A Famous Cannabis Competition Is Coming To Montana For The First Time

Billings Is About to Host a Very Unusual Competition

A Whitefish woman is helping bring one of the biggest cannabis competitions in the world to Montana for the very first time.

According to the Whitefish Pilot, Tara Holloway, who's been involved in Montana's cannabis industry for years, helped convince High Times to bring its famous Cannabis Cup to the state.

Cannabis Cup Comes to Montana for the First Time

The event is happening September 5th at The Pub Station in Billings, with more than 80 Montana cannabis producers competing across 11 different categories. That includes everything from flower and concentrates to pre-rolls and edibles.

Holloway is president of the Montana Cannabis Industry Association, and she reached out to High Times about bringing the event to Montana. Apparently, they liked the idea.

The Cannabis Cup has been around since 1988, when the first event was held in Amsterdam, so this is a pretty big deal for Montana's cannabis industry.

And this isn't exactly going to be a bunch of people standing around quietly judging weed.

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Tara Holloway Has Deep Roots in Montana's Cannabis Industry

The event will have live music, vendors, glass blowing, a climbing wall, and People's Choice voting, where attendees get to help decide the winners.

Holloway who has been involved in Montana's cannabis industry since the medical marijuana days was also part of efforts to protect the state's medical cannabis program after federal raids in 2010.

Now she's helped bring a pretty famous cannabis event right here to Montana.

You can read the full story from the Whitefish Pilot here.