Rochester’s all-vegan festival returns this summer for a day of fun with local vendors, guest speakers, cooking demos, raffle prizes, and more.

When?

Where?

Admission

2024 Sponsors and Donors

• Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
• Happy Earth Tea
• People for Animal Rights of Central New York
• Hollycake House Cafe & Bakery
• Yeah! Pierogi
• Wegmans
• Abundance Food Coop
• Rise Brewing Co.
• Marilla’s Mindful Supplies
• Trader Joe’s
• Mocking Bird Farm Sanctuary
• MetroPops
• StackFLX

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2024 Exhibitors

• Abundance Food Coop
• ACES Energy
• Animal Rights Rochester
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rochester
• Black, Brown, and Diverse Plant-Based People for Equity Inc.
• Burning Books
• Chickpea Magazine
• Christian Animal Rights Association
• Cleo + Kin
• Climate Solutions Accelerator
• Compassion & Cucumbers Vegan Podcast
• Dear Kimberly
• Design Slush (Julia Jones)
• Envision Positive
• F. Olivers
• Fatcat Baking
• FoodNerd
• Grass Fed Vegan Butcher
• Happy Earth Tea
• Hollycake House Cafe & Bakery
• Long Weekend Bake Shop
• Mocking Bird Farm Sanctuary
• Once Again Nut Butter
• People for Animal Rights of Central New York
• Pet Adoption Network
• PharmFlint
• Recycle Right in Monro County
• Rochester Area Vegan Society
• Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute
• Rochester Kettle Corn
• Save Rochester Inc.
• Simply Love Bakery
• Spirit & Abundance
• StudioLyn
• Sunshine Vegan Eats
• Sweet Farm
• Sweet Imaldas
• Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
• The Herbivore Nextdoor
• Vinegars ETC
• Vuture Food
• Wild Hill Farm CSA

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2024 Guest Speakers

• 11:30 AM — Dr. Kerry Graff, Medical Director at the Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute
• 1:00 PM — Sarina Farb, Holistic Vegan Educator
• 2:30 PM — Jim Hicks, Planetary Health Advocate

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2024 Cooking Demos

• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM — Fermentation 101 with Ali of Spirit and Abundance
• 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM — Cooking Whole Food Plant-Based with Chef Ryan of Sweet Pea Plant Based Kitchen
• 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM — Mushroom Risotto with Pearl of Le Twisted Spoon
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM — Easy Meals with Bruce of Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute

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Event Parking

Parking is available at Midtown Garage with entrances on Clinton Avenue and Broad Street, costing $2 per hour or $10 per day. Free street parking is also nearby, though it may require a longer walk. For loading and unloading, use the area around Parcel 5.

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