The Cannabis Cup In Amsterdam
The
Cannabis Cup is the world’s leading cannabis festival, founded in
1988 by the chief editor of “High Times”, Steven Hager, and ever
since then, each November, this festival is being held in the city of
Amsterdam. The Cannabis Cup usually runs around November 24th to
November 26th . Last year, however, it was been held in the middle of
summer, from 13th to 15th of July.
The
Amsterdam Cannabis Cup gives the opportunity of experts to showcase
their latest strains and allows judges from around the world to
sample and vote the best marijuana varieties. The festival includes
live music, educational seminars and an expo for marijuana-related
products from cannabis-oriented businesses as well.
In
2010, High Times held its first Cannabis Cup in the United States,
and ever since, the magazine holds this festival in Northern and
Southern California, Denver, Michigan, Seattle, and Portland.
However,
in 2014, Amsterdam hosted its last Cannabis Cup, after 27 years of
the cup in Amsterdam, which was partly due to the growing, now
available warmer, legal cannabis locations in the United States and
various other countries, and the ill-fated and first ever police raid
on the 2010 Amsterdam Cannabis Cup location.
Additionally,
The Jack Herer Cup is a very important, yearly premier Cannabis Cup
award show held in Las Vegas, Nevada to honor pro cannabis and hemp
activist Jack Herer – the author of the Hemp bestseller: “The
Emperor Wears No Clothes”.
The
city of Amsterdam was of great importance for Jack Herer, who had met
his widow Jeannie Herer right there. This year, for the first time
Jack Herer Cup will be held in Amsterdam, at the Hard Rock Cafe in
the center of the city.
De
Kroon, one of the most popular coffeeshops
in Amsterdam will
be participating with two entries for the Jack Herer Cup.
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