Hempfest is “the largest annual protest festival in the world” and this

Hempfest is “the largest annual protest festival in the world” and this year’s didn’t disappoint (unless you had to get somewhere on Elliott Avenue.) More than 150,000 people amassed at Myrtle Edwards park, where you might not have been able to see the protesting, but you could definitely smell it.Photos by Matthew Williams.Published on August 23, 2010

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010.  (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

Hempfest in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)