The Blues Brothers band, headed by Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, are set to headline the Blues’d and Infused hashish music pageant Saturday, August 20 at Riverfront Park in Niles, Michigan. What was as soon as a humble Saturday Evening Dwell sketch, one of many first to develop into broadly recognized, is now an expertise that’s in all probability higher with hashish concerned.
The occasion is introduced by Highway Horticulture Productions, a hashish processing facility, and Float Nation Live at Riverfront Park in Niles on August 20 with cannabis-related festivities together with native bands, distributors, meals vans, consumption tents, a dab tent, recreation space, misting tents, and extra.
The 2 will present a full 90-minute set with an 11-piece band, from a Hammond B3 organ participant to a horn part and The Blues Brothers themselves. The duo is often recognized for singing and dancing hits from the official Blues Brothers canon like “Soul Man” and “Candy Dwelling Chicago” plus traditional tunes from the huge catalog of nice American roots music.
“It’s a present band,” Belushi told Moody on the Market. “We’re going to have enjoyable. The Blues Brothers are going to rock the entire southern Michigan, I acquired to inform ya.”
Their Working Man’s Model might be obtainable on website with native retailers, together with Sundown Coast Provisions, Inexperienced Stem, Larger Breed, NOBO, Fleurish, and Solar Provision.
“Jim is bringing credibility to hashish,” mentioned Freeway Horticulture co-founder Nick Sayers. “It’s not only a movie star model right here. It’s very substantive. He approaches it as medication first, which is how we view it. So, we’re attempting to increase it safely to new pursuits, not simply attempting to get everybody excessive.”
“Nick is likely one of the smartest males in hashish that I’ve met,” Belushi mentioned. “We talked to lots of totally different growers. … Nick, to me, was essentially the most honorable with the message that’s commonest to my message on my farm, and that’s the pathway to therapeutic by way of hashish.”
Belushi mentioned he related with the Midwest, as he grew up in Chicago, Illinois.
“Michigan, you recognize, is my next-door neighbor,” he mentioned. “It’s Midwest, it’s exhausting working folks. I grew up as a hardworking man with my dad and his restaurant in Chicago. … It’s a working man’s state, and we’re delivering working man’s medication.”
A limited-edition live performance tee designed by Tree Road Packing might be obtainable for attendees. VIP packages can be found together with a photograph alternative with Belushi and Akroyd, a devoted toilet and swag luggage. Attendees should be 21 years of age to attend this occasion.
Belushi, who now usually takes over for his late brother John Belushi, and Aykroyd, are actively concerned within the hashish group by way of numerous ongoing pursuits, together with reprising the roles of The Blues Brothers. Belushi performs as Zee Blues whereas Akroyd performs Elwood Blues. It was one of many first Saturday Evening Dwell sketches to return to life on the large display in 1980, rating second on the field workplace, after solely The Empire Strikes Again.
In 2015, Belushi invested into Oregon’s hashish business, involving himself within the course of of making his in depth hashish cultivation operation Belushi’s Farm. Later, The Discovery Channel acquired concerned and launched the collection Rising Belushi. Since then, Belushi has roughly made a tour of sharing an inside look of his farming endeavors to the world. His identify is now synonymous with hashish in a business sense.
Belushi now has a secure hashish model that options strains from his farm, and is a board member for The Final Prisoner Undertaking.
Bhang collaborated with The Blues Brothers for the primary time final November to ship nostalgia-inducing Bhang x The Blues Brothers Cannabis-infused Chocolates, with distinctive textures and strange flavors. The collaboration options advertising and marketing and promotional assist to the Last Prisoner Project, a non-profit hashish reform initiative.
On the occasion, Belushi’s Farm and different associated hashish initiatives will doubtless be a part of the agenda.
Tickets for the occasion can be found here.