Massachusetts Cultivators Cup (Cultivator's Cup)
A consumer-judged cannabis contest and music festival that debuted in Somerset, Massachusetts, in September 2021 and returned in 2022.
- 20results on record
- 2021–2022years in our data
- 2editions
- 2matched to strains
- Worcester, MAlatest location
01Beginnings
The Massachusetts Cultivators Cup, also written Cultivator's Cup, first ran over Labor Day weekend 2021. It was a two-day event for people aged 21 and over, held on Friday, September 3 and Saturday, September 4, 2021, in Somerset, Massachusetts1. It was hosted by theFarmacist and Solar Cannabis Co.1 Organizers promoted it as the state's first people's-choice awards for adult-use cannabis, and said the main point was to get people together, with the contest coming second1.
The hosts already had experience. theFarmacist's founder, Jordan Carlson, had run three earlier cultivation cups, two in Rhode Island and one in Jamaica, which the sponsor's release describes as medical-marijuana contests1. In Somerset, local commercial cultivators were judged on strains of their flower, and judges' kits were sold only at Solar Cannabis Co.1
02The Story So Far
For 2021, organizers described 200 judges' kits, each with 28 one-gram containers of flower, sold only at Solar during August2. Sixteen licensed Massachusetts cultivators entered, competing in four major categories2. Before the event, sponsor TSRgrow said two of its clients, Gibby's Garden and Bountiful Farms, were taking part1. A release dated September 8, 2021 named Bountiful Farms overall champion of the first Cup2.
A second edition followed in 2022. A TILT Holdings release dated September 6, 2022 said ten submissions from licensed Massachusetts cultivators and manufacturers were chosen for the Judges Kit3. The awards now covered manufactured products as well as flower, with categories including flower, concentrates and edibles, all judged by consumers3. Consumers bought judge kits with samples of the entries and handed in a scorecard for each product3. According to TILT's own release, its Commonwealth Alternative Care business took third place in the Solvent Concentrates category3.
03Culture and Community
The Cup was part festival and part contest. The 2021 line-up was billed with Cypress Hill and Method Man and Redman, along with food, artisan and industry vendors1. Peter Dante, a Massachusetts native who often appears in Adam Sandler films, hosted the two days of music2. The release says more than 2,000 people came to the Somerset venue2.
Organizers presented the weekend as a way to build community. Carlson said they had set out to unite the cannabis community and were confident they had done so2. Solar's CEO, Edward Dow, said bringing in major sponsors from the alcohol and banking industries was, in his view, a sign of where the cannabis market was heading2. The pre-event release also mentioned off-site parking and free shuttles to the venue1. By 2022, TILT's release was calling the Cup the People's Choice Awards of cannabis3.
04Where It Stands Now
The most recent dated source is the TILT release of September 6, 2022, about the 2022 edition3. None of the sources say whether the Cup continued after that, so its current status is unknown. Every source here is a press release or a write-up by a participant or sponsor, so the claims come from the organizers and entrants and have not been independently checked. The TSRgrow page, for example, is a news release from one of the sponsors1.
05What Comes Next
The sources mention no plans for future editions, so no upcoming dates, venues or formats are known. Edward Dow's 2021 comment about things to come was about the cannabis market in general, not a planned event2. Unless an organizer announces something new, it is not known whether the Cup will return.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 20 results from this cup across 2 years (2021 to 2022), 2 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Pina Grande | First Place Overall ('Best Grass in Mass') | Bountiful Farms |
Editions on record
- 2021 · Somerset, MA
- 2022 · Worcester, MA (Worcester Palladium)
Sources
- Cultivators Cup Competition | TSRgrow
- PRESS | MA Cultivators Cup Cannabis Competition | AP News (Theory Wellness)
- TILT Holdings Takes 3rd Place at Cultivators Cup in Massachusetts – NCV Media
Written from the sources above and checked on 2026-10-29. Spot an error? Tell us on the contact page.