The ShowGrounds has campsites available,
and we recommend it as the ideal camping venue for MardiGrass!
Welcome to the 2012 MardiGrass Program.
For Pot's sake, please buy an armband
to help us continue ...
$50 Weekend MardiGrass Golden Bud Pass gives entry
to all events Friday, Saturday and Sunday
One Day MardiGrass Bush Pass for Sat or Sunday events
$25
Advertising space is available in the Print Program of 2012
Nimbin MardiGrass, the 20th annual Rally for Cannabis Law Reform.
30,000 copies were printed last year and we will print at least
that many again. We will distribute the 2012 program all year
from the Embassy promoting the virtues of Hemp for food, fuel,
fibre, medicine and as a recreational substance of choice.
You can place your advertisement for $250 in 82mm wide, 55 mm
high in CMYK at 150dpi as a PDF, Tiff or jpg.
Larger sizes are available at the same width. Or contact us
for your requirements. head@hempembassy.net
The deadline for print is April 16th. Thank you for your support.
Ads will be automatically included on MardiGrass website program
for 2012.
We reserve the right to reject ads deemed not in keeping with
the aims and objectives of the MOB. (MardiGrass Organising Body)
You can find previous editions of the 16 page MardiGrass
Program online. http://www.nimbinwave.com/wordpress/print-mardigrass-2010.pdf
http://www.nimbinwave.com/nmg/2011-mardigrass-program.pdf
Less than 4.5MB downloadable files for Adobe Reader.
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MardiGrass will become a Festival
when we can celebrate the herb without fear of prosecution and
persecution. When the Police Riot Squad have a float in the
street parade behind the Ganja Faeries, Big Joint & POLITE,
then we really will have a proper festival and celebration.
In the meantime, the annual event on the first Sunday of May
in Nimbin is a POLITICAL PROTEST
RALLY.
---------------------------
Nimbin MardiGrass 2012
The 20th annual Cannabis law reform rally and gathering begins
on Tuesday May 1st when we march from Lismore Court House to
the Police Station (Next Door), then to the office of our local
MP Janelle Saffin, and on to the office of Thomas George to
deliver them requests to treat us and our choice of medicine
as part of everyday life - not a criminal matter
The Weekend proper begins Friday May 4th at dusk with the Opening
Ceremony and the Pickers' Ball in the Town Hall.
Saturday May 6th, main events include the heats of the Hemp
Olympix, the Kombi Konvoy, 4.20 Mass Enlightenment and the evening
Harvest Ball. More music in Mingle Park, and on the Market Stage.
While you are at MardiGrass make sure you sign the Petition
to the new NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell asking him to hold another
Parliamentary Drug Summit (like they did in 1999).
Sunday May 6th, finals of the Hemp Olympix and the main street
float parade and rally with the Ganja Faeries and Polite Big
Joint preceding the rally speakers.
Honour Roll
Friends of MardiGrass Who Have Passed.
This is a not for profit event sponsored by the Nimbin
HEMP (thats Help End Marijuana Prohibition) Embassy which is
run by volunteers and dedicated to ending the ridiculous war
on cannabis, one of the planet's most useful plants. We need
you to buy an armband to support cannabis law reform and we
guarantee you a great and educational weekend at Nimbin's Yarndi
University.
The Lismore City Council and NSW Police are vowing to be tough
on roadside camping and we recommend you go into one of the
official campsites. They love to watch at night for the flick
of the bic lighting the bong in the car and sneak up on you
so be aware!!
If you are visiting for the day only the Nimbin Headers Sporting
Club have an off road carpark site for you separate from camping
areas.
Volunteers
Mardigrass is run by volunteers
and you can be one if you come in the week beforeand are happy
to get your hands dirty. For that you will get an armband and
a campsite and maybe even a meal or two! Previously we have
been flooded with volunteers and it becomes difficult to manage.
So if you want to be part of the MOB volunteers come as early
as the Monday before. We need all sorts of skills from cooks
to builders, to artists and joint rollers. We are especially
looking for electricians, cooks, artists, recyclers, NSW licenced
traffic controllers (Royal treatment for these!), and skilled
video and camera persons. Here's a
link to the forum if you want to register as a volunteer,
and maybe tell us your skills and time of arrival.
