Evaluation: Bicycle Day SF amazes with 2022 panel discussions & unbelievable line up

After a two 12 months hiatus because of the pandemic, Bicycle Day SF swept by the Bay Space greater and higher than ever! For practically a decade, Bicycle Day SF has taken over the San Francisco/Bay Space with unbelievable music and artwork celebrating Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman and his discovery of the magical substance – LSD. Opposite to common perception, Bicycle Day will not be about biking round city however quite celebrates Albert Hoffman’s diary entries after he ingested a big amount of LSD and recorded his expertise. Whereas, Bicycle Day is widely known internationally, Bicycle Day SF (in partnership with the Halfway and Legion of Bloom) is among the largest celebrations within the U.S. and takes place on April nineteenth.

Bicycle Day returned to San Francisco’s Halfway and for the primary time was a full day occasion with daytime choices of panel discussions and an artwork exhibit, together with a night of dwell portray and sick musical line up with Emancipator headlining. As you enter the Halfway, friends have been handled to lovely mind-bending work and prints of surreal paintings unfold throughout the indoor/out of doors occasion area.  Prints and work have been created by many gifted artists together with well-known artist, Mark McCloud recognized for his complete assortment of embellished LSD blotter paper.

Chemist and director, Hamilton Morris (of Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia) kicked off the afternoon with a keynote the place he broke down the historical past and chemistry behind LSD within the Halfway’s largest room known as “Journey.” Shortly after the keynote, friends had the choice to affix in on quite a few totally different panel discussions starting from matters equivalent to rising pure herbs to heal ones self, the present state of psychedelics and psychological well being advantages, to decriminalization and legalization of psychedelic medication. These panel discussions included audio system like elders, Mountain Woman of the Merry Pranksters and Rhoney Stanley together with Timothy Tyler,  Ryan Beauregard (MAPS) and extra. There have been so many panel discussions to select from and a lot to be taught!  Together with the breakout rooms, attendees have been handled to an unique movie screening preview of Seth Ferranti’s movie, “Psychedelic Revolution: The Secret Historical past of the LSD Commerce” which was nothing in need of entertaining and thoughts blowing.

After a brief break from the panel discussions, at 6pm the night time festivities have been underway! The artwork gallery in the principle hallway reworked right into a multicolored artwork wonderland the place the work and prints regarded as if it was transferring and reworking in entrance of your eyes. The principle room was stuffed with dwell work and the musical performances have been underway! Attendees may very well be seen dancing the night time away with Dwelling In Gentle, Haana, Axel Thesleff, Desert Dwellers, and headliner Emancipator throwing it down!

Bicycle Day SF managed to create a big however very intimate gathering of like minded people the place good vitality vibrated all through the occasion. EDMSauce can not wait to attend subsequent 12 months’s Bicycle Day and be taught much more in regards to the psychedelic renaissance we’re at the moment in!