{"id":53704,"date":"2017-02-23T17:57:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T22:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=53704"},"modified":"2017-02-23T17:57:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T22:57:48","slug":"420-music-arts-festival-2017-bands-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=53704","title":{"rendered":"420 MUSIC &#038; ARTS FESTIVAL 2017 &#8211; Bands Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=53705\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fourtwenty1-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fourtwenty1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fourtwenty1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=52828\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52828\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TMDDOTCOM-4-300x31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52828\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nBig Rock Brewery &#038; Metalheads United present the 420 Music &#038; Arts Festival at Distortion &#8211; Live Music Venue in Calgary, AB this coming April 20th &#8211; 22nd, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The 420 Music &#038; Arts Festival is a three-day celebration featuring 22 stoners, desert rock, doom &#038; sludge metal bands. Headlining this inaugural year all the way from Dallas, TX for a first Canadian performance will be Wo Fat alongside Vancouver&#8217;s Anciients and Edmonton group Black Mastiff.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to all the rad music, festival attendees will have the opportunity to view and purchase the work of select local artists, artisans, and craftsmen at the 420 Expo, Saturday, April 22nd at Distortion from 10 am-4 pm. Interspersed with vendors of interesting and eclectic wares will be information on medical marijuana and CBD products (check <a href=\"https:\/\/blessedcbd.co.uk\">Blessed CBD<\/a>) and even more 420 enthusiasts. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) will be in attendance to answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>If that isn&#8217;t enough, each night of the festival there will be an opportunity to show off your glorious facial hair in a beard contest. Celebrity judges will decide who moves onto the final round on the last night of the festival where one beard will rule them all!<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, April 19 &#8211; Pre-Fest &#8211; FREE SHOW + Advance Pass Pick Up<\/p>\n<p>Ten Dead Crow<br \/>\nTerminal Human Condition<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, April 20<\/p>\n<p>Black Mastiff &#8211; (Edmonton, AB\/Vancouver, BC)<br \/>\nHighKicks &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nLa Chinga &#8211; (Vancouver, BC)<br \/>\nThe Electric Revival &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nBuffalo Bud Buster &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nHypnopilot &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nSet &#038; Stoned &#8211; (Crossfield, AB)<\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 21<\/p>\n<p>Anciients &#8211; (Vancouver, BC)<br \/>\nDead Quiet &#8211; (Vancouver, BC)<br \/>\nLavagoat &#8211; Saskatoon, SK)<br \/>\nOrbital Express &#8211; (Regina, SK)<br \/>\nChronoBot (Prince Albert, SK)<br \/>\nLordosis &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nHunted By Ravens &#8211; (Red Deer, AB)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 22<\/p>\n<p>Wo Fat &#8211; (Dallas, Texas, USA) &#8211; First ever appearance in Canada<br \/>\nChron Goblin &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nCowpuncher &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nMammoth Grove &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nNVGR (Nikki Valentine &#038; Gypsy Riders) &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\nBlack Thunder &#8211; (Regina, SK)<br \/>\nBrown Dwarf &#8211; (Red Deer, AB)<br \/>\nBazaraba &#8211; (Calgary, AB)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSource: metalunderground<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/226953177757584\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/226953177757584\/<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Rock Brewery &#038; Metalheads United present the 420 Music &#038; Arts Festival at Distortion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53706,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53704\/revisions\/53706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}