Hemp, Hops & Shrooms festival set for Sept. 28
The City of Carbondale and Carbondale Main Street recently announced details for the 3rd Annual Hemp, Hops & Shrooms festival. The family-friendly event, located at the Downtown Entertainment and Events Plaza, is set for 3-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28.
The Hemp, Hops & Shrooms festival is scheduled to host presentations and demos from 3-7 p.m. Presentations will include a cooking with mushrooms segment from Flyway Family Farm. Susie Lighty, from Southern Illinois Universities Fermentation Science Institute, will deliver an interactive presentation on terpenes, the aromatic compounds found in plants, and how those terpenes “shape the beer drinkers’ experience.”
Dr. Jose Leme and Dr. Gage, from SIU’s Cannabis Science Center, are set to host demonstrations on site showcasing how to grow cannabis indoors and how to work with hemp fibers. Dr. Leme is the Assistant Professor of Cannabis Biology & Cultivation Systems at SIU, and Dr. Gage is the Associate Professor of Weed Science and Plant Biology of the School of Agricultural Sciences / School of Biological Sciences at SIU.
The night will end with Carbondale’s “Off the Rails” Concert from 7-10 p.m., featuring jam-bluegrass band, and the ever-so-aptly named, Off the Rails, headlining the evening, and ska-reggae group UNCHAiNED opening. Varies vendors are set to showcase arts, businesses, and organizations from our area. If you are a interested in participating, apply for a vendor spot by filling out this form.
A Carbondale CommUNITY tent will set up with a kids’ corners with activities for children. Food trucks will be onsite, beer will be sold by Carbondale Main Street, and guests are encouraged to BYOC (bring your own chair) and can BYOB (bring you own beverage) in non-glass containers.
Hemp, Hops & Shrooms will be held the same weekend as SIU’s Hemp & Cannabis Symposium, giving guests the opportunity to have a full-weekend of educational events surrounding hemp, cannabis, mushrooms, and fermentation sciences. The SIU Hemp & Cannabis Symposium takes place at the McLafferty Annex on SIU’s Campus from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27.
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