Front cover of newspaper advertising 1991 Weedstock

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

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]

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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