The Official Print
Version of the Program
has gone to the
printers. (May 1st)
This page will
contain any changes made after that. It will probably continue
to be changed, even as late as Saturday...so keep checking in
if u can....
Think about it...
Pot Paranoia- chicken or egg?
Ever since the days of Reefer Madness, self-styled drug experts
have been demonizing cannabis and cannabis users. Is the tragic,
shuffling spectre of the pot-addled teen psychotic just the
latest in a long line of government-generated media myths or
is there some truth to it? Does cannabis lead to schizophrenia
or is the supposed current rise in mental health problems just
a chicken-or-egg symptom of the pressures of modern life? Who
wouldn't get depressed in today's world?
War on Terror/War on Drugs
The 21st Century has seen a conservative resurgence unequalled
in our lifetimes. Civil liberties and human rights have been
increasingly eroded in the name of internal security and the
war on terror. Police powers have been expanded and personal
freedom has been reduced. The concept of "Big Brother"
has been reduced in the public mind to a cheesy reality TV show.
How do the new police powers impact on our lives? With helicopters,
sniffer dogs, saliva testing and anti-terrorist laws, where
do pot-heads stand in all this?
Just how organic is organic?
Various indoor cannabis-growing techniques have been developed
worldwide over the last 20 years. This has resulted in a supposedly
"new" type of drug- hydroponic marijuana. The media,
politicians and police have seized on this and generated much
hysteria and a whole battery of new laws based on very little
hard information.
But what exactly defines "hydroponic"... both from
a gardening and a legal point of view? Is it possible to grow
"organic hydro"? Are there really strains of pot that
are "seven times stronger" and if so, where can we
get some?
The way forward- zero tolerance or harm minimalisation.
While Australia blindly follows the American model of zero tolerance
to drugs, the UK is in the throes of a pot renaissance. A few
years back, the British Police Union refused to process any
more pot possession charges, claiming they had more important
things to do. Cannabis was de-scheduled and now Britain rivals
Amsterdam for both sensible laws and high quality pot. The Prime
Minister Tony Blair recently admitted that his father-in-law
liked the occasional joint. If John Howard is such a Queen-lover,
why on Earth are we playing by Uncle Sam's rules? When will
someone turn on Johnny's father-in-law?
Neil Pike 2006
COME AND MARCH AGAINST "GOVERMENT-INDUCED-PSYCHOSIS",
BEFORE HOWARDS WAY
(a long-running well-televised fantasy)
BECOMES
LAW!
MUSIC
Diana Anaid, Zero
Tolerance and The Riot Squad, Maxx Mango and the Seedless Variety,
Love Bus, CHARLIE McMAHON and didjeribone, Martin Preedy &
Friends, Loose Joints, Max White, Lioneye, Donato, Burri, Bob,Sam,
The Blue Jays, Doug and Biskit, Lisa Yeates and many more
The Medieval Knights
of the Black Grail will be present at the weekend, complete
with armour, and will give some gruesome performances of beheadings,
disembowellings, garroting, and burnings at the stake. Punishments
of the Past! Enjoy them if you dare!
Black Grail Promotions specialises
in medieval entertainment.
GottaGrow
has given support to this years MardiGrass, and Richard Hurley
sends his message, and some words
about Advanced Nutrients, plus some articles by Jade Kine,
"A Realistic Perspective
of So-Called “Super-Pot” Why high-grade indoor cannabis
is the healthiest cannabis yet" and "Reefer
Madness Déjà vu
The Psychosis behind Recent Anti-Cannabis Scare Tactics"
We would like to take this time to thank the Hemp Embassy
for the wonderful opportunity to help sponsor this great event
this year. Thanks to all for the great time at last year’s
Mardigrass. It was an event to be remembered forever. We hope
that this year’s event is even better! For all of you
that did not come down to our tent last year to get samples
of our fertilizers, make sure you do this year. We would also
like to take the opportunity to congratulate the two finalists
in last year’s Nimbin MardiGrass Cannabis Cup that won
the trophies using Advanced Nutrients. In the last year alone
in Australia, Canada, the United States, Amsterdam, and France
there were 11 different cups won by growers using Advanced Nutrients
world wide. That’s more trophies than any other fertilizer
company has ever been able to lay claim to. At Advanced Nutrients,
we don’t just help you grow plants, we help you grow trophy-winning
gardens. If you want to join the ranks of the world’s
top growers, then get yourself some Advanced Nutrients today
and see the results for yourself...
(Read more here..)
