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Full Weekend Pass costs $20 and gives
you access to Peace Park and the Nimbin Town Hall . This includes
the Pickers' Ball on Saturday night, the Hemp Olympix, the Cannabis
Discussion Forums and Talks, the Industrial Hemp and the Grow
Expos in Peace Park, etc, etc.
A One Day Pass for either
Saturday or Sunday costs $15.
The Hemp
Embassy endeavours to keep MardiGrass accessible to everyone,
but we need YOU to BUY A PASS to cover costs and support the future
of MardiGrass and our efforts for Cannabis Law Reform.
Please
be generous of heart.
If you cannot afford that or just want
to contribute to the cause, you can register as a volunteer at
the Hemp Embassy or the Information Booth in front of the Hall.
Four hours volunteering earns you a weekend pass.
We need volunteers from as early as Wednesday
on, so if you want to be part of the preparations, come early.
Please remember
to respect this village that allows this festival, and try to
conduct yourself as a true ambassador for HEMP. Do not give our
opponents free ammunition through bad behaviour. The whole world
is watching, possibly when you least expect it.... Be your best
self. Peace.
The Jungle Patrol,
the parking attendants, all the people doing the work that make
it possible, they are all VOLUNTEERS, so please try to help them
to help you.
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Recycling at MardiGrass
Please help to keep MardiGrass
CLEAN and GREEN. Place all waste, recyclables and organics
in the correct bin at one of the 7 recycling stations. Each
recycling station will contain three bins:
Recyclables Bin: for all
plastics, aluminium and steel cans and glass.
Organics Bin: for all
food scraps and compostable paper items.
(no plastic lined paper plates/cups or plastic cutlery please)
Mixed Waste Bin: for all
non-recyclable and non-compostable items.
Full Circle Environmental Solutions will
be coordinating this year’s recycling program (on behalf
of Lismore City Council) and they aim to recover as many recyclables
and compostable organic materials as possible.
Please assist by
‘not littering’ and ‘doing the right bin’.
Thankyou.
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ARE YOU CANNABIS
CUP JUDGE MATERIAL?
Don't forget to
buy a raffle ticket
for a chance at the honour of being a Cannabis Cup Judge.
Drawn in Town Hall
at 5:00pm on Saturday.
To find out how
to enter in the Cup, ask at the Information Booth at the Town
Hall.
You must be 18 years old or over, and
wearing a MardiGrass armband.
Our Page
Three Girls
Page Four
Mardi Grass 2005
will feature the launch of an exciting new Australian cannabis
publication; Headspace Australian Cannabis Culture.
This long-over due, earth shattering magazine with pounds of locally
grown content is one of the cheapest souvenirs available in Nimbin,
featuring the talents of many hard-core cannabis law reform activists
from the Industrial, Medicinal and Recreational fields. All the
hemp fields.
Be sure to check out their stand in town and grab the voice of
your culture. Limited print run only.
The
Book by Andrew Kavasilas
"Medical
Uses of Cannabis - Information for Medical Practitioners"
The Thirteenth Mardigrass
PROGRAM of EVENTS, so
far...
Some things happen both days of the MardiGrass weekend,
don't miss the 4:20
at the Hemp Bar.
The Industrial and Grow Expos in Peace Park. Markets
and Music around the Market Stage in the Community Centre.
Big
Bong Burger Bar Pot Art. Comedy from 9:00pm till late
at the Oasis Cafe. Marijuana Music Awards
at the Rainbow Cafe. The HEMP Olympix. Kog.
Traditional Dance with Nunakal Kanjeil the
Mullet Fish Clan Corroboree behind Museum.
While at MardiGrass,
Tune your FM radio to NIM FM 102.3
broadcasting live from venues around the village.
Join the HEMP
Party at the Info Booth!
Chill Out Zones:
Community Gardens
Bush Factory/Cinema - Cafe open,
video projection of old pot prohibition propaganda and activists
movies, music.
Sunday's Reggae Garden Party
* Friday April 29th *
4:20pm - Hemp Bar - Light
up time, and let the webcam begin!!
4:30pm to Midnight - Djanbung Gardens
- Nimbin Reggae Club Garden Party
- One of Australia’s premier Reggae music occasions, Roots
music inna spectacular setting, featuring 14 awesome Bands over
2 days headlined by Cornerstone Roots (NZ) & The Herbillests
(USA) @ Nimbin MardiGrass’05.
(Independent Event :Book in advance, $20.00, tickets are limited
& on sale now @ Grooven in Byron Bay, Bringabong in Nimbin
or online; email nimbineco@wildmail.com)
Sunset
- About 5:30pm - Allsop Park - MardiGrass Opening Ceremony in
the village centre.
