Welcome to Rochester VegFest 2025!
Our 2025 Theme is: Compassion in Action: Eat Plants! Save the Planet!
Rochester VegFest returns to Parcel 5 for a full day of plant-powered celebration, showcasing the best in vegan food, ethical living, and sustainable practices. This free outdoor festival features a lively mix of food and retail vendors, engaging speakers, cooking demos, live music, family-friendly activities, and community resources.
The Rochester VegFest is a vibrant celebration of plant-based living!
Thank you to all of our VegFest 2025 Sponsors!
PlantiePops (formerly Metropops) is a lifestyle brand in downtown Rochester, NY focused on plant-based and sustainable living.
Since 1972, Rochester Area Community Foundation has connected donors to the critical needs of our eight-county region.
Odonata Sanctuary is a nature preserve and sanctuary. It is an access point for the observation of migrating birds and Monarch Butterflies. It is home to one of the largest Eastern Bluebird nest box trails in the US.
Lori’s Natural Foods Center is an independent, family-operated grocer serving the Rochester area.
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VegFest 2025 Full Day Program Summary
| 10:00 | Yoga with Niki Jannuzi (Bring Your Own Mat!) | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Speaker 1 – Adam Durand | |
| 11:20 – 12:05 | Food Demo 1 – Chef Caryn Dugan & Dr. Jim Loomis | Music by Sage Bava |
| 12:10 – 12:55 | Speaker 2 – Dr. Thomas Campbell | |
| 1:00 – 1:45 | Food Demo 2 – Chef Caryn Dugan & Dr. Jim Loomis | Music by Sage Bava |
| 1:50 – 2:35 | Speaker 3 – Dr. Jim Loomis (The Doc & Chef) | |
| 2:40 – 3:25 | Food Demo 3 – Chef Anthony Miller | Music by ROB.DOE |
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Speaker 4 – ROC Vegan Panel | |
2025 Speakers & Food Demos
10:30 AM
Guest Speaker, Adam Durand
Animal Rights Activist, Filmmaker & Advocate
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11:20 AM and 1:00 PM
Food Demo, Chef Caryn Dugan and Dr. Jim Loomis
Co-Hosts of The Doc & Chef video series
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12:10 PM
Guest Speaker, Thomas M. Campbell II, MD
Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, Founder & Co-Director of the UR Medicine/Highland Hospital Nutrition in Medicine Research Center, Co-Author of The China Study
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1:50 PM
Guest Speaker, Dr. Jim Loomis
Medical Director of the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C. & Co-Host of The Doc & Chef
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2:40 PM
Food Demo, Chef Anthony Miller
Founder of The Veg-E-Table
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3:30 PM
Rochester Vegan Entrepreneurs Panel
Featuring Natasha Siplin, Rob Nipe, Janessa Steenberg, and Kaptah Xi-Amaru,
with Panel Moderator, Dan Schrack of 13WHAM News
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2025 Yoga & Musical Performances
10:00 AM
Free Yoga, Niki Januzzi
Founder of Yoga Love of Honeoye Falls
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11:20 AM and 1:00 PM
Musical Performances by Sage Bava
Soulful Jazz and R&B
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2:40 PM
Musical Performance by ROB.DOE
Uplifting Hip-Hop, Accompanied by DJ IMPOZIBLE
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