A Full Weekend
Pass costs $20 and gives you access
to all official activities, including those in Peace Park and
the Nimbin Town Hall . A One
Day Pass for either Saturday or Sunday costs
$15.
The
MardiGrass Organising Body 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 and Twenty minutes (4:20) 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.
A BLATANT
PLUG:
The
HEMP Embassy is the main contributor to MardiGrass.
Help them to help us put it on again.
Buy something from them. Go on.
The Embassy will be open as much as possible given the
staff want to be outside in it too. Meet Kog here around sunset,
Saturday and Sunday, for signings of his new book...
You are getting
sleepier, (yawn) you are getting sleepier,(yawn), you are completely
under my control, (yawn) when you stop reading this you will
go and BUY something at the HEMP Embassy! FINGER SNAP! Go. Must
see Kog....
Cookies are not always a "weak" option. Every MardiGrass
we get a few people who take too many too fast, and immobilise
themselves, missing everything....sleeping it off, or being
upset or disoriented at being in a condition they did not expect.
So try not to pig out on da Cookies, OK?! Take it slow, till
you know, that's the go......
Medical Cannabis - the state of
play
The Information Booth will
be outside the Town Hall
Join the HEMP Party here. Buy Armbands, Cup Raffle Tickets.
Get Programs, Information. Volunteer.
Just in case you wondered what a thc molecule looked
like.
Program similar to last year,
but here's some changes:
The
HEMP Party wants you - if you are registered to vote and live
in Australia - please join
If you live in NSW - PLEASE JOIN!
Forms at Info Booth & Peace Park..
Click on the map for a bigger map.
Chillout Zones:
Three this year.
United Church building, Katies Aquarius Shed, Rusty
& Gitte at the NRMA
Don't forget to buy a ticket
in the Raffle for Cannabis Cup Judging positions....
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 MardiGrass and posting new material as it comes in.
While
at MardiGrass, Tune your FM radio to NIM
FM 102.3 broadcasting live from venues
around the village.
Say, um, has anyone got a forty seat bus? We
haven't got one for Canberra yet. Got anything like that? Anyone?
This is serious! Stop laughing!
Nimbin MardiGrass
XIV PROGRAM
Thursday 4th of May
*Separate
Admission Events*
7:00pm
Bush Theatre program starts: days of
music and movies.....check it out!
Friday 5th of May
*MardiGrass*
begins:
4:20pm Web Cam Broadcast begins
at the H*E*M*P*Bar : NimbinHempBar.com
Sign On for the building of the Big
Joint for John Howard . After MardiGrass we head for Canberra
and try to pass the Big Joint
to John and his mates, in the political big smoke.
Full details and live webcam feed available at www.BIGJOINT.ORG
Sunset
Opening Ceremony in Allsop Park
(opposite pub)
MardiGrass Opening Ceremony with Bundjalung Elders, George Scott,
and ceremonial silence for the Victims of Prohibition.
*Town Hall*
6:00pm Dinner and discussion at Kath's
Kitchen, and the Harvest
Ball with:
Zero Tolerance and The Riot Squad – Genevieve
and Dave, an original Reefer Cabaret Show.
Maxx Mango and the Seedless Variety - Maxx,
Lisa, Donato, Burri, Bob and Sam.
Love Bus www.thelovebus.com.au...
Recliners
*Separate
Admission Events*
10:00am Bush
Theatre program, music, movies, a FULL
PROGRAM! Check it out
Friday Night: Bowlo
program starts... Entertainment, Food and Drink.
Friday Arvo & Night: Nimbin
Hotel
Saturday 6th of May
*KOMBI
KONVOY*
Midday: Byron
Bay Kombis begin gathering at Beach Carpark
1:00pm Byron Kombis
embark, Lismore Kombis begin gathering at the carpark at the
corner of Magellan and Dawson streets.
2:30pm
All Kombis leave Lismore
3:30pm
Kombi Konvoy arrives in Nimbin led by the HEMP Olympix Torchbearer
carrying the Flame for the Victims of Prohibition.
See the Kombi Konvoy
poster
*Rainbow-Coloured
Nimbin Regional Art Gallery*
(Opposite the Oasis Cafe)
Helen Rodriguez and Friends
- Local and Pot Art - All weekend
11:00am to 1:00pm Pot
Art Tattoo Entrant Registration
3:00pm to 5:00pm Pot
Art Tattoo Competition Run
by Hemp Lore Australia
*HEMP
Bar*
10:00am ROLL
UP, ROLL UP, and help build the Big
Joint for John. Out front!
