Thursday,
April 20, 2017 at 10:30 am to 4:20 pm
Hippie
Hill,
San
Francisco, CA 94117
In the early 1970s in California, a
group of San Rafael High School students known as the “Waldos,” for their
hangout spot – a wall outside of the school grounds – coined the term “420.”
Every day at 4:20pm, the Waldos met to smoke pot, referring to their late
afternoon toke as 420, but never envisioned the code word becoming a worldwide
phenomenon.
Today, hundreds of thousands of stoners
across the globe celebrate April 20th as a cannabis Christmas. In the United
States, 420 Day San Francisco throws a party unlike any other festival in the
world, just 20 miles away from the Waldos’ old hangout.
420 Day San Francisco boasts a slew of
420 Day parties like 420 Celebration on Hippie Hill. Located in Golden Gate
Park, Hippie Hill provides potheads with scenic and psychedelic views while
offering them a chance to sit in drum circles and let the wind blow through
their hair.
The unofficial time line of 420 day:
An example of the typical rundown from tokeofthetown.com – things may change from year to year, especially if 4/20 falls midweek.
- 10:30
am – The “unofficial” vendors usually begin to arrive
- 1 pm
– The crowds start to get a bit thick as does the haze of smoke over the
crowd
- 3 pm
– It’s now wall-to-wall stoners
- 4:20 pm – It’s go time: crowd is at their peak, drum beats get more frenzied, and hippie girls twirl faster as 4:20 approaches
Cost:
Free
