In case you’re within the Los Angeles space, scrap your plans for subsequent weekend. That’s, except you’re already planning on hitting up the Inexperienced Avenue Pageant.

The inaugural occasion goes down on Might 13 and 14 in iconic downtown L.A., with organizers aiming to make it “the most important gathering of the hashish neighborhood on the planet, with a imaginative and prescient of finally internet hosting a whole lot of hundreds of company instantly within the coronary heart of town.”

Suppose: a cannabis-infused South by Southwest.

Inexperienced Avenue Pageant was introduced in January, and is being placed on by the entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk and Inexperienced Avenue, the hashish enterprise he acquired in 2017. It would “function town’s prime eating places, the state’s main Hashish manufacturers, and the world’s prime entertainers all introduced collectively to have fun the Hashish neighborhood,” the announcement mentioned.

“Individuals need to both be educated or entertained. We’re going to do each,” Vaynerchuk mentioned within the announcement on the time.

Organizers mentioned that the competition “might be anchored by the 8 story, 70,000 sqft, hashish occasion and enterprise epicenter situated at 718 S. Hill Avenue that includes distributors, instructional audio system, video games, inns & meals activations from our superior neighbors.”

The artist Cody Hudson was tasked with creating “the visible identification of Inexperienced Avenue Pageant.”

“It’s been a beautiful venture! Having the ability to have my imaginative and prescient for the competition’s graphics and aesthetics assist to rework the house and every thing within it, I’m simply actually wanting ahead to the methods we’ll be bringing hashish, meals and music collectively in a single house and tying all of them collectively visually,” Hudson mentioned in January.

The occasion is barely accessible to people 21 and older. And whereas hashish is not going to be bought on website, the organizers mentioned that they “have partnered with a few of California’s finest Dispensaries and Supply suppliers with a view to accommodate compliant consumption together with: MMD, Buddha Co., HYPERWOLF, Individuals’s, Alpaca Membership, Originals Los Angeles, Compassionate Caregivers, Downtown Affected person Group, Haven, Jungle Boys.”

“We’ve got labored with our pals and neighbors to create a number of consumption areas across the competition,” the organizers mentioned within the announcement. “There’s a massive smoking space proper subsequent to the registration space for the occasion, one other on the 2nd ground balcony, and one other space outdoors the Majestic Downtown Theater in the course of the live performance.”

As well as, there might be greater than 50 of a number of the finest identified hashish manufacturers showcased on the competition: Asterisk, BLOOM, Boveda, Brothers Broadleaf, Canna+Rise, Cannabistry, Absolute Xtracts, Farmer and the Felon, Hello-Fi Classes, Loud + Clear, Claybourne Co., Clone Goddess, Nation Crypto Hashish Membership, Dabwoods, Dispense App, Dutchie, Emerald Street, Fable, Headset, Hemper, Hempire, Excessive Rise, Highsman, Ispire, Jungle Boys, Simply Chocolate, Kalya Extracts, Kan+Ade, KYLE, Leaflink, Authorized Pothead, Lithouse, Mills Vitamins, MJ Arsenal, Mohave Hashish Co., Originals, Puffco, Uncooked Backyard, Rove, Choose, Classes Items, SHO, Supply Hashish, Sputnik Hashish, STIIIZY, SUBSTANCE, SUPHERB, Surfside, The Treatment Firm, The Sort Pen, Trip Hashish Co., Waxnax, and Zanna.

“Weed is the headliner of this competition. We’ve been to numerous Hashish occasions throughout the nation and we as attendees need to smoke weed with our pals and examine in with the neighborhood, eat scrumptious meals, after which be entertained… in that order” Rama Mayo, Inexperienced Avenue President, mentioned within the occasion’s announcement again in January.

Right here’s a rundown of the competition itinerary, per the occasion’s web site: the primary evening, Might 14, “is a personal, VIP occasion that features Dinner from 6pm to 10pm and is hosted by Gary Vee & Harry Mack,” whereas the second evening, Might 15, “is the primary day and options our full lineup of manufacturers, meals, and extra superior stuff to do at Inexperienced Avenue plus the complete live performance lineup at The Majestic Downtown Theater situated at 650 S. Springs Avenue LA CA 90014.”

Educators and entertainers who might be showing on the competition embody: Gary Vaynerchuk, Juicy J, Harry Mack, DāM-Funk, DJ Nu-Mark, Full Crate, Monalisa, Thinkspace Tasks, and Mike Glazer.