Hemp Olympix Torch Runner lights the Flame for Victims
of Prohibition.
Minutes Silence.
Dance by Chantico for Schapelle Corby
Welcoming Speeches
7:00pm - Bush
Theatre - Fresh Picking "2"
- With Rhianna, Liquorice Allsorts CanCan,
Hiphop, Rappers, DJ's & More
(Independent Event : Tickets $5.00 kids; $10.00 adults; $15.00
families)
Evening - Town Hall - Light
Grooves & Chill space with Chris
Nimbin Hotel Music
- Azadoota & Skin from 4:00pm
Bowlo
- Friday Night -
Romaniacs
* Saturday April 30th
*
Peace Park
10:00am - Local Music -
Hemp Expo -"Grow Well" Tent
 11:00am
- Sign on and First Round of the Bong Throw & Yell, and the
running of the Grower's Ironperson Event - (Olympix
Rules)
1:00pm - Grower's Forum
& Talk by Kog
3:30pm - Arrival of Kombi
Konvoy
HEMP Embassy (out front)
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Welcome
to Nimbin - Concert by Local Bands,
One4One & THE SHED
Hemp Bar
4:20pm - World Record Attempt
for "greatest number of joints simultaneously lit and smoked
in one location" How many can we get? Come and see! (18 years
and over only please)
 Town
Hall
(Entry subject to Hall capacity)
10:00am - Music with Kelly
- Jo - Film - Food
12:00 noon - Forums on the
Legal, Industrial, Medicinal,and Political sides of Cannabis,
as well as the Negative Consequences of Prohibition. (All times
are pox.)
- 12:00pm - Dr Keith Bolton - Establishing the North
Coast Hemp Industry
- 1:00pm - Legal Advice Session with Steve Bolt &
Friends - Bring your questions on
sniffer dogs, saliva testing, cookies, Bali, and so on.
- 2:00pm - Medicinal Cannabis Discussion Group - Dr
John Jiggens will read his paper about Cannabis and Schizophrenia
to begin with. Note that it takes a scientific approach and
tests the “Reefer Madness” hypothesis against the
evidence. It quite comprehensively demolishes the “Reefer
Madness” hypothesis by looking at the evidence concerning
levels of schizophrenia and levels of cannabis use in Australia.
This will be followed by a Forum for Medicinal
Cannabis Users, their friends, and anyone who works in
the field. All welcome to share experience and knowledge.
- 3:30pm - (Kombi Konvoy arrival outside)
- 4:00pm - Pot Politics and the Wider Social Consequences
of Prohibition - What
can
we do about it? Strategies, Discussions. HEMP and Green representatives
will be there, now what about Liberal or Labor?
5:00pm - Hemp Olympix -
Sign on and First Round of Joint Rolling - -
includes Cannabis Cup Draw of Raffle for Positions
on the Judging Panel. You must have a ticket, armband, and
be 18 years of age or over.
Followed
by - Book Launch - "Jesus Weed" by Gerald Taylor
6:00pm - Cannabis
Cup - at a location not to be announced.
7:30pm - Picker's
Ball - While this is
the 13th anniversary for the MardiGrass Law Reform rally, it is
the 21st anniversary of the Pickers’ Ball. There were Pickers
Balls held at various local halls in the years before MardiGrass
began, when growers and friends came together to celebrate the
results of the season. For a couple of years it ran in tandem
with the MardiGrass Harvest Ball before it reasserted itself as
the name with the longer history. It fits well with this year’s
MardiGrass theme, “Return to the Garden”.
This year’s Ball will see a massed Reggae jam in the Town
Hall. Anyone wishing to participate (i.e. sing, play, or perform)
is invited to be in the hall in the afternoon on the Thursday
or Friday immediately before MardiGrass.
