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List of vegetarian festivals

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Vegetarian Culinary Festival in Poznań, Poland, 2019

Vegetarian and vegan festivals are held around the world to promote veganism and/or vegetarianism among the public and to support and link individuals and organizations that practice, promote or endorse veganism or vegetarianism. Many of these events are also food festivals and/or music festivals and can also contain edutainment.

List[edit]

This is a list of notable vegetarian or vegan festivals.

International[edit]

Vendors at a Veganmania festival in Opole in 2016

Some vegetarian and vegan festivals are held in multiple countries at multiple times a year. These include:

In addition to these, many vegetarian or vegan festivals may call themselves 'VegFest', but these do not appear to have any international ties to each other.

Austria[edit]

In Austria, Veganmania festivals are held in:

Canada[edit]

  • Edmonton, Alberta. The first Edmonton VegFest was held on 30 September 2018, at the Ritchie Community League Hall and Outdoor Park. Admission was free. The nonprofit organization coordinating and hosting this annual event was Vegans and Vegetarians of Alberta.[5][6][7]

Croatia[edit]

In Croatia, Veganmania festivals are held in:

  • Zagreb. Officially known as the ZeGeVege Festival, held annually since 2008, organised by Prijatelji životinja ('Animal Friends').[11]

Czechia[edit]

France[edit]

Live cooking demonstration at VeggieWorld Paris 2019

In France, VeggieWorld festivals are held in:

  • Lyon. 3rd edition held in 2019.[14]
  • Paris. VeggieWorld Paris 2019 was the 7th Parisian edition and attracted over 8,000 visitors, which was 14% more than the 6th.[15]

Germany[edit]

In Germany, Veganmania festivals are held in:

VeggieWorld festivals are held in:

  • Berlin. VeggieWorld Berlin was first held in 2015 with 55 stands, which grew to 130 stands in 2019. The 2019 edition saw 10,000 visitors.[19]
  • Düsseldorf. The 5th edition was held in 2019.[20]
  • Wiesbaden (2011–2020). 10 editions of VeggieWorld have been held in Wiesbaden from 2011 to 2020, with the last attracting 13,000 visitors.[21] The next edition is scheduled to take place in 2021 in Frankfurt.[21]

Netherlands[edit]

Psy-Fi in Leeuwarden, Netherlands

The following festivals in the Netherlands are focused on vegetarian and vegan food, community and activism:

The following Dutch music festivals have made a conscious decision not to sell any meat on the festival terrain:

Organisers indicated their motives were sustainability and environmental protection; aside from dropping meat sales, they also focused on reducing the use of disposable products and electricity.[25][26]

Poland[edit]

The first edition of Veganmania held in Poznań, Poland, 2014

In Poland, the Otwarte Klatki ('Open Cages') association organises Veganmania festivals in several different cities:[28]

Veganmania in Poland has been held in 8 major cities, with the 2019 Łódź edition attracting over 3,000 visitors.[30] Aside from these, there was also a Vegetarian Culinary Festival in Poznań in 2019.

Switzerland[edit]

A tour around the 2016 edition of Veganmania in Aarau

In Switzerland, Veganmania festivals are held in:

  • Aarau. Veganmania in Switzerland has been organised by Swissveg since 2011. The 2016 edition attracted 5,000 visitors, making it the largest of all vegan festivals in Switzerland. Previous editions were held in Winterthur, but due to a lack of space to accommodate the attendees, the organisation chose to move the festival to Aarau.[33][34]
  • Gossau, St. Gallen. The Gossau Veganmania, organised by Swissveg, was held first in 2017, then featuring 60 stands.[35]

United Kingdom[edit]

Audience at VegFest Bristol 2012

VegfestUK is an annual vegan food festival held each year in various cities, starting in 2013.

United States[edit]

