Welcome to the 13th annual Central Florida Veg Fest!
Presented by Vegetarians of Central Florida

NOTE: Most of the information on the website is from the 2017 event and will be updated closer to the 2018 event.

Please join us for the 13th annual Central Florida Veg Fest, one of the LARGEST
and LONGEST-RUNNING vegan festivals in the WORLD!
Check out the awesome Central Florida Veg Fest promo video!

Credits: video by Jenna Bardroff of Solutionary Events/artwork by Melissa McHenry of the Orlando Weekly)

Central Florida Veg Fest 2018
Saturday, October 27, 2018 • 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Orlando Festival Park
2911 E. Robinson Street
Orlando, FL 32803
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Central Florida Veg Fest is an exciting day of colorful and educational exhibits and activities! It will take place at beautiful Orlando Festival Park near downtown Orlando on October 27, 2018 from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Admission is FREE! Veg Fest is a family-friendly, dog-friendly, alcohol-free, and smoke-free event. Veg Fest, now in its 13th year, is one of the biggest and best vegetarian festivals in the country!

Central Florida Veg Fest will draw both committed vegetarians/vegans and those who want to learn more about how veg-living enhances our health, the planet, and its inhabitants. Come enjoy a diverse cross-section of vegetarian cuisines and lifestyles. Discover new products and ideas from over 200 vendors and 100 contributors and enjoy a wide variety of presentations and food preparation demos. Not a vegetarian? Whether you're looking for new ideas to add color and variety to your meals or you're a "seasoned" vegetarian interested in expanding your knowledge of nutritious and ethical foods, this is the place for you. Please RSVP on the Veg Fest event page and join the Veg Fest community page for regular updates about the event. And please share these pages with your family and friends.
Enjoy speakers, food preparation demonstrations, a veggie kids zone, an animal haven, an artist corner, music on an acoustic stage, lots of other activities (including parades, performances, workshops, and a drum circle presented by Earth Sponsor and special guest Ibex Puppetry!), and many veg-friendly vendors. There are so many fun and interesting things happening at Veg Fest you will want to stay all day. And so much delicious vegan food that you can have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with plenty of snacks in between!
Speakers include:

The Themes of Veg Fest Include:

Vegan Cuisine

Health & Wellness

Environment

Animal Welfare & Rights

Community-Building

The Goals of Veg Fest are to:​

  • support all vegetarians and people who are on the road to becoming vegetarians, regardless of their motivation
  • proactively promote vegetarianism in a non-judgmental way
  • help empower people to make positive changes in the way they eat and live

If interested in being a vendor or sponsor:

If interested in advertising in the Veg Fest program:

If interested in volunteering at Veg Fest:

If interested in being a speaker:

If interested in playing as a musician:

If interested in donating prizes to the raffle for the Animal Haven:

If interested in being a food prep demonstrator:

If interested in helping to promote Veg Fest:

If interested in donating products to Veg Fest:
For directions to the park, please go to the Travel page. If you're visiting from out of town, this page also has info on where to stay and where to eat. For information on parking and the bike valet, please go to the Parking page.

Below are the 2017 vendor assignments, and event, parking, and location maps.