Once Again Nut Butter is returning to VegFest! This 100% employee-owned company from Nunda, NY, has been a loyal attendee of every VegFest since our start in 2017. We’re thrilled to welcome them back, offering their delicious organic and natural nut and seed butters!
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Christian Animal Rights Association
Welcome back, Christian Animal Rights Association! This nondenominational ministry is dedicated to educating, advocating, protecting, and defending the rights of all sentient animals from a Biblical and Christian perspective. We’re thrilled that they will be joining us for their second time at VegFest. Stop by their booth for more information, tee shirts, and more on August 24th!
Rochester VegFest is Back!
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?
Saturday, August 24, 2024
10am – 4pm
Where?
Parcel 5 285 E Main St.
Rochester, NY 14604
Admission
Free entry!
Get a raffle ticket with a $3+ donation.
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
Click Here to Learn More About the Roc VegFest 2024 Sponsors
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
Click Here to Learn More About the Roc VegFest 2024 Exhibitors
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
Click Here to Learn More About the Roc VegFest 2024 Guest Speakers
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
Click Here to Learn More About the Roc VegFest 2024 Cooking Demos
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.
Sweet Vegan
Welcome Chef Andrea of Sweet Vegan, a vegan chocolate company in New York City! She has also provided a cooking demo which will be coming in a few days. #Roc VeganVideoExpo
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RIT Vegan Club
We’re pumped that RIT’s Vegan Club is coming to VegFest again!
They meet bi-weekly to discuss vegan/sustainably minded events in the RIT and Rochester communities, tips on being vegan or how to go vegan, recipes, and other topics relating to animal rights, health, and the environment.
Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen will be at Rochester VegFest! They offer nutritious plant-based heat-and-eat meals, and have a 10-Day Plant-Based Challenge beginning Monday after VegFest!
At their booth they will be selling their vegan burgers, vegan beet balls with marinara, gazpacho, granola bars, and cookie dough, and offering samples.
Elmhurst 1925
Elmhurst 1925 is returning to Rochester VegFest, bringing their plant-based beverages!
They used to milk cows, but now they only milk plants!
Come try samples of their products next Saturday!
Astral Power
We welcome Astral Power to VegFest!
They work with solar farm developers and offer community outreach to let the public know about Community Solar. Stop by their Community Solar Information Booth at the Fest!
Animal Rights Rochester
Of course ARRoc will have a booth at VegFest! You knew how hard ARRoc leaders and members work year-round to bring VegFest here!
But you may not know that ARRoc will be selling our bumper stickers, including our new dairy one. Check them out, and stop by the booth to pick up a bunch! $3 each and save yourself the shipping charges. We also have lots of free information on how you can help animals in your daily lives.
Food Not Bombs
Food Not Bombs will be at Rochester VegFest! They recover and share free meals in our local community.
They will be accepting donations of nonperishable vegan food items at their table. Stop by and talk to these hard-working volunteers!
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