 Rainbow
Cafe
11:00am -
Marijuana Music Live Performance Award Heats
1:30pm -
Marijuana Music Live Performance Award Heats
4:00pm -
Marijuana Music Live Performance Award Heats
7:00pm on - The Herbillest
gig along with Mona Lizard and other local musicians
Oasis Cafe
9:00pm on -
"Night of Comedy" with S Sorrensen, Alan Glover, Mandy
Nolan, Akmal Saleh, Brendan Lovchild, Mona Lizard, & Christine
Strelan
 Behind
the Museum
12:00 noon - Traditional Dance by Nunakal Kanjeil
the Mullet Fish Clan Corroboree
Bush
Theatre
10:30am on - Chill
Space with a Diverse Range of Short Films about Nimbin,
Hemp, etc
11:00am - 5:00pm
- The Secrets and Lies Film Festival
Nightime
- 8:00pm - The
Bliss Mongers - Conscious Celtic Reggae Grooves
- 10:00pm
- The Mighty Pragmatics - 10 piece Deep Funk & Soul Band
(Independent Event : Tickets $15.00 Concession $12:50)
Mulgum Cafe Open All Weekend for Food & Beverages
Djanbung Gardens
4:30pm to Midnight - Nimbin
Reggae Club Garden Party (Independent Event: Tickets $20.00)
Nimbin Hotel Music
- Fatter than Nusrat, Mousemoon from 4:00pm
Bowlo
Night - Guy
Kachel supporting the Henchmam
Both Days -
4:20 at the Hemp Bar.
The Industrial and Grow Expos in
Peace Park. Markets
and Music around the Market Stage in the Community Centre.
Big
Bong Burger Bar Pot Art. Comedy
from 9:00pm till late at the Oasis Cafe. Marijuana
Music Awards at the Rainbow Cafe. The HEMP
Olympix. Kog. Traditional
Dance with Nunakal Kanjeil the Mullet Fish Clan Corroboree behind
Museum.
* Sunday May 1st *
Top of Cecil Street,
Opposite the Police Station
 1:30pm
- Gather for the Cannabis Law Reform Rally
2:00pm - The Protest
March begins......
Bowlo
10:00am -
BareFoot Social Bowls
Peace Park
10:00am - Music - Hemp Expo
- "Grow Well" Tent.
10:30am - - Hemp Olympix
- Sign on and Second Round of Bong Throw & Yell, and Grower's
Ironperson Event.
11:00am - Seed Swap
12:00 noon - Grower's Forum
with Kog
3:00pm approx
- Cannabis Law Reform Rally ARRIVES at
Peace Park- Speakers include Keith Bolton, Kog, Councillor
John Lazarus, Paul Swan - Marijuana Music Awards
Top three give live performance for audience judging.
Town Hall
(Entry subject to Hall capacity)
10:00am - "Medical
Purposes Only" - Martin Preedy & Friends
12:00pm - 1:30pm - Dr Keith
Bolton - Establishing the North Coast Hemp Industry
4:00pm -
Hemp Olympix - Second Round and Final - Joint Rolling
 Oasis
Cafe
9:00pm on - "Comedy
Finale " with S Sorrensen, Alan Glover, Mark McConville,
Mona Lizard, & a surprise guest!
Rainbow Cafe
4:00pm -
The Herbillest and Sydney bands The Family, Azadoota and Herb
Superb perform at the Marijuana Music Awards gig
Behind
the Museum
12:00pm - Nunakal Kanjeil
the Mullet Fish Clan Corroboree
Bush
Theatre
10:30am on - Chill
Space with a Diverse Range of Short Films about Nimbin,
Hemp, etc
11:00am - 2:00pm
- with a break for the protest rally -
4:00pm - 5:00pm - The Secrets and Lies
Film Festival
Nimbin Hotel Music
- Stevie Page & Metaphor from 4:00pm
Both Days -
4:20 at the Hemp Bar.
The Industrial and Grow Expos in
Peace Park. Markets
and Music around the Market Stage in the Community Centre.
Big
Bong Burger Bar Pot Art. Comedy
from 9:00pm till late at the Oasis Cafe. Marijuana
Music Awards at the Rainbow Cafe. The HEMP
Olympix. Kog. Traditional
Dance by Nunakal Kanjeil the Mullet Fish Clan Corroboree behind
Museum.
*********
Last year people had such a good time
that we had too many late night noise complaints. As a result
there is a midnight curfew on amplified music and loud drumming!
Please remember
to respect this village that allows this festival, and try to
conduct yourself as a true ambassador for HEMP. Do not give our
opponents free ammunition through bad behaviour. The whole world
is watching, possibly when you least expect it.... Be your best
self. Peace.
The Nimbin
Bowls Club
Jack High
Bistro
Open for
Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner
on
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Chef Adam
will look after all your needs in Air-Conditioned Comfort.
Full Bar
Facility, Competitive Prices, and the Coldest Beer in Town.
Friday Night - 29th
April - Romaniacs
Saturday Night - 30th
April - Guy Kachel supporting the Henchman
Sunday 1st May - Barefoot
Bowls 10:00am Start
Enjoy a Game of
Bowls in the fresh air of Nimbin
See you at the Bowlo!
Join the HEMP Party
at the Embassy or Town Hall Information Booth!!
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