Traffic controllers would be with the Jungle
Patrol.
Buy
a MardiGrass all weekend pass, including camping
at the Show Grounds. This costs $100. Without camping it's $50
but then you may have a parking problem.
You can buy the usual weekend
and one day passes there too.
SHOWGROUND CAMPING
Down Cecil Street
* Limited powered sites $20 weekend....first in best dressed!
* Camping open from Tuesday before MardiGrass...each extra night
$15 per person.
* Firewood supplied.
* Hot showers.
* 3 areas set aside...quiet area; noisy area; family area.
* Nifty Nev's Eatery open all weekend.
Ganja Faeries will soon start
meeting each Tuesday at 5.30pm at the Market Stage. All welcome
Restricted/no parking will be in place in the village
from 12 noon Friday May 4th to 11pm Sunday May 6th. Below are
areas affected:
* Sibley St may be closed to traffic from Cullen
St intersection to Thorburn St. Residents in Sibley are asked
to limit any vehicle traffic over that weekend from 12 noon
Friday.
* The central section of the village will have no
car parking this year. Chill Central safety zone will have no
cars from the ‘blister’ outside the Museum to the
garden before the pedestrian crossing. On the eastern side there
will be no parking permitted from the Hotel all the way to Perceptios.
* There is also no parking on the southern side of Cecil Street
from the Showgrounds to the creek to allow pedestrian traffic
easy access to a new proposed pathway from 12 Cecil St to the
Town Hall parking area. This will have security and lighting
and ease the pedestrian traffic along the footpath around the
Hospital.
* Thorburn Street from Silky Oak Drive will have a road closure
managed by the Backpackers to ensure clear access to and from
the campsites and their parking.
* Road Closure Sunday from Peace Park, up Cullen and turning
into Cecil St. from 2pm - 2.45pm.
* The western council carpark is to be free of any camping –
all camping is to be directed to the Showgounds or Backpackers
camping sites. Roadside camping is not permitted. Authorities
will target this after some dangerous traffic situations developed
when people parked in inappropriate places, locked their cars,
and walked away.
*
Vehicle parking paddock areas this year are being run by The
Nimbin Headers Junior Soccer Club, all profits go to them. Please
respect the volunteers and listen to them.
PARKING; $5 a day per car - but occupants must buy armband passes.
There will be NO CAMPING at any of the Day Parking areas. You
may sleep in your car but in NO WAY - Light fires - Set up tents
- Disrupt Traffic flow - and PLEASE only poo in the toilets
provided, use Bins supplied and Respect Our Unique Village.
We are looking for people with
a NSW traffic control certificate who would be available to
assist us over the MardiGrass weekend. Please contact Heidi
if you would like to be a part of this very important task.
Special Privileges apply!
ALTERNATIVE HERBS TO SMOKE AT MARDIGRASS
THAT ARE LEGAL (INCLUDING READY ROLLED "JOINTS" AT
NIMBIN MUSEUM AND THE HEMP EMBASSY AND HEMP BAR AND TOWN HALL
INFO)
1. Dreamy Time.. bliss out!
A tasty blend of prime smoking herbs intended
to promote a tranquil, dreamy space. Rich, well-rounded flavour.
Blends well with tobacco or other herbs. Mugwort, Californian
Poppy, Mullein, Calendula, Passion Flower and Calea. Relax and
enjoy!
2. Flower Power.. feels really mellow, man!
A base of Raspberry leaves gives this blend a
creamy base, topped with sweet, uplifting Rose and Red Clover
petals and succulently combined with three varieties of Lotus
Flowers. The result is a smooth, silky smoke that relaxes body
and mind, leaving you open to feel deeply into every blissful
moment. Smoke alone or with other herbs.
3. Pot Luck... cheep and cheerful!
Well cured herbal blend containing Catnip, Lionstail
and other herbs. Mixes well with Pot as a tobacco alternative.
Magic plants with magical properties to help
us see what lies behind the veil. Open yourself to the subtle
realms and experience something new!
Happy Herbs is a
most generous supporter of the Nimbin MardiGrass!
