The Happening 2026

Ganja Grail

Celebrating the tenth competition, the Ganja Grail is awarded to the best cannabis flowers on site as decided by the people, not a machine or a panel of ‘celebrity judges’. Cannabis competition contestants face off in timed rounds in an tournament-style format, head-to-head.

You choose how to judge the cannabis! Smell, appearance, taste, trichome development, strain difficulty, gardening techniques, whatever YOU decide to vote on is good enough. 

SECURE YOUR SPOT by e-mailing harrybrownsfarm@gmail.com with the subject line “Ganja Grail Contestant”. Spots are limited, and only two entry’s per grower are allowed.

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🌿 The 10th Annual Ganja Grail Cannabis Competition 🌿

Saturday Afternoon at The Art Tent — 12 PM to 5 PM

The People’s Cannabis Cup Returns!

Join us for one of the most anticipated events of The Happening—The Ganja Grail, a one-of-a-kind, community-judged cannabis flower competition. Forget celebrity panels or lab scores—you decide the winner.

This isn’t your typical cannabis contest. The Ganja Grail is a head-to-head, tournament-style showdown between some of the finest flowers on The Hill. Each round, two strains go leaf-to-leaf. You inspect. You vote. The crowd decides who moves forward.

👃🌱 How to Judge:

You choose your criteria!
Appearance, aroma, trichomes, taste, grow style—whatever you value, that’s how you vote.

Ganja Grail Competition at Harry Browns Farm

Past Ganja Grail Champions:

  • 2024 – Maine St Cannabis: Cereal Milk

  • 2023 – Bossom’s Blossoms: Crescendo

  • 2022 – King Pine Cannabis: Cherry Ghostenade

  • 2021 – Precision Genetics: Cherry Ghost

  • 2019 – Precision Genetics: Buddha Tahoe

  • 2018 – Precision Genetics: Buddha Tahoe

  • 2017 – Precision Genetics: Buddha Tahoe

  • 2016 – Boyman Acre: Original Afghan #4