4:20pm: World
Record Attempt - for ‘greatest number
of joints lit at once in the one place’.
*Ganja
Faeries*
3:00pm Parade Rehearsal, outside the HEMP Embassy (This
year�s parade organisers would love to create two percussion
groups for this parade. We envisage one small group of drummers
� the Ganja Faerie Drummers moving with the Faeries, whilst
the Hemp Drummers line the street creating a guard of percussion
and energy. The parade moves through with the Hemp Drummers
falling into the Parade at the end, creating a dynamic and powerful
finale at the end of the parade to keep the energy up and moving.
The Ganja Faeries Drummers who have been working with the Faeries
are already organised but we would love all other musos and
drummers to be part of this other incredible percussion force.)
*The
Oasis Cafe*
9:00pm on... COMEDY......starring
Alan Glover, Fiona McGary, Steve Davis, S Sorrensen and more.
*Peace
Park*
10:00am
HEMP Expo
Entertainment by “Medicinal Purposes Only”
Spoken Word Music and Visual Arts,
including the Knights of the Black Grail
Sharing stories of Medicinal cannabis use. Everyone welcome
to share in song or story, easy listening sounds for healing.
Talking stick. Chalk board style.
The Knights
of the Black Grail,
a medieval performance group, will at times through the day,
demonstrate the punishments of ages gone by, beheadings, garrotings,
disembowellings, and burnings to remind us how it used to be,
before Whitlam. (Sorry, couldn't resist it.)
11:30am -12:00midday: 'Come
With Your Drum' Raising the Vibration Drum Circle...
12:00
midday
HEMP OLYMPIX
Hosted by Alan Glover, Cat and 'S' Sorrenson.
Sign on for First Session of the Bong Throw & Yell, Growers
Ironperson Event, and Joint Rolling
2:00pm
Diana
Anaid sings
...also Hannah Pearl, on the first leg of her World Tour.
3:00pm
Second Session Hemp
Olympix
.
3:30pm
KOMBI KONVOY arrives
in Nimbin lead by the HEMP Olympix Torchbearer carrying the
Flame for the Victims of Prohibition
5:00pm till 9:00pm Pickers
Ball...."Magical Music & Visual Arts''
Charlie McMahon,
Max White, Gabi Bliss, Intergalactic Blues Mafia, Pepper Rose
and the Transit Band.
*Town
Hall*
10:00am
Music, Films, Food and Chillspace
11:00am
Launch of Kog's new book – ‘The
Spirit Journey of Kog’
12:00 noon
MardiGrass "Just Say Know" Forum -
M.C. David Hallet
This is the afternoon for anyone who has questions or answers
to join the forum and make their contribution. Sharing our knowledge
is one of the prime ingredients of the MardiGrass cake.
Legal Advice Session
with Steve Bolt, Sue Higginson, Kog and friends ... bring your
questions on sniffer dogs, saliva testing, new hydro laws and
so on.
1:30pm
Industrial Hemp Discussion
Dr Keith Bolton, Wadzy,
Klara and friends ... discuss
their latest projects and what's happening with hemp in Australia
and overseas.
3:00 – 5:00pm
HempChoices
Panel discussion on cannabis use today:
Hydro or Bush, Psychosis, Pot Politix, New Laws ... What message
do we send to Canberra?
With GottaGrow's Richard
Hurley, Dr John Jiggens,
Dr Harry Freeman, John Kaye (NSW
Greens Senate Candidate), Dr Oscar Serrallach, Maxx Mango, Sue
Higginson, Dr Paul Recher, Carol
de Launey, Neil
Pike, Lisa Yeates, Dr Bud & Justin.
5:00pm
Medical Cannabis Discussion...
Andrew Kavasilas from the Medical Cannabis Information Service,
Graeme Irvine, John Kaye, Doctor JJ, and friends discuss the
latest research, laws, news, and politics.
6:00pm Music,
Films, Food and Chillspace -
dc with blue jays
HEMP Talk at the Town Hall Kitjin for dinner, and book signings,
a chance to meet and talk to Kog,
Doctor JJ, Carol,
and the Goddess. The Goddess
wants us to join the church of the Holy Smoke so that it shows
up as a religion in the upcoming census.....read
about it.
7:00 to 9:00pm Maddass
Songwriters & Marijuana Music Awards.
OPEN STAGE "Marijuana Music Awards" Round One ( to
be recorded for entry to UK & US Marijuana Music Awards
)
9:00pm
Psychedelic
Circus An evening of weirdness
featuring local hippy-trippy favorites Pagan
Love Cult, Mystic Beats, and the Blissmongers.