Polite Force Cookie Caution
If you take THC orally (eating cookies, cakes, etc), you could
be in for quite a ride. The liver metabolises THC into 11-OH-*9-THC,
a compound three times more psychoactive. Foods made with high
THC "heads" or hashish can give a powerful, almost
psychedelic experience, which can be very uncomfortable if you're
not expecting it. The effects are slower to come on (1 to 2
hours) and last considerably longer (around 4 hours).
Different people have different experiences. While one person
might go to sleep, another might smile and laugh excessively,
while another might have a panic attack. These are classic responses
but they are by no means definitive. Experiences vary. If smoking
cannabis makes you nervous or agitated, then
consuming cookies (and indeed other temporarily mind altering
drugs) may be inadvisable.
Do not assume cookies from different sources are of the same
strength. Even different batches from the same source can vary.
Know thyself. Stay in your comfort zone. If unsure, try half
a cookie first, and wait an hour to assess the effect.
Chill Spaces:
Birth and Beyond....Ask at the Town Hall if you need help.
The Rain- by Thomas Kinkade
Weather
Nimbin sometimes has wild weather and floods. In the days leading
up to MardiGrass you can check the weather on the rain radar
from these links.
* Musicians and performers wanting
to play should enter the busking competition.
* Local residents or businesses with special needs or requests
please get in touch.
* If you want to get involved as a volunteer please drop in
and write in the book when and what you want to do, what skills
you have, contact no etc etc.
Safety First: Parents,
Teens and Drugs
Although we urge young people to abstain from alcohol,
tobacco, and other drugs, our national surveys show that many
do not heed our warnings. To prevent adolescents who do experiment
from falling into abusive patterns, we need to create fallback
strategies that focus on safety. Putting safety first requires
that we be careful to provide our young people with credible
information and resources. We also need to teach our teenagers
how to identify and handle problems with alcohol and other drugs—if
and when they occur—and how to get help and support.
Join us in advocating reality-based approaches to drug
education at home and in school that foster open and honest
dialogue around the risks and consequences of drug use. We also
invite you to critically examine random student drug testing,
an invasive policy that can erode relationships of trust between
students and adults at school and unintentionally direct students
to more dangerous behaviors.
*
KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE... Nimbin Aquarius Foundation... Come and meet us at the Nimbin
Aquarius networking space in the Nimbin Community Centre garden
area during MardiGrass and throughout the year. Locals and visitors
to Nimbin are always welcome to visit us and share their stories.
We will have tea,
coffee and cold drinks for sale, as well as some delicious food.
Music will be playing
in the garage with N.O.O. (Nimbin Organic Orchestra),
show-casing a wide variety of musical talent. They welcome donations
to help with future events.
* BUSKERS' 'Grassed
Stand.
Designated busking zones for MardiGrass 2012. The winner of
the 'most popular' busking performance during the big weekend,
whoever collects the most "tokes", gets to play on
the Town Hall Stage after the Rally on Sunday. Keen buskers
can register for their preferred locations at the Town Hall
info booth or at the Embassy on the day.
* Pot Art in the Hemp Bar and Embassy, drop entries in from
April first .....
* The Hemp Rope Tug-O-Peace is a ramped up event in the Hemp
Olympix again this year so get your team of 5 (five) together.
All five team members have to have something in common! Once
again we have a Police versus Polite event scheduled for mid-day
Saturday to kick off the HEMP Olympix. Last year the Polite
Squad had a greatly entertaining victory, which they even repeated
to quell all disbelief!! Rumour has it the Police team have
been training hard to avoid a repeat of that this year!
* Comedy in the Town Hall! Saturday Night 8 till 10pm!
*
MardiGrass POLITE PLOT!
The Nimbin POLITE SQUAD was created in response to the Police
Riot Squad raids on April Fools Day 2008 on the HEMP Bar and
Nimbin Museum. This years MardiGrass Polite recruitment drive
is looking for more overalls and bodies to fill them, and for
the first time our new division, the Polite Undercover Surveillance
Squad (PUSS), is taking enrolments and there are unlimited vacancies
left. Bring a camera if you have one and a mobile phone for
Undercover Polite work.Since last year, the POLITE Missions
have taken the BIG JOINT to Sydney and Canberra to meet Obama.
