CannFest throws cannabis music festivals on market fairgrounds — Renninger's in Kutztown, Pennsylvania and Renninger's Twin Markets in Mt. Dora, Florida — mixing touring acts, glass artists, vendors and grassroots advocacy. The promoter has run this circuit since 2014, and the 2026 calendar carries a Pennsylvania Fall Marketplace and a Florida edition.
Twelve Years of Grassroots Festivals
CannFest's own banner reads "freedom through growth, since 2014," and the mission statement leans as hard on activism as on entertainment — unifying the cannabis community with the towns that host it. That is not festival-poster garnish; it shapes the bookings.
The clearest example came in 2025, when the Florida edition put Marc Fogel at the top of its bill to spotlight the urgent need for cannabis reform. A festival that hands its headline slot to an advocacy story instead of another touring act is telling you what it is actually about.
The Renninger's Formula
Both states run on the same venue logic. Renninger's operates sprawling antique-and-farmers markets whose grounds already hold rows of stalls every weekend, so a CannFest build is a swap of tenants rather than a tent city raised from scratch — with free parking and room to wander built in.
What fills the rows leans culture over commerce: cannabis-centric vendors, working glass artists, art galleries, education and food trucks, with a single stage running all day.
The door is 18 and over in both states with ID checked at the gates — a lower age floor than the 21+ standard at California cannabis events, and the crowd skews accordingly. Vendors in Florida may only sell what state law allows, so check the organizer's rules before planning around what is for sale on the grounds.
The 2026 Calendar
The Pennsylvania Fall Marketplace takes Renninger's in Kutztown on October 3 and 4, 2026, 10 AM to 5 PM both days, with Kottonmouth Kings headlining Saturday over Space Kamp, Reef the Lost Cauze, Strain Boys and DJ Dreadhead.
Sunday runs its own bill — The Council 2432, Elephants Dancing, Rootsettaz and Cultivated Mind among them — so one ticket window covers two distinct lineups. Space Kamp carries 2026 hosting duties on top of playing both days.
Florida CannFest follows at Renninger's Twin Markets in Mt. Dora on November 7, running five acts across one stage from DJ Dreadhead's 10 AM open through Kamrun, The Council 2432 and Space Kamp to Mendo Dope's closing set. Trulieve, Rise Dispensary and Canna MD sit on the 2026 Florida sponsor board, parking is free, and licensed leashed pets are welcome on the grounds.
Space Kamp and DJ Dreadhead work both states, which gives the two coasts of this operation a shared backbone. The organizer's calendar also carries a spring Pennsylvania edition, so the circuit now runs multiple stops a year, and tickets for each route through the organizer's own event pages.
Why It Matters
The fairground cannabis festival is a format the big legal markets have largely traded away for ticketed warehouse parties and invite-only trade floors. CannFest has kept it alive for over a decade in two states where the legal picture is still being fought out — which is exactly where an all-day, open-grounds gathering does its best advocacy work.
The formula has aged well: a stage you can drift in and out of, a glass gallery you browse without an appointment, food trucks instead of catering packages, and a crowd that came to spend the day. Arizona's Errl Cup fills a Mesa fairground on the same logic — it is a lineage, not a leftover.
Tickets and vendor sign-ups for every edition run through the official CannFest site, and the wider season lives on the High Rise events calendar.