4.13 • 6pm • $10

Playback Theater is an interactive form of performing arts where professional stage actors ask for personal stories from the audience - live - and then “playback” those stories with music and dance. Join Verbal Gymnastics for a special 420 Week edition of Playback Theater and see your stories played back to you in real-time. Light refreshments will be available.

Location: Anacostia Arts Center - 1231 Marion Barry Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020 (Black Box)

4.14 • 12pm • $100

You don’t want to miss his one-of-a-kind instructional workshops. Join DC Scroger for a Living Soil Building Workshop and start growing all your plants organically. Each amendment and input has use and need for the plant to thrive. Allow your plants to feed as they need in a true organic medium. Along with the knowledge about Organic Soil, you’ll leave with the 10 gallon bag of soil that you mixed with your own hands and a plant to grow.

All participants must be 21+ with valid ID.

Location: Shared with RSVP

4.16 • 7pm • FREE

Join us at the Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market for a screening and talk with the producers of award-winning documentary Higher Power.

Higher Power uses the stories of Black Washingtonians navigating this gray space while fighting to enter the legal cannabis industry to reveal the stark reality of 700,0000 disenfranchised American citizens and the urgent need for D.C. Statehood.

Location: Angelika Pop-up at Union Market - 550 Penn Street NE, Washingon DC

4.17 • 10am • FREE

Are you a victim of the War on Drugs? Is a criminal record holding you back from living your best life? Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Blaze Responsibly, and Freedom Grow have teamed up to provide free legal help to those negatively impacted by prior cannabis-related arrests or charges and help break the paper shackles. Come by our booths to check your legal history and start the process towards freedom—or to learn how you can help us support the tens of thousands of Americans still living under the shadow of prohibition.

Location: MLK Memorial Library - 5th Floor, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001

4.17 • 9:30am • FREE

Enjoy the NCPS Morning Coffee Networking Reception made possible by the UFCW on the 5th of the MLK Memorial Library. Explore onsite exhibits and meet staff members representing the non-profit drug policy organizations on the front lines of cannabis policy reform.

Location: MLK Memorial Library - 5th Floor, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001

4.17 • 10:30am • FREE

Join NCF on Wednesday, April 17th at the 2024 National Cannabis Policy Summit as hundreds of advocates, patients and business owners gather to hear elected officials and policy experts lay out their visions for working to accomplish cannabis policy reform. The Summit is Washington, D.C.’s premier celebration of cannabis advocacy and a call to action for American leadership in defense of state’s rights and the will of the voters, in Washington, D.C. and around the country. We hope you will join the conversation.

Location: MLK Memorial Library - 5th Floor, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001

4.17 • 5pm • FREE

Join HIPS, Pride Smoke Shop, and the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs for a special 420 Week Happy Hour at Thurst Lounge! Enjoy drink specials and a chance to meet and network with the advocates and business leaders of DC’s LGBTQ+ cannabis community.

All participants must be 21+ with valid ID.

Location: Thurst Lounge, 2204 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009

4.17 • 6:30pm • FREE

The true story of the Green Rush from the eyes of those incarcerated and left behind in the industry's growth. As cannabis legalization sweeps the nation, a crucial question emerges: how can we ensure this industry benefits those most harmed by the "War on Drugs"? This documentary explores the challenges and victories of minority-owned cannabis businesses from selling at the largest music festival in San Francisco to defining social equity.

Location: MLK Memorial Library - 5th Floor, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001

4.18 • 7pm • FREE

Join Last Prisoner Project and the 420 Unity Day of Action Coalition for a vigil in front of The White House on April 18th at 7pm, and add your voice to the chorus calling for the release of everyone in federal prison for cannabis crimes. Sign this petition today, and then join us at The White House as we call for action from the President.

Location: The White House - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (in front of Lafayette Park)

4.18 • 9pm • $10

Join Supernova Women and Cannademix for a late-night session at Warehouse 1360! Beats and vibes abound at this evening party the night before National Cannabis Festival.

All participants must be 21+ with valid ID.

Location: Warehouse 1360 - 1360 Okie St NE, Washington, DC 20002

4.19 • 4pm

Kick-off 420 Weekend at NCF with THUNDERCAT headlining!

Plus: Performances by Black Alley, Black Rave Culture and more. Friday “Happy Hour” deals and steals, Exhibitor Fair, Munchies Zone, Demo Day with hands-on workshops, National Cannabis Championship Awards Show and more!

All participants must be 21+ with valid ID.

4.20 • 12pm

Celebrate 420 with the iconic WU-TANG CLAN and REDMAN!

Plus: Performances by Devin The Dude, Backyard Band and many more! All day Exhibitor Fair, Munchies Zone, Grower’s World, Education, Advocacy and more!

All participants must be 21+ with valid ID.