  • Long Beach, California. The second annual Long Beach Vegan Food & Music Festival was scheduled for 8 July 2017, and the third annual event is being scheduled for mid-July 2018, at Rainbow Lagoon Park, 400 Shoreline Village Drive, in Long Beach, California.[38] Co-organizers Edward Yniguez and his wife, Kawani Brown, produce it annually. Because the first year's event was free, reportedly between 8,500 and 10,000 people showed up throughout the day.[39]
  • San Diego, California. The Vegan Street Fair San Diego Nights was held 12 May 2018, at Anthem Vegan in San Diego.[40] For hygienic and permit reasons, dogs were not allowed at the food event.
  • Portland, Maine. The Maine Animal Coalition's Maine VegFest was held on 2 June 2018, at the East End School, 195 North Street, in Portland, Maine.[41][42] The 15th Annual Maine VegFest will be held Sunday, November 3, 2019 11 am to 3 pm Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Avenue, Portland, Maine 04102. Admission and parking are free to all, and special speakers include engineer and self-taught vegan chef and cookbook author, Colin McCollough, who had become very well known for his earlier work in biodiesel; Christen Mailler of Vegan Publishers; and 37-year medical doctor Dr. Timothy R. Howe, whose plant-based vegan medical practice is 25 years old.[43][44][45]
Boston Vegetarian Food Festival 2014
  • Detroit, Michigan. V313, Detroit's Vegan Celebration, was held on 3 March 2018 in Shed 5 of the Eastern Market at 2930 Russell Street @Alfred Stin in Detroit, Michigan. It was organized and sponsored by the Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group (PBNSG), VegMichigan, and VegSpeedDate, and featured speakers such as Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Joel Kahn, Dr. Milton Mills of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and Dr. Kerrie Saunders (a.k.a. Dr. Food) and "plant-powered musicians" such as 'Rosie and the Fellas' and 'Once United'. The $15 per person tickets were sold online and at the door.[55][56][57][58][59][60] V313 was an alcohol-free event.[61]
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a 2-year hiatus, the annual Philly VegFest, or Philadelphia VegFest, was held on 9 June 2018 at Bainbridge Green in Philadelphia. No Philly VegFest had been held in 2016 or 2015.[62][63][64]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Nicholas Martin (29 June 2018). "Graz Veganmania". Kleine Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Deborah Darnhofer (17 May 2019). "Ernährung ohne tierische Produkte: Wie (un-)gesund vegan ist". Tiroler Tageszeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Liz Dodd (13 May 2019). "Veganism: a worldwide quest for plant-based perfection". National Geographic. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Weltgrößtes veganes Spiegelei beim Wiener Festival Veganmania". Der Standard (in Deutsch). 6 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Faulder, Liane (20 September 2018). "New Edmonton vegetable festival in Ritchie offers shopping, greens – Edmonton Journal". edmontonjournal.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "VegFest Edmonton – Ritchie Community League Hall & Park, 7727 98 Street Northwest, Edmonton". To Do Canada. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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  8. ↑ Davis J. World Veganism - past, present, and future. pp. 68-69. (The Vegfest Phenomena. August 9, 2011). John Davis is the Manager and Historian of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU), operating from London, UK
  9. ↑ Identifies online 'free e-book' about vegan history as an IVU publication
  10. ↑ The VegFest Phenomenon. Davis J. International Vegetarian Union
  11. ↑ Ana Tenžera (7 September 2019). "Izgleda kao burger, tako i "šmeka", a zapravo je od proteina graška". Večernji list (in hrvatski). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Kamiński, Karol (28 January 2013). "A Look Inside Fluff Fest!". Idioteq. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Kim Kelly. Europe's Craziest Grindcore Party Heads to North America: Meet the Man Behind Obscene Extreme. Vice. 22 March 2015.
  14. ↑ Amandine Eymes (1 February 2019). "On se met au vegan ? Chiche !". Le Progrès (in français). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  15. ↑ Eric De La Chesnais (21 May 2019). "La mode végane séduit davantage". Le Figaro (in français). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "Mittagstisch des Vegan-Stammtisches Lüdenscheid". Meinerzhagener Zeitung (in Deutsch). Märkischer Zeitungsverlag. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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  20. ↑ Claudia Hötzendorfer (27 October 2019). "Fünf Dinge über die VeggieWorld in Düsseldorf". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Patricia Andreae (21 February 2020). "Frankfurt: Mehr Platz für Veggie-World". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  22. ↑ "Gaat het nieuwe vlees het oude vlees verslaan?". NOS. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  23. ↑ Amber Dujardin (1 November 2014). "Naakte demonstranten op de bres voor veganisme". Trouw. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Festival Milkshake verbaasd over heftige reacties op vegetarisch eten". RTL Nieuws. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 "UITgezocht: Worden festivals vleesvrij?". NU.nl. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  27. ↑ Yme Gietema (13 March 2019). "Psy-Fi verduurzaamt verder: volgende editie volledig vegetarisch". Leeuwarder Courant (in Nederlands). Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Veganmania 2019 w Gdańsku. Największe targi wegańskie w Plenum przy ul. Elektryków [zdjęcia]". Dziennik Bałtycki (in polski). 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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  53. ↑ The VegFest Phenomenon. David J. International Vegetarian Union
  54. ↑ Landing page for annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival
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