Snapshots: National Cannabis Festival @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds — 4/23/22

Posted on April 28, 2022 by shedrick pelt in Live Review and tagged Backyard Band, funk, Ghostface Killah, go-go, hip hop, Lettuce, music festival, National Cannabis Festival, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Wiz Khalifa.

Wiz Khalifa smokes a joint while performing at the National Cannabis Festival on April 23, 2022. (Photos by Shedrick Pelt)

The National Cannabis Festival returned to RFK Stadium Festival Grounds recently to celebrate the leaps and bounds the cannabis community has made in the name of cannabis advocacy. Vendors, food trucks, local merchants, and of course smokers gathered to fellowship around the love for their favorite pastime.

A crowd estimated at 20,000+, throughout the day of April 23, showed up early to take advantage of the beautiful weather in the DMV. Carts and coolers in tow, the amazing musical lineup had everyone excited as they claimed their spot for the evening. Pro Cannabis organizations Legacy DC & Gifted Curators provided an educational element with a panel of speakers featuring Dead Prez’s M-1 and adult film star Sara Jay.

Preview: National Cannabis Festival @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, 4/22-4/24/22

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Backyard Band, Cramer, DuPont Brass, Ghostface Killah, hip hop, Lettuce, music festival, National Cannabis Festival, rap, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Shamans of Sound, Wiz Khalifa.

Wiz Khalifa headlines the concert performances of The National Cannabis Festival on April 23, 2022. (Photo courtesy Atlantic Records)

The sixth annual National Cannabis Festival, the East Coast’s largest ticketed cannabis gathering, returns to Washington’s RFK Festival Grounds on Saturday, April 23, with performances from Wiz Khalifa, Lettuce, and Ghostface Killah, a wide range of exhibitors, and a brand-new culinary pavilion complete with cooking demonstrations led by top chefs, talks and eating contests, among many other attractions.

Around Town: National Cannabis Festival @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds — 4/20/19

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Chester Simpson in Around Town and tagged Cannabis, Festival, marijuana, National Cannabis Festival, RFK Stadium, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds.

Participants press for federal legalization of marijuana at the National Cannabis Festival on April 20, 2019. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

“To me, pot is just fun. And I’m glad to see the rest of the country is coming around to my way of seeing things,” Keith Richards said in interview in Rolling Stone magazine Sept. 3, 2015. Keith would have enjoyed the National Cannabis Festival at RFK Stadium on April 20.

Music Park: Cypress Hill @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, 4/21/18

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Will Colbert in Live Review and tagged California, Cypress Hill, hip hop, National Cannabis Festival, rap, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds.

Cypress Hill perform at RFK Stadium Festival Grounds for the National Cannabis Festival on April 21, 2018. (Photo by Will Colbert)

Happy Belated 4/20. Blunted LA rap group Cypress Hill was in the nation’s capital this Saturday to help DC celebrate the marijuana holiday.
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Don’t Miss: National Cannabis Festival @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, 4/21/18

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Parklifer in Live Review and tagged hip hop, marijuana, National Cannabis Festival, reggae, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds.

Cypress Hill (Photo courtesy Primary Wave)

Groundbreaking hip hop group Cypress Hill, perhaps forever best remembered for 1994’s “Insane in the Brain,” will headline the National Cannabis Festival at RFK Stadium Festival Grounds on Saturday, April 21.

Music Park: ShamrockFest 2018 @ RFK Stadium — 3/17/18

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Daniel Webb in Live Review and tagged Less Than Jake, music festival, punk, Reel Big Fish, reggae, RFK Stadium, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Shaggy, ShamrockFest, ShamrockFest 2018, ska, ska punk, skate punk, St. Patrick's Day, Sum 41.

Deryck Whibley fronts Sum 41 in a headlining performance at ShamrockFest 2018 at RFK Stadium on March 17, 2018. (Photo by Daniel Webb)

Sum 41, who hardly ever play around DC, headlined ShamrockFest 2018 on Saturday, giving me an opportunity relive childhood memories in a wonderful opportunity to see the band play live at the Festival Grounds at RFK Stadium.