The music segues from psychedelic world swirl through reggae,folk,
funk, rock, techno and ambient... good for listening or dancing.
Be entertained or entertaining... we're all in this together!
Acrobat troupe Chrysalis will also be appearing.Acrobats and
Clowns, Elysian Punch, Bullshit, and Jellybeans.
Saturday 6th May 9pm Nimbin Town Hall
Admission free for Mardi Grass weekend pass holders... $10.00
otherwise.
*Separate
Admission Events*
Saturday Night: Bowlo
Entertainment, Food and Drink.
Bush
Theatre: Nimbin MardiGrass Garden Party II
Sunset: Euphorogenic
Trancevursion
9:00pm Dance
for Drug Law Reform - Electric Corroboree & Dr Hoffman's
Sport Club
Saturday Arvo and Night: Nimbin
Hotel
Sunday 7th of May
*HEMP
Bar*
10:00am Roll
up again and continue building the Big
Joint for John, and maybe even
get some manouvering practice in for the Rally at 3:00pm
......
*Rainbow
Cafe*
11:00am Pot
Poetry Breakfast with music by Doug and Biskit
Biskit's
Ganja Faerie Poem
*Bowlo*
11:00am MardiGrass
Bowls
*Town
Hall*
Join the HEMP PARTY here!
10:00am
Music, Films, Food and Chillspace
- Also check out Kath's Kitchen in
the Hall.
11:00am
The Hi-Story of HEMP
– a puppet show with Genevieve and Dave www.gypsyrollers.com
12:00
noon
JUST SAY KNOW FORUM - Legal Advice
and Cannabis Culture
with Steve Bolt, John Jiggens,
Richard Hurley, Kog,
Carol de Launey and friends
... bring your questions on sniffer dogs, saliva testing, new
hydro laws and so on, followed by a wider discussion on cannabis
use in the 21st century, including indoor/outdoor, psychosis
and statistics and the new pot politics of PM Howard.
1:30pm
Industrial HEMP
Dr Keith Bolton, Paul
Benhaim, Wadzy and Klara...
discuss their latest projects and what's happening with hemp
in Australia and overseas.
5:00pm
Hemp Olympix Joint
Rolling Finals with Alan Glover and S. Sorrensen,
comedians extraordinare...... the final session?
6:00
Till 9:00 "Maddass Song Writers" Spoken Word,
Visual Arts & Music.
Robert Bruce, Gabi Bliss, George Scott,
Ewan James, Martin Preedy, Bo Kahn & friends.
"Marijuana Music Award Finals" (to be recorded for
entry to UK & US MM AWARDS)
*Peace
Park*
10:00am
HEMP
Expo
The Knights of the Black Grail,
a medieval performance group, will at times through the day,
demonstrate the punishments of ages gone by, beheadings, garrotings,
disembowellings, and burnings to remind us how it used to be
long ago.
11:00am
Hemp Olympix
Sign on for Third Session
of the Hemp Olympix and Finals of Growers Ironperson Event and
Bong Throw.
11:00am
Seed Talk
The
Main Event:
2:30pm
Begin to gather
for Cannabis Law Reform Rally
& Parade which will begin at top of Cecil
st., Opposite the local Police Station.
3:00pm
Cannabis Law Reform Parade March proceeds
to Peace Park
for Rally.
Sometimes the parade will stop for the Ganja Faeries. Beware
of badly manouvering Big Joints; its a bit of a hassle to change
direction. The Knights of the Black Grail will march behind
the Ganja Faeries. At Peace
Park speakers include Steve Bolt, Kog, Neil Pike, Lisa Yeates,
Paul Benhaim, Richard Hurley, Paul Recher, and Andy Putnam.
There will be an
Official Burning at the Stake of Ignorance
by
The medieval Knights of Black Grail Productions.
Cannabis Cup
raffle drawn at Rally. You must have a
ticket, be there, and have a valid armband in order to be eligible.
*The Oasis
Cafe*
9:00pm on... COMEDY......starring
Alan Glover, Fiona McGary, Steve Davis, S Sorrensen and more.
Sunday Arvo & Night: Nimbin
Hotel
After the recovery, how many hardy
souls will go for a joint down to Canberra? Does anyone have
a bus that could do this journey?
Take all your warmies!
www.bigjoint.org
2006
Sponsors :
http://www.advancednutrients.com/
