2025 Hash Bash on The Diag at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. | Photo courtesy of Isaac Cooper/The Gas Station
Ann Arbor’s annual rally highlighting cannabis-focused activism will be back for its 55th year in early April, but organizers of Hash Bash said it will look and feel different than it has in years past, having dealt with multiple threats to its operating permit this year and a potentially heavy law enforcement presence from the university that has hosted the event for decades.
Hash Bash, set for April 4 at the University of Michigan Diag, will be operating this year without the popular yet unaffiliated adjacent Monroe Street Fair, which typically draws patrons to Hash Bash with art and other craft vendors. The festival itself was not permitted for additional vendors at the Diag, shifting the event to a more bare-bones vibe…