many of the details. "We're working right through it," he says. "We're going to have a good show." That show will include more than 300 vendors, legal Q&As and other panels, an autograph session with Cypress Hill, a hemp fashion show with more than forty models each day, and performances by No 1 Left Standing, P-Knuckle, Synthetic Elements and Tatanka. In order to spread the word, the new organizers have set up a Colorado Cannabis Convention Hotline at 1-888-958-7452 (press 7); they're also holding a mandatory meeting for vendors at 2:30 p.m. April 2 at the convention center.

Doors open to the public at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 2, and the show runs until 10 p.m. that night, then from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on April 3. Daily admission is $15. To buy tickets or get more information, go to Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Coupons for Los Angeles, Colorado, Michigan and more â?? now the only official website of the Colorado Cannabis Convention.

And after the show? Expect the legal fireworks to continue. Where there's smoke, there's ire.

Yeah kind of sucks because our booth location was changed.