The Great Yorkshire Vegan Christmas Festival from Vegan Events UK is returning for its 10th year this November and is bigger and better than ever with 100 stalls. So get ready for festival highlights not to be missed at South Leeds Stadium, Belle Isle, Leeds on Saturday 30th November.
There will be 100 diverse vegan stalls at the Vegan Christmas Festival, including world food caterers, offering cakes, dairy and meat alternatives, skincare and beauty, clothing, juices, smoothies, healthy treats and many gifts you won’t find in the supermarket. Plus recipes, nutritional advice, budget cooking ideas, free samples, talks, cookery demonstrations and much more.
Great Yorkshire Vegan Christmas Festival Organiser, Victoria Bryceson comments, “I’m really excited about this year’s festival, where we’ll be celebrating its 10th year. We’ve had such amazing feedback from everyone and this year we’ve got 100 stalls; I’m expecting it to be a sell-out. I’m sure that people from Leeds and all over Yorkshire will enjoy the stalls, talks, workshops and atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming everyone, not just vegans, to the event. Our goal is to continue to bring vegans and non-vegans together, to support local vegan business, and to show just how easy it is to be vegan.”
Try some vegan delights offered by Yorkshire stallholders, including vegan savouries and Yorkshire puddings. Ella’s Vegan Yorkshire Bakery is located in the town of Malton, nestled between the North Yorkshire moors and the Yorkshire Wolds. They’ve perfected a range of ready-made Vegan mixes, including vegan Yorkshire pudding mix, vegan cake mix, pancake mix and scone mixes and a gluten-free range. It supports Miracle’s Mission animal welfare charity. Sheffield’s Sunshine Vegan Deli Foods family are food producers of vegan Yorkshire puddings, vegan eggs, vegan pies, vegan sausage rolls and nut free hummus.
Featured stalls include Miracle’s Mission and Harper’s Bizarre. Miracle’s Mission help animals worldwide starting with its rescue, neuter and education programme in Borneo and Malaysia, providing stray animals with safety, comfort and health. Harper’s Bizarre make proper smelling, handmade vegan soy candles in artisan tins, and is run by people who love rescue animals.
You can also find charities and organisations, including Ivy Dene Rabbit Rescue which promotes humane behaviour towards rabbits in Yorkshire and the surrounding area by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment, security and re-homing for rabbits which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and educates the public on rabbit care and welfare and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among rabbits.
Illustrator and animator Imogen Ward lives and works in Scarborough and Yorkshire based MamaLlamaByGigi is dedicated to crafting handmade jewellery. Imogen loves to create feel-good images and environments, with the aim of making people feel joyful, nostalgic, or simply entertained. MamaLlamaByGigi specialises in creating polymer clay earrings and bookmarks, rings and necklaces and wooden jewellery with mixed brass elements.
The Great Yorkshire Vegan Christmas Festival will feature over 100 fantastic stalls, world food caterers, exciting demos, and inspirational talks running throughout the day at South Leeds Stadium, Indoor Bowls and Athletic Centre, John Charles Approach, Belle Isle, Leeds, LS11 5DJ on Saturday 30th November from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Standard Entry is £5 on the door (under 16’s free) or advance tickets are available from https://www.veganeventsuk.co.uk/buy-tickets/ .
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