Big news! Twin Cities Veg Fest 2016 will take place on Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30, from 11am to 4pm each day. Wow, two whole days to celebrate compassion! And surprise, surprise, we’ll be back at Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota.
As you may recall, we wanted to bring the festival to an outdoor location this year, and we had nearly signed a contract with Powderhorn Park to host it there. But then we got the news that the park has a construction project planned that would conflict with our proposed festival dates. As soon as we found out, we looked into reserving a different park, but by then they were all booked.
Since moving the festival to an outdoor location isn’t going to work for this year, we considered how Coffman Union could accommodate the continued growth of the festival. That’s when we decided to expand the festival to two days. We’re thinking that will help with the crowding issue, as the thousands of attendees will be spread out over the course of the entire weekend.
There are other advantages, too. Vendors and exhibitors can choose to come for one or both days, and we’ll be able to accommodate additional presenters and cooking demos. We look forward to this year’s festival being our biggest and best one yet.
We’ll be sure to update you with news about exhibitors, cooking demos, speakers, and more. In the meantime, check out (and share!) our new animated video about the festival. It’s very cute and reveals all the awesome stuff that Twin Cities Veg Fest has to offer.
For the animals,
Unny Nambudiripad