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Waka Flocka Flame, Tree-0-Nine Fest coming to The Rust Belt

The Rust Belt will host the first-ever Tree0nine Festival, featuring Waka Flocka Flame on June 28-29.

MOLINE, Ill. — The Quad Cities' first-ever cannabis festival, Tree-0-Nine, is coming to the Rust Belt on Friday and Saturday, June 28-29.

Festival organizers want to use the event to celebrate cannabis legalization, educate about marijuana and advocate for cannabis culture. Attendees can catch live music, art, food and vendors. There will be indoor and outdoor stages for 17 performers, including rapper Waka Flocka Flame. 

"This has never been done in the Quad Cities and I’m trying to help create a place I would want to be in, to work at, to visit, or be a part of. I want to do things that are new and exciting. I want to push the limits of what’s possible,” Heather Shadden, owner of Yabba Dabbas and creator of the festival, said 

Music line-up and hours

Friday: From 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., catch Flabbergastor, The Tripp Brothers, The Dawn, Jon Wayne & The Pain, Tropidelic and Girl Talk.

Saturday: From 2:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., catch DJ Buddha, The Crew, Rude Punch, Wontu Trees, Ryan Jeter’s Mind at Large, Kris Lager Band, Sir Woman, The Pimps of Joytime, Waka Flocka Flame and a DJ set by Chromeo.

Tickets are still available and can be purchased by clicking here

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