Scrapped 420 Hippie Hill event doesn’t stop crowd from lighting up in Golden Gate Park

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Today is April 20, better known as “420.” A day celebrating the consumption of cannabis products.

And for those who partake in cannabis culture, Hippie Hill in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is typically ground zero for celebration.

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But because of the city’s budget restraints and a lack of sponsors, the festival was scrapped this year.

Instead, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department held a field day with volleyball and kickball games.

The festival may have been canceled but that didn’t stop the cannabis crowd from coming out later.

There was a lot of smoke in the air for an informal gathering celebrating 420.

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