They've certainly made their presence felt from the HEMP BAR-POLITE
BUREAU attached to the Embassy. As ambassadors for cannabis
law reform and advocates of medicinal cannabis, the POLITE will
champion the cause again at this years' Rally on May 5th and
6th, carrying the parade flagship BIG JOINT at 2.30pm on MardiGrass
Sunday. During the big weekend, Nimbin POLITE will coordinate
with Jungle Patrol, the Justice Action Group (JAG) and the Civil
Liberties Observer Group (CLOG). They will document all civil
liberty complaints and also witness the behaviour of law enforcement.
New 'Undercover Operatives' will be trained to mingle with the
crowd and detect suspicious activities! Watch out for a MardiGrass
warm up at the now annual April Fools Day Polite Raids.
*MardiGrass Arm Bands and Passes:MardiGrass
has always been about trust but it doesn’t happen all
by itself. Months of preparation and ground work go into the
weekend so the village as a whole benefits as well as the thousands
of visitors. We’d like it to happen in such a way that
everyone who attends it has an uplifting experience. Accordingly,
the MardiGrass organisers ask that everyone understands the
critical importance of buying armbands. Without you buying armbands
we are history. Some businesses even give preferential service
to armband wearers and we support that. We need your support.
Please buy one.
If you are thinking it's safe to smoke in your parked
car, don't. Police officers home in on the flick of lighters
and glowing joints in cars at night, checking it out and busting
people. So smoking bongs/billies in car parks at night is not
a good idea.
CLOG
¤ 2012
The Civil Liberties
Observer Group for the MardiGrass of 2012 is a joint community
action being hosted by the LEXUS Union of Students of Southern
Cross University on behalf of and in partnership with the Nimbin
Justice Action Group, the MardiGrass Organising Body, and the
Hemp Embassy of Nimbin: towards assisting in the non-violent
realisation of peace and harmony via organised and informed
prudential observation
all violence is
counter-productive
informed observers
make better coppers
better coppers
make fewer arrests
Thursday
and Friday before MG at 4pm in Town Hall .....POLITE, CLOG (Civil
Liberties Observer Group)
Check out the 2NimFM radio
podcast site at http://nimbinradiomedia.libsyn.com/
This site includes podcasts of many of the 2NimFM radio programs
broadcast during last MardiGrass. They will be recording events
over this MardiGrass and posting new material as it comes in.
While
at MardiGrass, Tune your FM radio to
Nimbin's own NIM
FM 102.3, broadcasting and interviewing
live from venues around the village.
Let's Roll!
FRIDAY
May 4th
Town
Hall:
10:00am
- Town Hall Information Booth
opens All MardiGrass Passes Available
Here!
Join the HEMP Party!
The MardiGrass Family
Cafe in the Town Hall open all weekend serving healthy meals.
6:00pm
Picker's Ball Entry:
Show a Weekend Pass, otherwise $15. (Concession $10) - Tune in,
Turn on and Lighten Up:
4:20pm
- Web Cam Broadcast begins at H*E*M*P Party Bar
:NimbinHempBar.com
includes Church of the Holy Smoke MardiGrass Blessing with the
sacrificial $US100 note lighting the joint on the very moment
of 4:20. Pot Art on display here also. HEMP Party Members
meet 6:00 pm each evening here.
6:00 pm GREY POWER
A gathering of grandparents, parents and children outside the
H*E*M*P Embassy. The POLITE Service will capture evidence in images,
that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is multi generational
support for Cannabis Law Reform. If you're a Grandparent (or look
like one) please join this very POLITE Photo and youtube movie
gathering.
Max Stone www.BigJoint.org
Allsop
Park * 5:00 pm -
Opening Ceremony –
with Nunukel Kunjeil – Music until the Hemp Olympix Torch
Bearer arrives from the South with the Eternal Flame For The Victims
Of Prohibition. From 29th April to May 7th 1770 are the dates
of Captain Cooks stay at Botany Bay, when he raised the flag.
In our MardiGrass Opening on Friday evening when we do the "Introduction
to Country" by the local elders there will be a smoking ceremony
and stories for the Thanksgiving where you can bring gifts to
share. There will also be a minute's silence for all Victims of
Prohibition and speakers, followed by the Pickers Ball.
SkateJam
2012 * All weekend in Peace Park!
