September 10 & 11: Portland Hempstalk 2011 @ Kelly Point Park | 100+ Craft & Food Vendors, Music, Beer Garden, Hemp, FREE
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Portland Hempstalk
September 10 & 11, 2011
Kelly Point Park (N Marine & Lombard, Park info)
Website: Hempstalk.org | 403-235-4606
About Hempstalk
Portland’s annual Hempstalk Festival in Portland, Oregon advocates decriminalization of marijuana for medicinal, industrial, and recreational use. Founded in 2005 by the Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, the festival takes place the weekend after Labor Day in September, and features food vendors, live music, guest speakers and information booths. This public event has always been free to attend.
According to Paul Stanford, founder and presenting sponsor of the event, “Hempstalk is about the many uses of agricultural hemp fiber, oil, protein, fuel and medicine. We are working to end adult cannabis prohibition, allow adults to grow their own and license the legal sale of psychoactive cannabis to adults. We believe that hemp will save the Earth’s biosphere with the adoption of hemp seed for bio-diesel fuel, which will solve the energy and world hunger problems, and stop deforestation when hemp fiber is used for paper and building materials. We support the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2012 to implement this. We shall overcome!”
In 2009, the Hempstalk Festival moved to Kelley Point Park, in the far Northwest corner of Portland, at the confluence of the Columbia River and the Willamette River. It is estimated that over 20,000 people attended the two-day event in 2010.
Over the years, Hempstalk has had a wide variety of musical performers on stage, like Native American political activist, poet and songwriter John Trudell and his band Bad Dog; Folk Uke, featuring Amy Nelson and Cathy Guthrie, daughters of Willie Nelson and Arlo Guthrie; the Herbivores; Rocker T; Human and the Human Revolution; Binghi and the Seventh Seal; State of Jefferson; Marquee; Pass Margo; Tim Pate and many more.
In addition to the musical acts featured, the event offers educational guest speaker panels to inform attendants about industrial hemp, the legal use of marijuana, and answer other questions attendees may have.
