Product Earth, the UK’s largest event celebrating cannabis and other natural medicines, has cancelled the second day of its 2024 event, set to be held at Drumsheds in London.
The event organisers posted an update on social media early on Sunday morning, citing issues with the Drumsheds management team.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances and in spite of extensive and thorough conversations with the venue, day 2 of Product Earth 2024 has been cancelled,” the post said.
“This is heartbreaking news. We understand that there will be questions that we are in the process of answering. We ask that you be respectful to our staff and the venue as we work through this, and we will update you as information becomes available.”
Post from Product Earth announcing the cancelation. Source: Instagram
This year’s event was the first to be held in the country’s capital London. Previous Product Earth events have been held at various venues in the UK, most recently at Midlands venue The NAEC in Stoneleigh.
Sources told leafie that the venue security team had expressed concerns about their ability to prevent cannabis consumption inside the building, with one source saying describing the air in the exhibition hall as “hazy”.
Product Earth statement
On Monday, Product Earth issued a statement announcing the reason behind the closure, confirming that indoor smoking had caused the venue to pull the event.
“Unfortunately on Saturday a minority of people decided that they would smoke inside the building. UK law dictates that smoking is not permitted in any enclosed workplace or public building,” the statement said. “This triggered pre-fire alarms, which would have set off sprinklers, putting the safety of people at risk. We worked into the early hours of the morning with the venue to come to a resolution, offering multiple solutions, however the venue made the decision that the show could not continue on Sunday due to the risk on their license. This decision was entirely out of our hands.”
The statement also confirmed that people who were unable to attend Sunday would receive refunds for their tickets.
This is a developing story and will be updated as we get more information.
