The Emjays International Cannabis Awards
A Las Vegas industry awards show, run by a Seattle events company, where the trade votes for nominees and a panel picks the winners.
- 4results on record
- 2023–2024years in our data
- 2editions
- 0matched to strains
- Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevadalatest location
01Beginnings
The Emjays are run by Farechild Events, a Seattle-based company led by its founder and CEO, James Zachodni.1
Zachodni said Farechild started the awards as a way to give back to the community.1
The sources do not say what year the awards began. They only say that the 2024 show was the second year.1
02The story so far
The 2024 ceremony took place in Las Vegas at the Pearl Concert Theater, inside the Palms Casino Resort. It ran alongside MJBizCon.1
Thousands of industry professionals voted for nominees across 26 categories. After that, a panel of industry leaders chose the winners.1
The results were written up on 6 December 2024.1
03Culture and winners
This is an awards show for the business side of cannabis, not just for products. Winners in 2024 included Royal Queen Seeds for non-tech cultivation company, American Weed Co. for flower brand, and The Clear for extraction and concentrate brand.1
Other winners ranged widely. Last Prisoner Project took advocacy organisation, Vicente took law firm, SC Labs took testing lab, and Fluence took cultivation hardware.1
55Plus won best newcomer brand. The Venty by Storz & Bickel won vaporizer product. DaySavers took best marketing campaign or collaboration for Stoner Dream Job.1
04Where it stands now
The most recent edition the sources describe is the 2024 one, held in Las Vegas with the Palms Casino Resort as the venue.1
The sources do not say anything about editions after 2024.
05What comes next
The sources do not say whether more editions are planned, or where or when they might happen.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 4 results from this cup across 2 years (2023 to 2024), 0 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Editions on record
- 2023 · Pearl Theater/Palms Hotel, Las Vegas
- 2024 · Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sources
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