Today, live from YD Square, join weed lovers and lovers of weed lovers as they fight for our right to smoke. With a huge range of speakers like Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam. Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham and NOW’s Jules Hollett, you won’t want to miss it.
Full schedule below.
It’s a combination of inspired civil disobedience and wrestling theatrics that has created a wildly fun demonstration against pot prohibition. The slogan ‘Here We Are Now, Entertain Us’ is something Toronto Hash Mob latched onto early in our activism.
Protesting prohibition can’t be boring because people won’t want to attend. Our success is in our attendance numbers, which required rally co-founder Chris Goodwin to work with YD Square in January to access their services, such as a booming sound system, a clean up crew and security.
Wanting to entertain 12,000+ people at a protest comes at a cost. This year’s bill will be $24,000.
Sponsorship pays for everything and Goodwin donates a second job’s worth of time to organizing. Despite how sexy the stage is with sponsorship banners, no money is made by anyone involved in 4/20.
4/20 looks like any other Toronto festival at YD Square, but what you are actually seeing is open civil disobedience disguised as satire.
Officially we are listed as 420 Comedy Festival and we have great lineup of activists and comedians.
New for the ninth annual 4/20 are 22 booths. We encouraged renters to use their space in the spirit of our original 4/20 by not focusing so much on sales, but providing added value to the rally. Attendees can anticipate three dab bars, tie-dye workshops, meeting an Olympian, a famous smuggler and getting a good selfie with a 95 gram joint.
Germ prevention has our own Mastah Rollah adding a glass filter tip to the cannabis cannon this year for quick alcohol swab swipes.
Schedule
11:20 – Toronto Hash Mob Demonstrators March Down Yonge St. from Charles accompanied by a 9ft joint, 24 marijuana flags and marching band organized by Richard Underhill.
Noon – Matt Mernagh Explains Rules for 4/20
12:10 – Councilor Kristyn Wong-Tam
12:20 – Ross Rebagliati
12:30 – Who Care Get Doped Dab Ninja Bit
12:40 – Jules Hollett NOW
12:45 – Damian Abraham (Fucked Up)
12:50 – Julia from Peter McWilliams Foundation
12:55 – Puffdog Plants A Marijuana Seed w/ Mage
1:00 – Kyle Hickey (Comedian)
1:05 – Sara Hennessey (Comedian)
1:10 – Jeff Paul (Comedian)
1:15 – Ben Bankas (Comedian)
1:20 – Amanda Day (Comedian)
1:25 – Rob Bebenek (Comedian)
1:30 – Nigel Grinstead (Comedian)
1:35 – Daniel Woodrow (Comedian)
1:40 – Chris Robinson (Comedian)
1:45 – Stephanie Tolev (Comedian)
1:50 – DJ Demers (Comedian)
1:55 – Dred Lee (Comedian)
2:00 – Matt Mernagh Best Costume and Sign Contest
2:10 – Cal Post (Host of CK Potcast)
2:20 – Mike Rita (Host of Stoner Sundays)
2:30 – Hunter Collins (Host of Third Klass Thursday)
2:40 – Bryan O’Gorman (Host of Weed Wednesday)
3:00 – NORML Canada (Paul Lewin)
3:15 – CSSDP / TRIP Project
3:30 – High 5 (Marijuana Advocates)
3:40 – Brian O’Dea (Smuggled Marijuana by the tonne)
4:00 – Matt Mernagh / Chris Goodwin (Toronto Hash Mob)
4:20 – 420 Toronto 2015 (95 gram joint)
4:30 – Killin’ Time Band
5:20 – Must Stash Hat
