Dispensary concert series returns with Minnie Clay and DJ Gasolina at Elysian
When we first sat down with Gary Perry for an interview in 2024, the longtime Bay State cannabis promoter and entrepreneur had already established Tiny Trap Concerts as a highly unique pot shop engagement experience. As we noted at the time, he didn’t build his robust network overnight, but rather in a number of roles on the municipal and dispensary sides of the early Mass industry.
The idea for Tiny Trap came in 2020. He explained: “I was trying to figure out what my next move was going to be. … I had just left [Rev Clinics] and I was just looking for something given the amount of time, space, and access I had.”
By 2021, the nation was slowly emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, and most events, if they were happening at all, required formal protocols including vaccination cards. Perry explained, “The only places that weren’t listed as venues were dispensaries, because no one was really seeing dispensaries as venues at that time.”
In the time since, Perry has built his own cannabis brand, TerpBae, and also hosted other events including The Roll Up, a skating party at Chez-Vous in Dorchester. But now, he’s returning to the series that helped build his industry rep as a cultural connector who can get heads in the door.
Season 5 of Tiny Trap Concerts kicks off on Feb. 20 at Elysian, a woman-owned cannabis dispensary in Quincy. DJ Gasolina will be on the decks, with Dot MC Minnie Clay performing.
“There’s just so much talent in Massachusetts,” Perry told TJM. “It’s an opportunity to get [dispensaries] foot traffic, and to help push some hometown heroes.”
