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
This is a list of notable vegetarian or vegan festivals.
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.
Wiesbaden (2011–2020). 10 editions of VeggieWorld have been held in Wiesbaden from 2011 to 2020, with the last attracting 13,000 visitors.[19] The next edition is scheduled to take place in 2021 in Frankfurt.[19]
Other festivals:
The Vegan Summerfest (German: Veganes Sommerfest) is a three-day vegan food festival that takes place on the Alexanderplatz in Berlin, co-organised by ProVeg International, Berlin Vegan and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation. The 2019 edition featured around 100 information and selling stands.[20]
In Poland, the Otwarte Klatki ('Open Cages') association organises Veganmania festivals in several different cities.[25] Veganmania in Poland has been held in eight major cities, with the 2019 Łódź edition attracting over 3,000 visitors.[26]
Switzerland
A tour around the 2016 edition of Veganmania in Aarau
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.[27][28]
Gossau, St. Gallen. The Gossau Veganmania, organised by Swissveg, was held first in 2017, then featuring 60 stands.[29]