Don’t Miss: ShamrockFest 2018 @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, 3/17/18

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Carbon Leaf, Celtic rock, Irish music, Less Than Jake, music festival, punk, Reel Big Fish, RFK Stadium, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Scythian, Shaggy, ShamrockFest, ska, Sum 41.

ShamrockFest 2017 at RFK Stadium Festival Grounds (Photo by Danilo Lewis for ShamrockFest)

ShamrockFest, hailed as “America’s largest St. Patrick’s Day Festival, returns to RFK Stadium Festival Grounds on Saturday, March 17, with concert headliners Sum 41, Shaggy, and Less than Jake, along with performances from Reel Big Fish, Carbon Leaf, Street Dogs, Scythian, Barleyjuice, Kilmaine Saints, and more.

Music Park: ShamrockFest 2016 @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds — 3/12/16 (Part 2)

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Jeremy Bailey in Live Review and tagged Celkilt, Flogging Molly, For the Win, Go Go Gadget, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Scythian, ShamrockFest, Street Dogs, The Fighting Jamesons, Vanilla Ice.

Scythian gets the crowd ready at ShamrockFest 2016

Herein lies a look at the music of ShamrockFest 2016.

Celkilt – I entered the ShamrockFest fray in time to see Celkilt, a Celtic rock band, on the Gold stage. The energy of their performance was enough to fire me and the nearby festival goers up for the day of music ahead. Even some of those had drank too much by this point… Celkilt is from Lyon, France and competed on the TV show, France Got Talent. I was intrigued by how much fiddle can be inserted into any given song.

Scythian – Which leads me to the band I most wanted to see (even after having seen them too many times to count). Scythian, a Celtic band led by the Fedoryka brothers (Alexander and Danylo) that started in DC at local Irish pubs like Finn MacCool’s (RIP) and Fado, is a fiddle enthusiasts dream.

They started a bit slowly, easing in to the set, but quickly picked up the thread of dance and fiddle with the foot-stomping, “Hey Mama Ya”. Their St. Patrick Day sing-a-long, “Galway Girl”, won over anyone that hadn’t yet heard of them. While “Dance All Night” and the bare knuckle brawler, “Jack Dempsey”, simply gave the eager masses crowded around the Green stage no quarter and no time to stand still. I will say that this wasn’t the best performance by Scythian (some of their 9:30 Club shows could claim that honor), yet their set imbued the spirit of Celtic music, and is always a joy to experience.

Around Town: ShamrockFest 2016 @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds — 3/12/16 (Part 1)

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Jeremy Bailey in Around Town and tagged Beer, Green, Ireland, Irish, music festival, Red Frog Events, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, ShamrockFest.

ShamrockFest goes green

What is ShamrockFest? Held every year at the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds (aka the parking lot), it presents an interesting enigma.

If you take your cue from the revelers that attend every year (now 17 editions strong!), then you can easily look around and say it is about having fun with friends and letting go of inhibitions.

It is about dressing up in bright green, with shamrock logos, kilts or skimpy outfits. It is about basking in the waves of sounds, with fiddles, horns, guitars and drums. It is about dancing. It is about loitering with friends and enjoying yourself. It is about helping those said friends stand when they had just a wee bit too much… It is about hoisting a pint and saluting those about to rock. It is many things and more.

2016 was my 4th foray into the odyssey that is ShamrockFest (including three of the last five years).

Don’t Miss: ShamrockFest 2016 @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, 3/12/16

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Jeremy Bailey in Live Review and tagged Celtic rock, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, folk, Ireland, Irish music, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Scythian, ShamrockFest, Vanilla Ice.

On Saturday, March 12th, the 17th Annual ShamrockFest hits the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds with an epic amount of green and Irish music.

Your local Irish heroes, Scythian, will be playing at 5:30pm, along with plenty of other bands, notably Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys.

And Mr. Van Winkle himself, aka Vanilla Ice, will also rock the mic like a vandal. Paired with an Irish Coffee, things could get very interesting. (Irish Vanilla Ice Coffee?)

Here are 17 reasons you should go this year!

ShamrockFest 2016
RFK Stadium Festival Grounds
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Festival: 3-11pm
General: $29.99 (or $24.99 with purchase of 4+ tics)
VIP: $74.99+ (21+ only)
All ages