San Francisco’s first-ever Weed Week to celebrate cannabis culture
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The first-ever San Francisco Weed Week will celebrate cannabis culture around the city starting April 13. The week-long event leads up to 4/20, “the international stoner holiday of the year, and San Francisco is its epicenter,” organizers said.
“SF Weed Week is like SF Beer Week, only for weed. It features cannabis producers releasing new flowers in 7 licensed lounges and stores over 7 nights,” organizers wrote.
Bay Area smokers and marijuana enthusiasts are invited to meet “top-shelf growers premiering world-class strains” at San Francisco cannabis lounges. Participating lounges include Mission Cannabis Club, SPARC on Polk, Moe Greens, and Vapor Room. Dispensaries include Solful.
Weed Week creator David Downs, said, “Weed growers are rock stars, and strains are celebrities. I want to give these strain releases the same rock star treatment that album releases get. It’s going to be dope. 4/20 is on in San Francisco.”
Downs held a news conference on Howard Street Friday morning and released a schedule of events.
The city cancelled its official 4/20 one-day event on Hippie Hill, citing lack of funding. Hundreds of cannabis users usually gather on Hippie Hill to light up for the weed holiday.
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department stated, “The cancellation of this year’s event is the result of two key factors: economic challenges within the cannabis industry, making sponsorships hard to secure, and City budget cuts impacting Rec and Park’s ability to cover staffing for the event.”
Instead, the city will host volleyball tournaments in nearby Robin Williams Meadow on April 20.
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