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
This is a list of notable vegetarian or vegan festivals.
International
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.
Zagreb. Officially known as the ZeGeVege Festival, held annually since 2008, organised by Prijatelji životinja.
Czechia
Fluff Fest is an independent hardcore punk festival held each July in Rokycany, Czech Republic. It is fully vegan, with catering provided by local animal rights organization Svoboda zvířat.
Wiesbaden. 10 editions of VeggieWorld have been held in Wiesbaden from 2011 to 2020, with the last attracting 13,000 visitors. The next edition is scheduled to take place in 2021 in Frankfurt.
Veganmania in Poland has been held in 8 major cities, with the 2019 Łódź edition attracting over 3,000 visitors. Aside from these, there was also a Vegetarian Culinary Festival in Poznań in 2019.
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.
Gossau, St. Gallen. The Gossau Veganmania, organised by Swissveg, was held first in 2017, then featuring 60 stands.
United Kingdom
is an annual vegan food festival held each year in various cities, starting in 2013.
Brighton
Bristol since 2013
Edinburgh since 2015
Glasgow since 2015
London. The 2016 edition attracted over 9,000 visitors.
United States
Long Beach, California. The annual Long Beach Vegan Food & Music Festival, co-organized by Edward Yniguez and Kawani Brownwas, was first held in 2016. Because the first year's event was free, reportedly between 8,500 and 10,000 people showed up throughout the day.
San Diego, California. The Vegan Street Fair San Diego Nights was held 12 May 2018, at Anthem Vegan in San Diego.
Portland, Maine. The Maine Animal Coalition's Maine VegFest was held on 2 June 2018 in Portland, Maine.
Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Vegetarian Food Festival is held annually in the autumn, at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Mission Hill, Boston between mid-October and early November. Begun first in 1996, it may be the oldest vegetarian food festival in the United States, having been copied from the Toronto Vegetarian Food Fair.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia VegFest or Philly VegFest, is held annually Bainbridge Green in Philadelphia. There was a 2-year hiatus between the 2014 and 2017 editions.
