Now that June has arrived it is time to start looking at the Summer Festival Schedule.  I’m going to open this up with a look at the summer festivals I’ll be attending in my neck of the woods in the Pacific Northwest.  I’m going to depend on you marvelous Stashers to keep me informed on what’s happening in your area.  Just send me an email at stash@norml.org and I’ll be glad to promote your area’s summer festival.  The Northwest schedule is listed in the Full Story below:

This weekend: June 6th, 7th, & 8th – The NORML Aspen Legal Seminar in Aspen, Colorado.  The finest legal minds in drug law reform gather to present on the state of cannabis and the law in our country.  I’ll be there podcasting for our NORML Special Events, as well as hosting my own XM Satellite political radio show live from Aspen.

July 11th, 12th, & 13th – The Oregon Country Fair in Veneta, Oregon.  This isn’t really so much a hempfest as it a celebration of the hippie lifestyle created by Ken Kesey and the Further folks who settled in the Eugene, Oregon area.  It’s unique in that the whole festival grounds are permanent in a very natural setting that makes you feel like you’ve landed in a small town in Middle Earth.

July 18th, 19th, & 20th – The Emerald Empire Hempfest in Eugene, Oregon.  This town, home of the University of Oregon, puts on a great hempfest.  I’ll be tabling with Oregon NORML there and may even get a chance to speak onstage.  Come on by and visit!

August 2nd & 3rd – The Spokane Hempfest in Eastern Washington state.  I’m looking for more details on this event, currently its website is down.

August 8th, 9th, & 10th – The Northwest World Reggae Festival, between Portland and Eugene, Oregon.  Last time I attended this one, they had very-unOregon-like temperatures in the triple digits.

August 16th & 17th – THE SEATTLE HEMPFEST, or as I like to call it, the big-’un!  If you are serious about your cannabis activism, you cannot miss the Seattle Hempfest.  Your chance to meet the movers and shakers in the community is unparalleled and just being in a crowd of tens-of-thousands of like-minded consumers is life-changing.  I’ll be there tabling with both NORML and Oregon NORML, and once again broadcasting my radio show live.

August 23rd & 24th – The Olympia Hempfest just south of Seattle in Olympia, Washington.  I won’t be able to make this one, as I will be on my way to Denver to cover the Democratic National Convention for NORML, Pam’s House Blend, and The Russ Belville Show.

September 6th & 7th – The Portland Hempstalk in my beautiful hometown.  We’re back on the river downtown on the Eastbank Esplanade.  We’ve got NORML Founder Keith Stroup as our special guest, and Jack Herer, and Seattle Hempfest favorites The Herbivores.  I’ll be there speaking and tabling as Oregon NORML is a major sponsor.