Street Drumming * Please
leave the street open for traffic though!
Rainbow Cafe * Est. 1973 :
6:30pm on *
Hemp Bar and Polite Bureau
serving hempseed food and coffee with the Pot Art Exhibition on
all weekend. The Bar and Embassy start taking entries
for Pot Art from the beginning of April.
Mingle Park
* DRY CAMP * Behind the Museum
Bush Theatre * A magic
spot by the river at the northern end of Nimbin is running MardiGrass
Movies all weekend. The Hemp Solution, past MardiGrass Movies,
Cheech and Chong, Environmental Films and more. Great Food.
Nimbin Hotel * Music *
The Nimbin Aboriginal Arts
and Culture Centre, in Sibley Street on the way
to Peace Park, will be open throughout the MardiGrass weekend
with Bush Tucker, an Art Exhibition and a chance to talk with
Local Elders. A forum, "Yarndi in Koori Communities"
Saturday at 1:00pm
Roll On!
SATURDAY
May 5th
4:20am
to Dawn * Mahawana Sunrise Meditation
11am * Kaptan Reefer and the
Konescrapers plus Johnny (No Cash) Ganja
11:30 * Hemp Olympix registration
12:00 - 2:00 * Tug
O' Drug War between Police and Polite with the Big Hemp Rope
followed by the Hemp Olympix First Heats of the Bong Throw and
Yell, followed by the Growers Ironperson Event. Hosted by S
Sorrensen and Alan Glover.
3:00 pm * Hemp Olympix
Joint Rolling First Heats (Speed, Artistic and Adverse Conditions)
and a chance for everyone to roll a "joint" for the
Global Marijuana March after.
4:00 pm * Global Marijuana
March leaves Peace Park for the HEMP Embassy and arrival of
the Kombi Konvoy for a world record attempt at the most joints
ever lit at once in the one place.......Before leaving everyone
will be encouraged to roll something that looks like a joint
from herbs provided, so that when we all arrive outside the
Embassy after the Konvoy has passed, we can, at the call, light
up simultaneously, and please blow as much smoke as possible
for the cameras. The whole world is watching....whatever sort
of joint you feel comfortable with?!
Town Hall:
Chill Zone, Medical Cannabis meeting place, Forums, Food, Peace
& Quiet in the Garden. The MardiGrass Family Cafe in the
Town Hall open all weekend.
* Town Hall Garden*
MULLAWAY MEDICAL CANNABIS MEETING Register for Tony Bower's
medical cannabis clinic, the first in the country. MS, HIV,
cancer and chronic pain sufferers are invited to be part of
Australias first medical cannabis dispensary trial. Bring medical
documentation to confirm your condition if you are a new applicant.
1:00 pm *Medical Cannabis Tent
* "Bubblebag" Hash Making Demonstration
* Bubble Bag demonstration - Come see and learn how to use official
Bubble Bag brand water filtration bags so that you can produce
the highest quality resin extract from your plants. This will
be a demonstration using lavender.
2:00pm HEMP Party meeting in
the Tent.
3.00pm
*Talk with Kog
in the Tent where he will sign copies of his Golden Book on
growing, or the CD, which will be showing in the Embassy and
Museum all weekend.
4:20
pm * Kombi Konvoy turning up outside.
Harvest
Ball - 6:00pm - Town Hall Concert for Cannabis Law Reform
MardiGrass
Big Saturday Night Out.
6:00 pm * The Cooking
with Cannabis, Vaporizer demonstration and other ways of getting
Good Medicine into you without smoking. Garden Medican Tent.
8
till 10:00 pm Stand
Up Comedy Show ......Saturday night only... hosted by S Sorrensen &
Alan Glover with Steady Eddie and others..
Other Roadside Attractions:
Members of the Northern Rivers
Hemp Association are keen to meet any potential farmers, product
processors or anyone interested in the NSW hemp industry, at
their display in the MardiGrass Market (See map). Check out
fibre and seed samples from the 2011 crop, hemp fabrics, papers,
building materials and plastics, footage of the first NSW commercial
hempseed food crops and a video of hemp building.
Find out about the Northern Rivers Hemp Association and what
they're doing."
