The New England VegFest is the region’s largest festival celebrating vegetarianism! It returns to Massachusetts on Sunday, May 21 from 12-5 PM at Worcester State University.
The free festival draws together over 115 vendors, artists, health experts, sustainability activists, and animal-welfare pioneers to celebrate an environmentally friendly ecosystem. The festival also includes mental health experts in honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s truly a whole-body wellness festival open to vegetarians, vegans, and even carnivores and pescatarians presented by the local non-profit VegFest!
Tickets to New England VegFest guarantee free entry and enable you to engage in food demos, yoga workshops, and learn from a series of speakers chatting up everything from “Biomagnetism – How to Use My Own Polarities to Feel Better” to “Food as Medicine: How Plant-Based Nutrition Can Prevent and Reverse Disease.” From 12-3 PM guests are encouraged to swing by Darren Yong’s (the practicing magician and vegan) Comedy Magic Show.
The festival itself is the launchpad for Worcester Vegan Week, a time when local businesses offer specials and incentives in addition to prizes to encourage and support vegan practices.
Vendors at New England VegFest:
2 Curls 1 Mission
46 Million Turkeys
Amazing Ackee – Likkle Patty Shop
Ayamama
B-Organic
Balm of Paradise
Basil & Bunny
Bean Counter Bakery Cafe
Bear Butter
Belmont Vegetarian
Ben Mitchell Coaching
Beraka Juice
Berkshire Farm Sanctuary
Beth Bakes Artisanal Crackers
Birchouse Botanicals
Boston Vegan
Boundless Bakery
Burning Books
Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University
Chef Sils Vegan Kitchen
Chet’s Italian Ice
Compassion Co
Decimation Deli
Divine Treasures
Earthy Krunchy Snacks
Fanny’s Food Fun
Farm Sanctuary
Fieldstone Kombucha
FinAllie Ferments
florapothecarie
Fully Rooted Juice & Kombucha
Funky Stuff
Gabriele Publishing House
Garden Patch by the Sea
Greenvest
Hare of the Dog, Inc Wildlife Rehabilitation
Healthy Nutrition Knowledge
High Tide Mushroom Farm
Hillside Harvest Sauces
Horseracing Wrongs
HYDE NOR HARE
JA Patty
Jennifer Lee’s Bakery
Joyfull Eats
Julia Denos: Children’s Author/Illustrator
Kays Curries
Keifer’s Kettle Korn and Italian Ice
Kind Roots
Kristi’s Kraftails
La Pheegan Chef x Sassy Jack Chick’n
LeafGuard
Like No Udder
Lions Den
And many, many more!
Find New England VegFest at Worcester State University – Wellness Center 486 Chandler Street Worcester, MA 01602
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 12-5PM