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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.
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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