Vegan Events UK is hosting its first Edinburgh Vegan Festival on Saturday 17th May 2025. It will feature over 80 fantastic stalls, world food caterers, exciting cookery demos, inspirational talks, interactive workshops, yoga and children’s activities running throughout the day from 10.30am to 4.30pm at Edinburgh College, Granton Campus.
The festival will provide the ultimate inspiration for vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians, those thinking about going vegan or wanting to include more vegan products in their diet – everyone is welcome. And with free entry for under-16s, it’s an excellent family day out from only £5.
You can expect over 80 epic vegan stalls including global cuisine, decadent cakes and desserts, expert talks and live demos, ethical fashion, cruelty-free beauty and nutrition secrets. The stalls will include a huge selection of cooked foods, pies, cakes, chocolates, sandwiches and salads, beauty and skincare products, candles, cheeses, jewellery, crafts, healthy treats, sweet treats, clothing, drinks, juices, smoothies, charity merchandise, free samples and more!
Festival organiser and founder of Vegan Events UK, Victoria Bryceson says, “I’m really looking forward to our first Edinburgh Vegan Festival. It looks like being a sell out. Our events provide customers with a one stop shopping experience where all of your vegan products and services can be found in one place. We provide small and family run businesses with a place to promote and sell their products and services. We aim to educate people about what veganism is and to show people how easy, affordable, healthy and varied living a vegan lifestyle can be.”
Featured stalls include Miracle’s Mission and Fido Treats. Miracle’s Mission is a non-profit animal welfare organisation that works with sick, injured and disabled animals worldwide. Its mission is to provide a place of safety for animals in danger, to educate on the needs of neutering both pets and strays and to neuter stray dogs and cats to prevent the birth of more animals onto the streets. It also rehabilitates and rehomes dogs in need, often with disabilities, from its UK rescue base.
Fido Treats make vegan dog treats using two locally sourced ingredients from Kirkcaldy. The range offers two flavours of crunchy biscuits, carrot or sweet potato, and sweet potato flavoured dog cookies which have some fun sayings and phrases on them.
There are several stallholders from Edinburgh and others from central Scotland.
Edinburgh-based Considerit make doughnuts, chocolate and ice cream free from animal products, and are hand crafted on a daily basis to ensure the highest quality, plant-based indulgent products. Heriot Hott is an Edinburgh based hot sauce business aiming to deliver deliciously diverse hot sauces. It is passionate about the planet, so all its sauces are vegan and their ingredients grown close to home, reducing their carbon footprint.
Glasgow’s Nicki’s Aromatics make the highest quality aromatherapy home fragrance products, using ingredients that are natural and kind to the planet, including aromatherapy candles, wax melts, room sprays, diffusers and essential oil blends. Glasgow’s Soapetc makes sustainable zero waste skincare, handmade in Strathbungo, It designs and hand crafts small batch artisan soap using the traditional cold process technique, formulated by skin type using superfoods.
Lanarkshire’s Baby Blue Bee Bunnies is a non profit, constituted welfare organisation which aims to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home rabbits across Scotland and improve their welfare. It takes in unwanted, neglected and abandoned rabbits across Scotland and provides them with the vet care that they need and finds them their forever homes.
Ayrshire’s Surya Luna Naturals carefully blend the finest plant oils and butters, fragrant essential oils, beautiful botanicals and gently cleansing mineral clays to make body care to soothe and nourish mind and body, whilst minimising the impact on the environment. All the products are lovingly hand crafted in small batches before being packaged using eco-friendly materials. Falkirk’s Eweniqueness make a range of ‘ewenique’ gifts.
Edinburgh Vegan Festival takes place from 10.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday 17th May 2025 at Edinburgh College, Granton Campus, 350 W Granton Road, Edinburgh, EH5 1QE. There is parking available at the venue. Advance tickets are available at www.veganeventsuk.co.uk/buy-
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