The following description comes from the event organizer.

PBS taught us that it all started with a group of bell-bottomed buddies from San Rafael High School in California, who called themselves “the Waldos.” A friend’s brother was afraid of getting busted for a patch of cannabis he was growing in the woods at Point Reyes, so he drew a map and told his buddies to harvest the crop, as the story goes.

During fall 1971, at 4:20 p.m., just after classes and football practice, the group would meet up at the school’s statue of chemist Louis Pasteur, smoke a joint and head out to search for the weed patch. They never did find it, but their private lexicon — “420 Louie” and later just “420″ — would take on a life of its own.

Whether or not you celebrate, we're throwing a colorful party of our own, and you're invited! 

The ticket includes a t-shirt for dyeing and a pint of your choice. Come hang with us, and make some of your own creative discoveries.