Saturday, February 20, 2010, 7:30pm – 11pm, Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle. $25 and up membership purchase gains entry to this and all year-round Hempfest events. 21 and Over.

Hempfest Member’s Event Introduces All Year Long Benefits Package

With an unprecedented degree of Pacific Northwest activity on the cannabis law reform front, and at the behest of Hempfest supporters, Seattle Hempfest is launching a new campaign to promote cannabis education and social networking throughout the year.

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Support Seattle Hempfest and join its community of members, in online forums and at many special events throughout the year, and receive special benefits at the world's largest Hempfest!

Browse our various Membership levels: Supporter ($25) / Member ($50) / VIP ($150)

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Seattle Hempfest is held the third weekend in August each year. The next Seattle Hempfest is August 20-21-22, 2010. The event spans three Seattle waterfront parks: Elliott Bay Park (North Entrance), Myrtle Edwards Park, and Olympic Sculpture Park (South Entrance).

Seattle Hempfest is now a 3 day event! The event hours are from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday. And 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission to Seattle Hempfest is free.

To beat the crowds, use the north entrance by crossing the Amgen Pedestrian Bridge off of W Prospect Street.

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2008 Seattle Hempfest Event Programs
Photo Credit: Cyril Bouanna

Each year Seattle Hempfest creates a 32 page Event Program. The Event Program highlights the many exciting partnerships and opportunities for Hempfest attendees. Hempfest goers preserve their programs as memorabilia, offering the advertiser a unique opportunity for long-term branding.

To place an advertisement in the Seattle Hempfest 2010 Event Program, purchase an advertisement, and then mail in your advertisement image to the Event Program crew by July 1, 2010.

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Canadian cannabis activist, business owner and philanthropist, Marc Emery, is being prosecuted by the United States Government for selling seeds across the United States border via mail order. Marc Emery is being extradited from Canada to Seattle, Washington, to attend a sentencing hearing. Emery is expected to get a 5 year sentence in a federal prison, as he has nobly accepted a plea bargain in order to have the charges dropped on his two former co-defendants.

As Americans, we need to oppose the political persecution of our Canadian brother, Marc Emery, and let our government and the Canadian government know that nobody should go to prison for pot.

Go to: http://www.noextradition.net for much more info on how to help.

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1) Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years to the beginnings of pottery. The Columbia History of the World states that the oldest relic of human industry is a bit of hemp fabric dating back to approximately 8,000 BC.

2) Presidents Washington and Jefferson both grew hemp. Americans were legally bound to grow hemp during the Colonial Era and Early Republic. The federal government subsidized hemp during the Second World War and U.S. farmers grew about a million acres of hemp as part of that program.

3) Hemp seed is nutritious and contains more essential fatty acids than any other source, is second only to soybeans in complete protein (but is more digestible by humans), is high in B-vitamins, and is a good source of dietary fiber. Hemp seed is not psychoactive and cannot be used as a drug (learn more at TestPledge.com).

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Seattle Hempfest would like to say that we grieve with our community
over the tragic loss of five first responders to violence over the last few weeks.

2009 Seattle Hempfest - Hemposium Stage, "Hemp For Victory" Speakers Panel: Steve Levine, Anndrea Hermann, Adam Eidinger, George Rohrbacher, Sue Kastensen, Denny Finneran

Seattle Hempfest 2009 would like to thank the following people...

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