Weedstock

Weedstock was a cannabis rights music festival in the United States, originally held annually near Madison, Wisconsin from 1988 to 2001.[1]

Front cover of newspaper advertising 1991 Weedstock

The festival was initiated and organized by Yippie and cannabis activist Ben Masel, and was held for fourteen years despite repeated incidents of attempted police interference.[2][3][4]

Weedstock was reintroduced as an annual music festival in Delaware. The event, held every year since 2017, is sponsored by DE NORML, the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Masel was a well-known cannabis activist. He ran for political office many times, including against Wisconsin incumbent governors and U.S. senators. He died in 2011.[5]

References
  1. Kuipers, Dean (June 13, 2006). Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke, pp.124-125. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1596911420.
  2. Doyle, Pat (May 16, 1992). "Judge blocks large Grassroots fest near Ogilvie". Star Tribune. Slattengren said the Minnesota event was intended primarily as a rock concert, not a political rally. The flier makes no explicit reference to politics. The judge described the scheduled gathering as a sequel to Weedstock and a similar Wisconsin festival called Hempstock, held on Labor Day.
  3. Bridgeford, Brian (December 5, 2001). "Weedstock case goes up in smoke". Baraboo News Republic.
  4. Nichols, John (May 3, 2011). "Activist Ben Masel Never Shied From Exercising His Rights". The Capital Times.
  5. "Marijuana activist Masel was Madison gadfly for 40 years". archive.jsonline.com. Retrieved 2022-09-23.

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