Vegan Events UK is getting ready for this Saturday’s Pudsey Vegan Festival at Pudsey Civic Hall.
There will be 60 exciting vegan stalls, global cuisine, decadent cakes and desserts, expert talks, ethical fashion, cruelty-free beauty and nutrition secrets.
If you are looking for inspiration for a vegan lifestyle or plant-based options or to discover items that you won’t find in the supermarket, Pudsey Vegan Festival is the ideal place. And as entry is free for under-16s, it is ideal for families.
Pudsey Vegan Festival will feature 60 stalls including 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!
Talks include Mind Matters with Anne Davies where you’ll learn what you need to know about ageing health, with top tips on thriving into old age as a vegan.
Join Anne to learn more. The Power of Exercise to Change Your Life with Sophie Banyard gives you top tips to start bringing the life changing magic of exercise into your life today.
Sophie is a personal trainer and mindset coach who is passionate about helping people to build inner and outer strength and resilience, enabling them to conquer whatever challenges life throws your way.
Lynda, a Yorkshire Plant-Based Councils campaigner, will talk about the Plant-Based Councils campaign that calls on UK councils to take climate action by promoting plant-based eating to their residents and to lead by example with 100% plant-based internal catering. She’ll talk about what they’re doing in Yorkshire and how people can help.
And there will be vegan rhymes from Glastonbury Festival Poet-in-Residence Dominic Berry. Family friendly vegan verse from the 2020 saboteur award winner for ‘UK Best Spoken Word Artist’, come hear Dominic share some deep and some light-hearted tales of being vegan in today’s haphazard world.
Local stalls include Pudsey’s Fluffy Cat Candles who make mood boosting candles with room filling scents, hand-poured in small batches using biodegradable soy wax and only the highest quality pure essential oils.
Bradford’s Father’s Farm Foods is a family business and supplier of various types of tree nuts, dried fruits, seeds as well as beans and pulses.
Relevance Catering is a family vegan catering company based in West Yorkshire producing traditional Yorkshire bakes, scotch eggs, pies and sausage rolls as well as cakes and traditional sweet treats.
Ella’s Vegan Yorkshire Bakery in Malton, nestled between the North Yorkshire moors and the Yorkshire Wolds, has perfected a range of ready-made vegan mixes, including vegan Yorkshire pudding mix, vegan cake mix, pancake mix and scone mixes plus a gluten-free range, and supports animal welfare charity Miracle’s Mission.
Huddersfield’s Ivy Dene Rabbit Rescue promotes humane behaviour towards rabbits in Yorkshire by providing care, protection, treatment, security and re-homing for rabbits in need and educates the public on rabbit care and welfare.
Pet Respect is an animal education charity operating in the Hull and East Riding area which is run entirely by volunteers. By using innovative ideas it promotes responsible pet ownership and anti-animal cruelty.
Yorkshire’s MamaLlamaByGigi specialises in creating handmade jewellery, including polymer clay earrings and bookmarks, rings and necklaces and wooden jewellery with mixed brass elements.
Featured stalls include Miracle’s Mission, a non-profit animal welfare charity 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 re-homes dogs in need, often with disabilities, in the UK.
Pudsey Vegan Festival takes place from 10.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday 3rd May 2025 at Pudsey Civic Hall, Dawsons Corner, Stanningley, Leeds, LS28 5TA.
There are excellent public transport links and the venue has free parking. Standard entry is £5 on the door or in advance (under 16’s free) or advance VIP tickets are £15 to include a goody bag full of vegan products, samples, discounts and offers. Tickets are available here.
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