Nimbin
Museum* Register for the MWSCC
(MardiGrass World Stoned Chess Championship) in the Museum by
Midday Saturday, in Peace Park. Winner decided by Sunday sunset.
Drug testing will be compulsory, but not after every move!
11:00AM Last chance to join
the Ganja Faeries. Meeting at the signs (by the Oasis)
at the exit of the Western Car Park for Final Practice. LAST
CHANCE to be in the Parade WITH the Faeries.
Rainbow Cafe * Est. 1973
: 6:30pm on *
HEMP Party
Bar
and POLITE BUREAU - Fair Dinkum stand up voters can register
here to join the HEMP Party!
The H*E*M*P*Bar (and web camera) will be
"Demonstrating" a wide selection of highly delicious
and nutritious (zero THC) Hemp Foods during the MardiGrass.
Hemp Burgers, Hemp Cakes, Hemp Cookies and Chocolate Hemp Truffles.
We will also be offering all varieties of hot and cold coffee,
tea and chai as well as local Love cordial.
As we all know the H*E*M*P*Bar can only seat 42.0 people
comfortably at any one time, so a MardiGrass Pass will be required.
8.30 till late * The H*E*M*P*Bar will be hosting a
W.A.N party, where the focus is to be on uploading images and
other information to youtubes, facebooks and other networks,
bring your laptop, mobile phone and camera.....
12:00
* MardiGrass World Stoned Chess Championship registration closes,
competition begins, in the Museum.
4:20pmKOMBI
KONVOY arrives in Nimbin, having wended
its way from Byron Bay, via Lismore.
Sponsored by Rvbyesque - Could people in the crowd please refrain
from jumping on the back bumpers of Kombis as they pass through
town, as it can damage the vehicles. Pliz sho' respekt bro'.
4:20
pm * The Global Marijuana March
Where well over 1 million cannabis law reform activists in nearly
300 cities around the globe will be protesting. In Nimbin we
will once again aim to break the world record for the most joints
ever lit at once in the same place at the same time.
Be smart and bring a "joint"! After the last Kombi
has passed, wait for the call and we will light up, and produce
as much smoke as possible for the cameras recording the event.
Viva la Fume!
6:00 pm * HEMP Party Members meet 6:00 pm
each evening in the HEMP BAR.
Nimbin Community Centre * MardiGrass Market Stage * Family Friendly *
Cranking music all weekend:
Pot
Art - entries can be left or sent to the HEMP Embassy
from April First
Nimbin Hotel
*
Food, drink, and live entertainment
Bush Theatre * A
magic spot by the river at the northern end of Nimbin is running
MardiGrass Movies all weekend. The Hemp Solution, past MardiGrass
Movies, Cheech and Chong, Environmental Films and more. Great
Food.
Mingle Park
* DRY CAMP * Behind the Museum
..Music and comedy from midday Saturday with "Yarndi Yarns
1:00pm JAG (Justice Action Group) BBQ with free legal
counselling, includes Rubbish Bong Race where contestants have
to make a bong from whatever they can find, and show it works.
Music throughout the weekend including Paranoia Club, Louis
Burdett, Manu, and Chris Fisher.
MC Robert Corowa says."Freedom is for all plants and animals
as well as humans. No one has the right to tell me what I can
or cannot eat."
The BOWLO
1:00pm at the *BOWLO* Open
all weekend* Great food * Legal Drug (alcohol)
Bush Theatre
* Possibly the Sixth Hemplore Pro Pot Art Tattoo Show will happen.
To be confirmed! (Entrants register 10:00am to 12:45pm)
Silent Doof! (Earphones!)
A MardiGrass First. More Info Soon!
8:00pm on * NIM
FM MARDIGRASS ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY "WikiDoof"
........bring your radio, headset, phone, earphones or whatever
you need to tune in to 102.3.
The very first attempt at Prohibition!
"Don't eat the Fruit of the Tree
of Knowledge of Good and Evil."
So what's the first thing they did?
Ate the forbidden fruit.
The failure of Prohibition has a long history.
Roll it up!
SUNDAY
May 6th
Town
Hall:
Chill Zone, Forums, Music, Food, with Medican Tent in the Garden.
The MardiGrass Family Cafe in the Town Hall open all weekend.
