Hi everybody,

It's now just over a month since our most recent successful show at Olympia London, and as we head into the winter months, the VegfestUK team are putting plans in place for our big events in Brighton, Bristol and London next year. With lots still to announce before the New Year, when tickets for Brighton and Bristol will go on sale, expect plenty of good news to come your way this side of Christmas to get you into a festive mood.
 

Big thanks to everyone who has completed our visitors survey on their experiences at VegfestUK London 2017. We have received altogether 263 completed feedback forms online since a buzzing event visited by around 14,000 people in total. In particular, from the data collected, coupled with figures collated from previous events, we can infer that around 700 people decided to go vegan after the event.

Full breakdown of the survey data is here - http://bit.ly/LDN2017-VisitorSurveyResults
 

Friday October 20th 2017 saw the first-ever vegan Trade show hosted in the UK at  one of the nation’s top exhibition venues Olympia London, with around 130 exhibitors and 80 speakers showcasing the best of veganism to around 700 quality delegates from the Trade and Media sectors.

Read full summary of this inaugural event here - http://bit.ly/TRADE2017-Summary
 

Our Bristol event next year is moving to the top-class venue of Ashton Gate stadium (homoe of Bristol City football and rugby clubs) on the May Bank Holiday Weekend May 26th 27th 2018. The amazing conference and VIP facilities of the venue promise a signfiicant makeover of the UK's longest-running vegan event from its previous outdoor guise.

Full details TBA once the show website www.bristol.vegfest.co.uk goes live on December 12th 2017, with advance tickets to go on sale in January and ticket prices TBA soon...
 

Exciting news for potential applicants for next year’s The FxEctive Factor vegan talent contest at VegfestUK Brighton 2018, as we have now confirmed the prizes in store for all nominees and the winners of the competition for both the sections for musicians and activists.

In case you have missed it – applications to be nominated to perform at The FxEctive Factor are now open and they will close by end of play on Friday December 15th.​

Find out full list of prizes here: http://bit.ly/TheFxEctiveFactor-prizes
 

In this guest blog, vegan author and social justice advocate Julia Feliz talks about her new book “Veganism in an Oppressive World”, a new release by vegan book publisher, Sanctuary Publishers, www.sanctuarypublishers.com, which aims to support marginalized groups through every book sold. Sales from this book benefit the vegan organization, Food Empowerment Project, www.foodispower.org 

"While folks from all walks of life name various motives as the catalyst for embracing a vegan lifestyle, what unites us all under the term is the true reason for the movement. That reason is nonhuman animals and our want to create a world free from their abuse, objectification, and exploitation, and in a world where oppression of both humans and nonhumans is systemic, veganism is but one part of the puzzle towards creating a just world."

Read Julia's full blog here - http://bit.ly/VeganismInAnOppressiveWorld
 

In this sharply written memoir, the late former Animal Aid director Andrew Tyler takes us from the ‘skinny anxious boy’ who was raised in a children’s home and left school at 14, escaping to Canada as an émigré and travelling, as a hippy, through the US in the year of flower power. To coming home and being a rock writer on the prestigious NME in the heady days of the early 1970’s interviewing the likes of Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen.

Find out more about the memoir in this blog here: http://bit.ly/AndrewTylerMemoir
 

Veganism means many things to many people - for health, for animals, for the environment, for sustainable food production, or for justice... but which of these applies most to you?

Vote now in this new poll here: http://bit.ly/Poll-WhatVeganismMeans​

(poll closes at 5pm on Friday December 1st 2017)
 

 

Dec 1st 2nd - FarGo Vegan Festival, 5pm – 10pm FRI and 11am – 6pm SAT, FarGo Village (Coventry CV1 5ED)

Dec 2nd - Shropshire Cruelty Free Christmas Fair, 11am - 3pm, The Wightman Theatre (Shrewsbury SY1 1LN)

Dec 3rd - Lincoln Vegan Christmas Festival, 10am - 4pm, Assembly Rooms (Lincoln LN1 3AR)

Dec 3rd - Absolutely Fabulous Vegan Festival Winter Wonderland, 11am - 4pm, DEPOT Cardiff (Cardiff CF10 5FE)

Dec 3rd - Dundee Vegan Festival, 10am - 5pm, The Bonar Hall (Dundee DD1 1PB)

Dec 3rd - VON Stockport Vegan Fair, 11am - 5pm, Stockport College (Stockport SK1 3UQ)

Dec 3rd - East Anglican Vegan Festival, 10am - 4pm, Clare Town Hall (Sudbury CO10 8NN)

Dec 9th - Bristol Viva! Vegan Festival, Bristol University Student Union (Bristol BS8 1LN)

Dec 10th - Compassionate Christmas Fair, 10am - 3pm, Civic Community Hall (Hailsham BN27 2AX)

Dec 16th - Taunton Vegan Fair, 11am to 4.30pm, Wilton Church Hall (Taunton TA1 3JT)

Dec 23rd - Norwich Vegan Christmas Festival, 10am - 4pm, St Andrew's Hall (Norwich NR3 1AU)

The new logo for the UK’s original hemp company Yaoh made its first appearance on the Summer Solstice June 21st 2017, as Yaoh celebrates its 15th year.

And a whole rebranding and launch of new products is in the pipeline as the iconic hemp brand gets a makeover for the first time in its history.

Find out more about Yaoh's rebrand and new products here: http://bit.ly/YaohRebrand2017
 

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