Below is the press release for this epically awesome all vegan festival in Chicago!
The
4th Annual Chicago VeganMania Celebrates with the Vegan Black Metal
Chef, Artisan Vegan Cheese and More
After three amazingly successful years,
Chicago VeganMania returns as a free, day-long celebration of vegan culture,
commerce, community, cuisine and couture. The event takes place Saturday,
September 29, between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at a new, bigger location – the
Broadway Armory, 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago. The previous three events have
drawn thousands of attendees.
Nationally known presenters will be
featured at Chicago VeganMania again this year, including YouTube sensation,
the Vegan Black Metal Chef, whose hilarious and appropriately disorienting
videos have gone viral. In addition to the VBMC, we will be welcoming
best-selling author Victoria Moran, who wrote the recent book Main Street Vegan, and Miyoko Schinner,
author of the new cookbook, Artisan Vegan
Cheese, whose innovative and wholesome recipes are currently featured in
VegNews Magazine. In addition, Chicago VeganMania is bringing respected
dietician Ginny Kisch Messina and Ellen Jaffe Jones, author of Eat Vegan on $4 a Day.
Cooking demos are back again this year,
and Chicago VeganMania is very excited to announce that we will be featuring
people who are creating some of Chicago’s most innovative purely plant-based
cuisine, featuring chef Kendall Huff of the popular Native Foods, Kat Barry of
Kat’s Hot Cakes, Chicago Vegan Foods and others. Everything demonstrated and
sampled will be free of animal ingredients. [VBMC and Miyoko are giving chef
demos]
“We are thrilled to be putting together
another event,” says Marla Rose, Chicago VeganMania co-founder. “It is a really
positive and fun celebration of vegan culture and community but it’s also very
appealing to those who are just curious about the vegan lifestyle. Anyone who
enjoys a free, lively festival with diverse vendors, great speakers and
entertainment as well as, of course, delicious, healthy food will enjoy Chicago
VeganMania.”
Included in the day’s festivities will
be our popular Culture Café with coffee and an alternative milk bar and live
music, a full day of Q&A panels addressing everything from vegan health and
wellness to using one’s creative talents for animal advocacy, a “Vegan Rock
Star” photo booth and cruelty-free swag bags for the first one hundred people through
the door.
In addition to all this, there will be a
huge food court featuring delicious options from a dozen of Chicago's best
vegan restaurants, caterers and food companies, as well as an exhibit hall
packed dozens of diverse vendors, featuring everything from jewelry to body
care products, candles to high fashion. All vegan, of course!
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