10:00 am * The Pot
Poets Breakfast......MC David Hallet .......A potted pot-pourri
of some of the region's top performance poets will be poeting
their infamous pot poems....visiting pot poets welcome.
11:00 am * Legal Advice
Session with Steve Bolt and James Moylan.
12:00 pm * MardiGrass
Beyond Prohibition Workshop - MC Ray Thorpe. Special guests;
Dr Alex Wodak, Paul Wilson, Dr Bob Melamede and friends.
All Day *
Town Hall Garden* MULLAWAY MEDICAL CANNABIS MEETING Register
for Tony Bower's medical cannabis clinic, the first in the country.
MS, HIV, cancer and chronic pain sufferers are invited to be
part of Australias first medical cannabis dispensary trial.
Bring medical documentation to confirm your condition if you
are a new applicant.
12:00am
*Talk with Kog
in the Tent where he will sign copies of his Golden Book on
growing, or the CD, which will be showing in the Embassy and
Museum all weekend.
1:00 pm *Medical Cannabis Tent
* "Bubblebag" Hash Making Demonstration
* Bubble Bag demonstration - Come see and learn how to use official
Bubble Bag brand water filtration bags so that you can produce
the highest quality resin extract from your plants. This will
be a demonstration using lavender.
2:30 pm * The Rally is on,
starting from Peace Park!
5:00 pm * Joint Rolling
Finals, followed by the Plantathlon Award for the best Hemp
Olympix All-rounder, in memory of Chicken
George, the legendary Plantem of previous
MardiGrass.
6:00 pm * Medican
Tent * The Cooking with Cannabis, Vaporizer demonstration and
other ways of getting Good Medicine into you without smoking.
Peace Park:
Dawn * Mahawana Sunrise Meditation
SkateJam all weekend!
11:00 am * Seed Swap
11:30 * Hemp Olympix registration
for Last Heats.
12:00 till 2:00 pm * Hemp Olympix
* Last Heats and Finals] Growers Iron Person, Hemp Rope Tug
O' Peace & Bong Throw and Yell.
Other Roadside Attractions:
12:00 Market Area *
Industrial Hemp Forum, - Speakers include Dr Keith Bolton, Dr
Andrew Katelaris and NSW hemp farmers. If you are interested
in being involved in the local hemp industry, come to the Hemp
Forum.
Members of the Northern
Rivers Hemp Association are keen to meet any potential farmers,
product processors or anyone interested in the NSW hemp industry,
at their display. Check out fibre samples from last year's crop,
hemp fabrics, papers, building materials and plastics, footage
of the first NSW commercial crops and a video of hemp building.
Find out about the Northern Rivers Hemp Association and what
they're doing.
Mingle Park
* DRY CAMP * Behind the Museum
..Music and comedy from midday Sunday
including Paranoia Club, Louis Burdett, Manu, and Chris Fisher.
MC Robert Corowa says."Freedom is for all plants and animals
as well as humans. No one has the right to tell me what I can
or cannot eat."
HEMP
Party Bar - - Fair Dinkum stand up voters
can register here to join the HEMP Party! Polite Bureau serving Hempseed food and coffee
Nimbin Community Centre 10: 00 am to 6:00 pm* MardiGrass
Market Stage * Family Friendly * Cranking music all weekend:
Nimbin Hotel
*
Food, drink, and live entertainment.
Bush Theatre * A
magic spot by the river at the northern end of Nimbin is running
MardiGrass Movies all weekend. The Hemp Solution, past MardiGrass
Movies, Cheech and Chong, Environmental Films and more. Great
Food.
CANNABIS LAW REFORM RALLY AND PARADE * Prohibition
is an incitement, not a control!
2:00pm
* Gather and get ready for theMardiGrass Parade. If you want to
be in it join us all in Peace Park. The march is the main event,
so please come.
FLOAT COMPETITION
First
Prize One Thousand dollars.
Second Prize $250 voucher from the Happy Herb Company
Third Prize $100 voucher from the Happy Herb Company
CONDITIONS:
Height – Floats must not exceed 3.2 metres from “the
road”.
Width – Must not exceed 2.4 metres wide.
Length – Should not exceed 4.2 metres long, however
this is a bit flexible.
