Sf Station was nice enough to send us their 420 Bay Area Event Guide and its full of smoke-filled parties celebrating WEED!
San Francisco is one of the best places to celebrate 420. Music venues across the Bay Area are hosting stoner-friendly acts in the days around the marijuana holiday, setting the mood for some stoney festivities, beyond the annual Hippie Hill gathering.
420 started in San Rafael thanks to five smoker friends who gathered after high school to smoke at 4:20pm. It became a code word to communicate that it was time to smoke. Today, smokers from around the world celebrate 4/20 with overstuffed blunts, packed bowls, filtered joints and tasty edibles.
Here’s our list of the best events and things to do on and around 420 in San Francisco.
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo, consisting of Richard 'Cheech' Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the era's hippie, free love, and especially drug culture movements.
Cloud Cult is an experimental chamber rock band from the Midwest who has maintained a decade and a half career by remaining completely independent. They've sold more than 100,000 albums via their own label, Earthology Records, which was created by lead singer/songwriter Craig Minowa in the late 90's out of what he called "necessity," due to the fact that there simply weren't options for environmentally friendly CD manufacturing in the industry at that time. Cloud Cult was at the forefront of the "green" movement, helping co-develop the now wildly popular recycled paperboard CD cases while also creating models for zero net greenhouse gas production for touring bands.
Cypress Hill were notable for being the first Latino hip-hop superstars, but they became notorious for their endorsement of marijuana, which actually isn’t a trivial thing. Not only did the group campaign for its legalization, but their slow, rolling bass-and-drum loops pioneered a new, stoned funk that became extraordinary influential in ’90s hip-hop — it could be heard in everything from Dr. Dre’s G-funk to the chilly layers of English trip-hop. DJ Muggs crafted the sound, and B Real, with his pinched, nasal voice, was responsible for the rhetoric that made them famous. The pro-pot position became a little ridiculous over time, but there was no denying that the actual music had a strange, eerie power, particularly on the band’s first two albums. Although B Real remained an effective lyricist and Muggs’ musical skills did not diminish, the group’s third album, Temples of Boom, was perceived by many critics as self-parodic, and the group appeared to disintegrate shortly afterward, though Muggs and B Real regrouped toward the end of the ’90s to issue more material.
Altered State: Marijuana in California
"We hope this exhibit encourages people to think critically about marijuana, the research available on it, and how it is presented in the media. Our goal is that this exhibition will help people have informed conversations with their families and friends about what type of marijuana policy is right for California." — Sarah Seiter, Associate Curator of Natural Sciences
From Atlanta, Georgia, the origins of Deerhunter can be traced back to when frontman Bradford Cox first met guitarist Lockett Pundt at high school. Years later Bradford met Moses Archuleta and started jamming together. Other contributors to Deerhunter since its establishment in 2001 include Josh Fauver, Colin Mee and Whitney Petty. The current incarnation consists of Cox, Pundt and Archuleta plus bassist Josh Mckay and guitarist Frankie Broyles.
http://deerhuntermusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/deerhuntermusicgroup/
Rhye is the product of two synced paths crossing at the right time and place. The two artists who comprise Rhye had been fond of each other's work for some time, and it was when one member was working on a remix for the other that they started to collaborate. They had begun talking about the remix at hand, which led them to the conclusion that maybe they should adapt that remix into a whole new song that could be done together.
Los Angeles producer Nosaj Thing crafts stately, ethereal, synth-based instrumental hip-hop, with influences that range from Boards of Canada and DJ Shadow to Danny Elfman and Erik Satie. An L.A. native, Thing was inspired at an early age by the hip-hop radio stations that the bus driver would play on his way to elementary school, and particularly by the Beat Junkies’ turntablism on Power 106. In high school, while delving into the sounds of drum’n’bass and the rave scene, and playing quad toms in the school drum line, he figured out how to use his father’s old PC to program beats of his own. Soon enough, Thing was motivated to move in more experimental directions by the D.I.Y. rock scene at L.A.’s underground venue The Smell, where he made his live debut in 2004.
http://www.nosajthing.com
https://www.facebook.com/nosajthing
https://twitter.com/nosajthing
Being Human: Earth's Tipping Point
Join Stanford University biologist Elizabeth Hadly for an evening exploring our impact on the planet and what we can do to ensure a bright future for all of Earth’s inhabitants!
Moonalice & Doobie Decibel System Band
7:20 PM
Slim's
333 11th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
http://www.slimspresents.com
Tickets: $10 ADV. / $15 Door / $34.95 with Dinner
Ticket Link http://www.slimspresents.com/event/moonalice-doobie-decibel-system-slims/
Moonalice & Doobie Decibel System Band (with special guests) returning to Slim's for their 'Annual 420 Gathering of the Tribe' on April 20th - a Psychedelic Spring themed show. Every guest receives up to 20 posters by well known artists commemorating the show, an amazing art poster show, photo booth, desserts, raffle and special surprises.
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TIX: http://www.slimspresents.com/event/moonalice-doobie-decibel-system-slims/
MOONALICE:
• Psychedelic, roots-rock band of seasoned musicians mixing a variety of genres with extended musical improvisations.
• Band Members: Roger McNamee, Pete Sears, Barry Sless, John Molo and with special guest Jason Crosby
• Every show has an original art poster, created by a well-known artist, and with its own unique Moonalice "legend." The poster is given free to all attendees. http://www.moonaliceposter.com
• All Moonalice concerts are broadcast live in HD and available in an online archive shortly after their set.http://www.moonalice.com
Over 407k on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moonalice
Over 67k on Twitter: https://twitter.com/moonalice
Annual NorCal gathering celebrating all things ganja. Every year people from all over the Bay Area flock to San Francisco's "Hippie Hill" in Golden Gate Park to join in on the festivities with like-minded individuals when the clock strikes 4:20pm on April 20th, 2016.
Mushroom Jazz 25th Anniversary Monthly / Mark Farina & J Boogie
Modern day record minstrel, Mark Farina, has thrilled crowds globally, entertaining over 1 million fans per year. As one of the most ubiquitous DJs in Dance Music, Farina's known for both his unique style of mixing Jazz, Downtempo and House Music as well as being the creator of Mushroom Jazz: West Coast jazzy, organic productions combined with East Coast Hip-Hop, Urban beats.
Caked Up, the DJ/producer duo comprised of Las Vegas natives Oscar Wylde and Vegas Banger, are no strangers to internet, musical and social media success. Over the past year, they’re raked in some of the highest streaming numbers in electronic music, the minute and a half long preview of “Thirsty” having over 1.8 million views of its own. Choosing well, the duo collaborated with Meaux Green, the rising trap/twerk lord who’s received support from the like of Doctor P, DJ Snake, Dillon Francis, Diplo, TWRK, Mayhem and Henry Fong to note but a few.
Are you ready to experience San Francisco’s first Gladiator-Style Guinness World Record 1000 Man Pie Fight? Join us and enter an all-out pie war battlefield while help raising awareness and funds for a new, local non-profit.
Jokelandish is a premier stand-up comedy showcase in the heart of Downtown Oakland featuring the best comedians from the Bay Area and beyond. All yours for $Free.99.
