In the event 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 Could 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 lots of of hundreds of company straight within the coronary heart of town.”

Assume: 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 is going to “function town’s high eating places, the state’s main Hashish manufacturers, and the world’s high entertainers all introduced collectively to rejoice the Hashish neighborhood,” the announcement stated.

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

Organizers stated that the competition “might be anchored by the 8 story, 70,000 sqft, hashish occasion and enterprise epicenter positioned at 718 S. Hill Avenue that includes distributors, academic audio system, video games, lodges & 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 undertaking! Having the ability to have my imaginative and prescient for the competition’s graphics and aesthetics assist to remodel the house and all the things inside it, I’m simply actually trying 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 stated in January.

The occasion is barely obtainable to people 21 and older. And whereas hashish is not going to be bought on web site, the organizers stated that they “have partnered with a few of California’s greatest 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.”

“Now we have labored with our associates and neighbors to create a number of consumption areas across the competition,” the organizers stated within the announcement. “There’s a massive smoking space proper subsequent to the registration space for the occasion, one other on the 2nd flooring balcony, and one other space exterior the Majestic Downtown Theater throughout the live performance.”

As well as, there might be greater than 50 of a few of the greatest recognized hashish manufacturers showcased on the competition: Asterisk, BLOOM, Boveda, Brothers Broadleaf, Canna+Rise, Cannabistry, Absolute Xtracts, Farmer and the Felon, Hello-Fi Periods, 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, Periods Items, SHO, Supply Hashish, Sputnik Hashish, STIIIZY, SUBSTANCE, SUPHERB, Surfside, The Treatment Firm, The Variety 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 associates and examine in with the neighborhood, eat scrumptious meals, after which be entertained… in that order” Rama Mayo, Inexperienced Avenue President, stated 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, Could 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, Could 15, “is the principle day and options our full lineup of manufacturers, meals, and extra superior stuff to do at Inexperienced Avenue plus the total live performance lineup at The Majestic Downtown Theater positioned 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.