This is a press release from Cannifest:
Cannifest is proud to officially drop its highly anticipated musical lineup for the 2026 festival, taking place on September 12 and 13, 2026. Humboldt County’s premier community festival and trade gathering is expanding its horizons this year, bringing the celebration of world-class horticulture, community empowerment, and live music to the historic Arcata Ballpark . Released precisely at 4:20 PM PDT on April 20, this announcement solidifies Cannifest’s commitment to providing an unparalleled cultural experience. The move to the Ballpark offers an expansive, community-centered venue to celebrate sustainable lifestyles and organic farming, while enjoying an incredible weekend of sound. Attendees of all ages can expect the same exciting activities of years past- the FIZ (Family Interactive Zone) offers immersive experiences for the youth (free admission for kids under 12)- including crafts, educational demos, hula hoop making and much more. The festival offers 4 stages spanning panel discussions, comedy and games to world renowned musicians. This all ages event celebrates the strength of community while welcoming guests from all over the globe. The importance of the small farm initiative is celebrated in the Farmers Grove where one on one connection is encouraged along with the annual Grow Games competitions. These events span both days and incorporate friendly competition as well as stoke joy by celebrating team work and highlighting the products and prizes of the event’s sponsors. Tickets can be purchased at cannifest.com Headliners & Main Acts The 2026 lineup brings together classic jam legends, roots-reggae icons, and beloved West Coast talent. Anchoring the weekend’s festivities are:
- Melvin Seals & JGB (Jerry Garcia Band)
- Brett McFarland & The Freedom Riders
- Sister Carol
- Bella Rayne | Shuck Nasty
Supporting The Local Sound True to its local roots, Cannifest is lifting up emerging voices and regional favorites. The Ballpark will echo with performances from an incredible supporting roster:
- Broken Compass Bluegrass
- Ishi Dube
- Naive Melodies
- The California Poppies
- Kingfoot
- Papa Haole & The Fleas
- Timbata
- Makenu
- Hella Mendocino
- The Cowtown Sound
Community Pride and Giving Back Cannifest is more than just a festival; it is a movement dedicated to preserving local culture. In addition to the trade gathering highlights, the festival continues its deep partnership with the local non-profit Community Pride and Peace, an Ink People Dream Maker Project . A focal point of the 2026 event will be the charity auctions, ensuring that festival proceeds directly fund local initiatives and community empowerment programs.
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Just remember- You cannot smoke any weed there!! Yes- This is the Cannafest where nobody can smoke weed. LOL
Seems fitting. Now that weed’s “legal”, (almost) nobody can make money growing it.
I’ve always considered weed should be shared and given away freely.
That commercial hoophouse-grown product is not weed…
Sure! Me too! Until I had to crawl uphill through whitethorn w/ 3 bags of Stutzmans on my back while the city trust-fund deadheads all played in the sun and went swimming. I started charging money right there!!
Greed bringing real criminals is what killed it here…
You must’ve been one hugely big strong dude to carry 3 bags!
no problem 🙂
Thank you for spelling “Cannafest” with the first 5 letters suggesting “cannabis” rather than “cannibals.”
Ha Ha Ha! Oh yeah- there were some jokes thrashing around about that LOL! Look out for the “hot dogs” and “hamburgers”…
ROFLMAO!!!
IMHO:
>”Cannifest is proud to officially drop its highly anticipated musical lineup…”
Drop = ‘Discard or get rid of’.
So… they are not going to have the dope musical fest ???
Eh ?
I prefer other definitions of drop. 🙂
Caledonia – The Petersens (LIVE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGPWI-IW_y0
The word “drop” has, obviously and unknown to me, changed in meaning.
The headline made me think they’d cancelled their plans.
My first thought was the same thing. Music cancelled! No, it’s just a bit LoCO-ish– linguistic posing with “the latest” anti-official word use– like “sick” for good, or … well, there are many examples.
Yes- “drop” now means “pick up”. Eventually these idiots will destroy the language completely with their “clever” “coolness”….and only certain groups will be able to communicate with their own ilk. It’s super-duper hip…
Maybe you’ve heard of slang meanings? (Of course you have…)
Drop https://www.slangsphere.com/understanding-the-meaning-of-drop-in-slang/
although there’s one colorful glaring omission… 🙂
Joint https://www.slangsphere.com/joint-slang-meaning-explained-the-ultimate-fun-guide-you-need/
& etc..
“Released precisely at 4:20 PM PDT on April 20”
Kym, I think ‘Staff’ may have been toking at the time of this release … or they are time travelers (should be AM).
Except it wasn’t Kym’s staff, it was Cannifest staff that produced this press release.
Except it was Kym’s Staff who posted the press release here at 4:20AM PDT. 🙂
There is a festival a Deadhead jam band is headlining & weed is not allowed? I feel like that is a punch line waiting to happen.
Smoking weed is not allowed — it’s a family event…
I guess you never heard that joke.
tell us please…I’ve been to plenty of dead shows where smoking anything except music was not allowed. BCT & the Greek for example.
Q: What did the hippy say when he ran out of weed?
A: This music sucks.
pass…but I like the punch line that has the band playing a smoking set better. 🙂
I did give you an opening for you to write your own punchline.
You didn’t give me anything I don’t already have…
😮 where can I confirm this “ NO SMOKING OR BUYT???!!
Loco has a poll up about 4/20 in redwood park, that scene died back in 2006-2007 due to police cracking down on the event, the event not taking place after thathad nothing to do with legalization because we all know weed didn’t get legalized to many years later, crazy how much misinformation gets put out there by supposedly reputable “ news” sites
Don’t think I’ll be attending again.
There will be no smoking? it’s dumb hippie music that causes dumb hippies to flood Arcata who will break the no smoking rule.