Cork Vegfest, is coming on May 12! The festival is a celebration of vegan food and lifestyle, full of local produce, providing the very best vegan cuisine all day.

Expect vegan cheeses, falafels, burgers, hot dogs, ice-cream, chocolates, healthy salads, cakes and drinks. There’ll be cruelty-free cosmetics and body care producers too, as well as diet and nutrition talks by experts, food demos, performances and so much more for the vegans and vegan curious! You don’t have to be vegan to enjoy the event. Everyone is welcome to try new foods, attend a talk or hangout within a super friendly environment.

Cork Vegfest Speakers

Dr Ailis Brosnan – Your Healthy Living Coach: Powered by Plants – the health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Glauce Lucas – All About Vegan Food – Raising Vegan Children: We’re Doing It Right.

Brett Cobley – EpiVegan – chef and activist.

Nicole Matthews – Greyhound rescue and welfare campaigner.

Conor Kerley (PhD, BSc, H. Dip., MINDI) – Ireland’s Plant Based Dietitian.

Amy Colgan / Green Leafy Gael – Irish Youtuber and Vlogger

Cork Vegfest Music & Performances

C.P. – Corkonian musician.

Lambdancer – electronic music duo.

Cork Vegfest Food Demos

Virginia O’Gara / My Goodness

Louise Kelly / I’m A Little Vegan

Christina Leopold / Addicted to Dates

Tracey Ryan / Bia Beauty

A first for Cork Vegfest is the Vegan Athletes & Health Panel, where attendees can speak with athletes about training, competing, diet and what drives them.

Vegan Athletes & Health Panel

Heather Gordon – Vegan ultra-runner.

Jessica Gresty – Vegan fitness model.

Leonardo Venaas – Vegan athlete and YouTuber.

Michael Donohoe – Vegan acrobatic fitness coach.

“Vegfest is spearheaded by a dedicated group of people passionate about vegan living. That’s all it takes to bring about change.”   – Huffington Post

“The festival not only offered the opportunity to broaden one’s palette but it was also an interesting insight into veganism and how being conscious of the food you are consuming is only one aspect of leading a cruelty-free lifestyle.”   – TN2 Magazine

Tickets are on sale on Eventbrite.

Cork Vegfest is proudly sponsored by Umi Falafel, Cork.

Media Partners for Cork Vegfest 2018 are Yay Cork and All About Vegan Food.

Did you know?

Famous vegans

• Erykah Badu – Singer

• Liam Hemsworth – Actor

• Miley Cyrus – Singer

• Thandie Newton – Actor

• Rosanna Davison – Supermodel and writer

• Kerry McCarthy – Shadow Agriculture Minister UK

• Thich Nhat Hanh – Buddhist monk and author

• Benjamin Zephaniah – writer and poet

• Stella McCartney – Fashion designer

• James Cameron – Movie director

• Alicia Silverstone – Actor, writer

• Joaquin Phoenix – Actor

• Woody Harrelson – Actor

• Samuel L. Jackson – Actor

Famous vegan athletes

• Fiona Oakes

• Patrik Baboumian

• Rich Roll – Ultra endurance

• Brendan Brazier – Triathlon and ultra endurance

• Matt Danzig – MMA

• Scott Jurek – Ultra endurance runner

• Frank Medrano – Body calisthenics

• Nate Diaz- MMA