Can’t remember Buds-A-Palooza? Here are 26 photos to relive it

Buds-A-Palooza was a celebration of everything in weed culture. Grace Monos

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Editor’s note: Bud’s Glass Joint, the organizer of Buds-A-Palooza, is owned by a non-editorial employee of Phoenix New Times.

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The fourth edition of Buds-A-Palooza was a bong-rippin' good time.

On Friday, hundreds of stoners gathered in downtown Phoenix for the annual weed festival, celebrating weed culture more than a week before 420. There was music, glass-blowing, food and tattooing — and plenty of getting high.

Phoenix New Times was there. Here are our favorite photos from the event.

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The party started with the sun still out.

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Though the weather was hot, the crowd was big.

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Attendees were encouraged to spraypaint a wall, setting the foundation for something to come later.

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Wake-N-Bakery, which has a brick-and-mortar location on Mill Avenue in Tempe, had a booth.

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So did RAW Rolling Papers.

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Of course, there was weed.

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But also tattoos.

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The mural is coming along.

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One of the coolest attractions — though not literally — was live glass-blowing.

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There was even fingerboarding.

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Mike Love & The Full Circle were among the musical acts to perform.

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Mural's still going strong.

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There was plenty of glassware to buy.

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Including a custom scorpion piece by Gabe Palacios of @GabeRealGlass.

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Or you could take a hit from weed influencer Josh Kesselman's flute pipe. Many waited their turn to do just that.

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Eventually, the night wound down and it was time to head for the exit.

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By then, of course, the mural was done.

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