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News Get ready, South Australia: Adelaide Vegan Festival is back!
Mark your calendars, because Australia’s longest-running vegan festival is making its big return…
After taking a short break in 2025, Vegan Festival Adelaide is back at Rundle Park on Saturday 5th December, with a huge range of delicious foods, market stalls, speakers, cooking demos, workshops, activities, music and more.
First held in 2007, the annual event — this year proudly sponsored by the good folk at VegKit (that’s us!) — has become one of the biggest plant-based festivals in Australia. Its mission is simple: to celebrate, promote and educate people about a compassionate, healthy and sustainable way of living. And the best part? You don’t need to be vegan to come along and have a great time. Anyone and everyone is welcome!
Food, food, and more food
Let’s be honest: for many of us, food is always the main event. My advice to attendees is this: pace yourself!
You can expect everything from hearty festival classics and comfort food to fresh, colourful bowls and decadent desserts. Whether you’re after a burger, a curry, a cheeky doughnut or an icy drink on a warm December afternoon, there’s something for every craving. Just don’t sleep on the ice cream.
Aside from food trucks, you’ll find stalls stocked with vegan products to take home, including pantry staples, skincare, clothing, and gifts. And with Christmas just around the corner, it’s a great chance to pick up some cruelty-free presents while supporting local, 100% vegan businesses.
Top tip: Bring a reusable cup and container. The festival aims to be a zero-waste event, and every little bit helps.
Plenty to see, do and learn
There’s far more to the day than eating (Now there’s a sentence I thought I would never say!)
The program for the day also includes talks and cooking demos from a range of speakers, sharing personal insights as well as practical advice on food and nutrition, overall health, the planet, and, of course, animals.
Expect to hear from the team at Edgars Mission Farm Sanctuary, Farm Transparency Project, and Amy Amelia on how to best care and advocate for animals, interspersed with cooking demos from the queen of vegan culinary delights, Shannon Martinez, the king of vegans, Zacchary Bird, and the team that have your best health at heart, Doctors for Nutrition.
Speaking of health, did I mention that Zacchary Bird will also be leading an Animal Rights Aerobics class?!! Because of course he is!
There’ll be a range of great charities and organisations to learn about and chat to on the day, as well as some great workshops to check out. In fact, the Kidzone area will be packed full of fun activities for the little (and big) kids among us, with many of them Christmas-themed. And because it falls on the first weekend of December, Santa himself will be joining as a special guest! Who better to teach the world about kindness and compassion, than our favourite jolly ol’ man in the red suit?!
Saving the best for last
The festival is a family friendly affair with plenty on offer for the kids, but aside from the dedicated Kidzone area, there is also a ‘Dogs are the Best People Zone’! That’s right – a whole section of the event specifically curated for our four-legged family members.
There will be speakers giving dog-specific talks on training and reading behaviours, as well as a workshop to make your own DIY dog enrichment boxes. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say the event organisers crept into my dreams and watched me lie in a sunny park with my own rescue pup, eating ice cream, and smiling in absolute euphoria at all the dogs around me. If you ask me, that’s truly heaven on earth!
Top tip: Remember to pack water and plan some shade for your canine friend/s as the event usually falls on a warm day.
The perfect warm-up for Veganuary
With Veganuary just around the corner, this very vegan festival is the ideal place to load up on food inspo, discover new products, and meet local makers. Around 30 million people worldwide pledged to try vegan last January, so why not make this the year you join them? You can sign up here.
See you there!
Whether you’re a lifelong vegan, just curious, or simply looking for a great day out with the family, Vegan Festival Adelaide is the place to be this December 5th. Grab your friends, bring your human and furry family, and come together to celebrate a kinder way of living. 
For more info including tickets, event times, and transport, visit the Vegan Festival Adelaide website here.
Meet Jacqueline!
Jacqui likes to spend her spare time with her two cats, eating sweet treats and listening to 90s British pop. She enjoys making plant-based goodies inspired by her love of all things David Lynch, and if she’s cooking dinner, you better believe there is gonna be spice!