CLICK HERE: St. Louis VegFest 2018

We are delighted to announce our first ever annual VegFest in the city of St. Louis! 

Hosted by St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START), this will be a one-day family friendly event featuring inspirational speakers, musical performers, cruelty-free merchandise, and delicious vegan food. Yes, that's right--this event will be 100% Vegan!

The festival will be held on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at the World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park, from 11:00am-8:00pm. 

EMCEE: John Lewis, "Bad Ass Vegan"

LARGE SPEAKER TENT:

11:00am-11:45am
Cary Gray
(Vegan athlete & author of children's books)
"The Culture of Belonging"

12:00pm-12:45pm
Dr. Rosa Kincaid
(Vegan Doctor)
"Talk with the Doc" interview

1:00pm-1:45pm
Vegan Meathead
(Vegan Powerlifter)
"Eating Vegan for Maximal Strength" 

2:00pm-2:45pm
Pierce the Vegan
(Vegan musician)
Acoustic musical performance

3:00pm-3:45pm
Ellen Jaffe Jones
(Vegan coach, athlete, & author of 6 books including How to Eat Vegan on $4 a day)
"How to Eat Vegan on $4 a Day"

4:00-4:45pm
Artinces "Fabulously Vegan" 
(Vegan chef, entrepreneur, and wellness coach)
"The War on Compassion"

5:00-8:00pm
Utopia Studios
Dj & Dance party!

COOKING DEMO AREA/ADDITIONAL SPEAKER TENT:

11:00am-11:30am
12:00pm-12:30pm
1:00pm-1:30pm
Cooking Demos w/ STL Veg Girl

3:00pm-3:45pm
Jason Oliver
(Vegan animal rights activist and farm investigator)
"Effectiveness of Non-Violent Direct Action"
(Complete with virtual reality headsets for audience members to experience open rescue missions)!

YOGA & MASSAGE CORNER:

11:00am-11:45am
12:00pm-12:45pm
1:00pm-1:45pm
FREE yoga w/Debby Siegel & Julie Christy

2:00pm-5:00pm
$1 per minute massages with Maricela Zemmel
(All proceeds going to START)!

KID'S CORNER:

11:00am-1:45pm
Face Painting w/Mare Florentino

2:00pm-5:00pm
"Mindful Marionettes"- Puppet shows w/Chris Powers

VENDOR LIST:

12.Oh.7
1956 Utah
Action for Animals
Ambrosia Health & Wellness
Amie Simmons Art
Anonymous for the Voiceless-St. Louis
Arbonne
Best Friends Animal Society
Better Life
Bombay Food Junkies
Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic
Cherokee Buddhist Temple
Coconutz
COMpanion KOMbucha
Confluence Kombucha LLC
CORE + RIND
Direct Action Everywhere-St. Louis
Duchess Rose
FloatSTL
Forest ReLeaf
Frida's
G2 by Chef's Choice
Gigi the Vegan
Guerilla WearFare
(The) Happy Bakery
HarmLess Threads
Indian Sunshine Cuisine
ISKCON St. Louis-Govinda's
Juicemasters
Juice Plus+
Karavan Handmade Soaps, LLC
Katy's Kitchen
LUSH Cosmetics
Mary Budenholzer & Oscar Barquero, Reiki & Pranic Healing
Mattie's Vegan Eats
Midnight Museum & FabMe Henna
Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation (MAAL)
Mother of Dane
My Coconut Kitchen
New Leaf Supply Co.
North Coast Organics
Nowhere, Man
Ol' Dirty Sheets' Hot Sauce
Plant Powered Living
Pure Haven & Kangen Water
P.U.R.E. (People United Reaching Everyone)
Pure Mind Center
(The) Raw Juicery
Root Bound
Sacred Sankofa Enterprise
Sam's Vegan Kitchen
SEEDZ Cafe
Sift Bakey
Sleepy Kitty Arts
St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START)
St. Louis Juice Press
St. Louis Plant-Centered Living
Suzie Emiliozzi
Three Vegan Brothers
Two Men and a Garden
Unicreamer
US Peace Corps
(The) Vine

SPONSORS:

Bombay Food Junkies

Carol House Furniture

LUSH cosmetics

St. Louis Juice Press

*Note*
-Please bring a reusable water bottle to refill at our water station throughout the day.

-Some vendors will have credit card readers, but not all. Please bring cash for purchasing food and/or merchandise!

For more information visit our website:
https://www.start4animals.org/vegfest18