Floats must be peopled or green powered.
You will be given a competitor number at the beginning
of the Parade. Floats may feature a single person
or group, or may be a centrepiece of a larger on foot
display.
These floats are our
opportunity to present a powerful message to the outside
world of both celebration and/or protest. Your float
can express whatever you feel or want to share. We
need floats and displays that reflect our area, our
people, our pride and desires for the future, our
fun and festivity.
Drug Law Reform is a
major focus of this festival and we encourage all
to have their say.
JUDGING:
Judges will remain unknown
until the day of the event. They will be women and
men, and mostly not part of the Happy Herb Company.
A 1-10 point score method
will be adopted.
1. Judged pre-parade
whilst assembling:
Use of recycled materials
Originality
Punctuality
2. Judging During Parade:
Function (Locomotion)
Costumes
Message power
Overall effect
Crowd response
PRIZES will be presented
to nominated heads of winning floats in Peace Park
after the Rally. Contact the HEMP Embassy for details
on 66891842
2:30pm CANNABIS LAW
REFORM RALLY The Parade begins at Peace Park led by the Widjibal
Elders of the Bunjalung Nation, with children holding the Koori
flag, and makes its way to the Rally in Peace Park. Sometimes
the parade might stop while the Ganja Faeries up front do a
brief performance. This keeps the parade from being too hasty
and allows the crowd a better opportunity to take it all in.
Everyone waits behind the BIG JOINT until the procession continues.
No rush. Percussionists who have not been practicing with the
Ganja Faerie troupe are asked to form a second Drumming Troupe,
further back in the parade to provide a continuing accompaniment
for the parade.
At the end of the Rally we all surrender and end the War!!!Bring a white flag or other symbol - rubber toothbrush,
soap on a rope, joint or hemp plant!
Parade Float prizes will be awarded before the MardiGrass
Harvest Celebration takes over the stage.
Short speeches by Bundjalung Elders, Dr Bob Melamede,
Steve Bolt, Neil Pike, Dr Andrew Katelaris, Ann Symons, Alex Wodak,
Paul Wilson, Dr Keith Bolton, Michael Balderstone and Overseas
Guests.
"This is our twentieth consecutive annual Rally for Cannabis
Law Reform. We vowed to Rally every year on the first Sunday in
May until we are no longer criminals for using this herb. The
recent Nimbin police raids have highlighted their need to reconsider
how their limited resources are spent. For over three decades
they have been picking on the pot smokers in Nimbin with very
expensive operations which have made little or no difference other
than to create more young people with criminal records for life.
Building more jails is a primitive approach to what is obviously
a health and social issue."
After the
Rally - More Music in Town Hall:
THANK YOU ONE
AND ALL!
Next up, MardiGrass
XXI
2013
40th Anniversary of the Nimbin Aquarius Festival
20th Anniversary of MardiGrass
Sponsors
Ray's Rave:
Addictions and How Herbs
Can Help
Addiction, whether it be cannabis,
alcohol or opiate, are quite serious conditions which requires
dedication and willpower to overcome. The Happy Herb Company is
now putting alot of emphasis on assisting people with their addictions.
We believe that plants play a very important role in giving people
alternatives to the habits that they desperately want to change
in order to increase their quality of life.
Herbal remedies can offer help,
especially in the following areas:
1) Alternatives for use reduction
2) Natural treatment for withdrawal and recovery
3) Interruption of the desire for the substance
4) Nutritional support.
Visit your local store today or
call the warehouse to find out more.......it could change your
life.
*
KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE... Nimbin Aquarius Foundation...
CLOG
¤ 2012
FRIDAY
SkateJam
2012 * All weekend in Peace Park!
SATURDAY
4:20
pm * Kombi Konvoy turning up outside.
4:20
pm * The Global Marijuana March
Where well over 1 million cannabis law reform activists in nearly
300 cities around the globe will be protesting. In Nimbin we
will once again aim to break the world record for the most joints
ever lit at once in the same place at the same time.
Pot
Art - entries can be left or sent to the HEMP Embassy
from April First 
SUNDAY
HEMP
Party Bar - - Fair Dinkum stand up voters
can register here to join the HEMP Party!
First
Prize One Thousand dollars.
