West Midlands Vegan Festival
Saturday 27th October 2012
11:00 to 18:00
Details from http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1990
Organised by Midlands Vegan Campaigns, the West Midlands Vegan Festival is expected to be the biggest vegan festival ever staged anywhere north of London - now filling two large halls!
There will be 100+ stalls offering lots of delicious food, clothing, toiletries, cosmetics, campaign info etc, and also 20+ speakers, 5 cookery demos, films, live music, an all vegan bar, kids activities, raffles, competitions, free food samples and so much more.
This is all organised by grassroots campaigners who welcome your help.
11am - 6pm at the Wolves Civic Hall, North Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1RQ. For directions click here and replace Veggies starting postcode with yours.
WMVF After Party, from 6pm - 1am, Sat 27th October, The City Bar, Wolverhampton.
Veggie Food Is Here! Website: http://www.midlandsveganfestival.org.uk/
The Main Event Caterers
Our caterers will provide a wide variety of scrumptious hot and cold food throughout the day.
Aunty Jee's - www.auntyjee.net
Beet the System - www.facebook.com/pages/Beet-the-System/
ChangeKitchen - www.changekitchen.co.uk
Fairfoods - www.fairfoods.org.uk
Green Garden Cafe - www.greengardencafe.co.uk
Shambhu's - www.shambhus.co.uk
Something Fishy - www.something-fishy.org.uk
Veged Out - www.vegedout.co.uk
Veggies - www.veggies.org.uk
Cakes & Confectionery
A wide variety of sweet treats and snacks including cakes, chocolate, marshmallows, crisps and lots more!
Artastry - www.artastry.com
Cottage Cupcake Company - www.cottagecupcakeco.com
Cupcake Jo's - www.facebook.com/pages/Cupcake-Jos
Goody Good Stuff - www.goodygoodstuff.com
Jenny's Cakes - www.facebook.com/Jennyscakes.121
Lakeside Ethical Treats - www.ethical-treats.co.uk
Moo Free Chocolates - www.moofreechocolates.com
Mr Popples Chocolate - www.mrpoppleschocolate.co.uk
Ms Cupcake - www.mscupcake.co.uk
My Cupcakes - www.mycupcakes.org
Trishul Raw Chocolate - no website
Other Food & Drink Stalls
Many of the food stalls will offer free samples of their delicious products, whilst also selling packaged food to take home.
Artisan Preserves - no website
Braham & Murray - www.goodwebsite.co.uk
Clun Country Wines - no website
Ice Cream Cones - no website
Kailey's Kitchen - no website
Kara Dairy Free - www.karadairyfree.com
MKS Food Distribution - www.mksfooddistribution.com
Nourish - no website
One Earth Shop - www.oneearthshop.co.uk
Pitfield Beers - www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk
Pocketwala - no website
Pulsin - www.pulsin.co.uk
Razzle Dazzle Ices - www.razzledazzleices.co.uk
The Family Food Company - no website
The Parsnipship - www.theparsnipship.co.uk
Footwear, Clothing & Accessories
A range of shoes, boots, clothes & accessories, in various styles.
All Love and Liberation - www.all-love.co.uk
Cascada World - www.cascadaworld.co.uk
Eco Vegan Shoes - www.eco-vegan-shoes.com
Ethical Wares - www.ethicalwares.com
Freerangers - www.freerangers.co.uk
Hempish - www.hempish.com
Katcha Bilek - www.katchabilek.com
Riverflow Clothing - www.riverflowclothing.com
Cosmetics & Toiletries
There will be a wide range of ethical cosmetics, toiletries, bodycare, skincare & haircare products on sale.
Aloe Vera UK - www.aloevera.uk.net
Arbonne - www.arbonneglasgow.myarbonne.co.uk
Athene Skincare - www.atheneskincare.com
Brackencraft - www.brackencraft.com
Heavenly Organics Skin Care - www.heavenly-organics.com
Honesty Cosmetics - www.honestycosmetics.co.uk
Lush - www.lush.co.uk
Mimi's Miracle - www.mimismiracle.co.uk
Oooh Skincare - www.ooohskincare.com
Puro Hair - www.purohair.co.uk
The Buddha Beauty Company - www.buddha-beauty.com
Vegan Faces - www.veganfacesuk.co.uk
Yaoh - www.yaoh.co.uk
Vegan Support & Information
Will offer a vast array of information about going and staying vegan, alongside a range of products including books, clothes, vitamin wallcharts etc.
Ethics & Health Foundation - www.ethicsandhealth.org.uk
Veganish Magazine - www.facebook.com/pages/VEGANish/
Vegan Society - www.vegansociety.com
Vegetarian Guides - www.vegetarianguides.co.uk
Vegetarian Society - www.vegsoc.org
Viva! - www.viva.org.uk
Wolverhampton Vegans & Veggies - www.wolvesveg.org.uk
Green & Ethical Products/Services
Eco-friendly and ethical products and services.
Ecotricity - www.ecotricity.co.uk
Ethical Pets - www.ethical-pets.co.uk
Femmecup - www.femmecup.co.uk
Fox-A-Gon - www.fox-a-gon.co.uk
Greenfinder - www.greenfinder.co.uk
Living Naturally - www.soapnuts.co.uk
Ojo Jewellery - www.ojojewellery.com
The Little House Company - www.littlehouse.co
Animal Protection Groups & Sanctuaries
These stalls will feature information on a wide variety of animal cruelty issues, alongside merchandise to help raise much needed funds.
Animal Aid - www.animalaid.org.uk
Animal Cruelty Investigation Group - www.acigawis.co.uk
Animal Freedom - www.animalfreedom.eu
Beacon Life & Learning Centre - www.beaconlifeandlearning.org
Birmingham & Coventry Hunt Sabs - www.huntsabs.org.uk
Birmingham Greyhound Protection - www.facebook.com/groups/birminghamgreyhoundprotection
Captive Animal's Protection Society - www.captiveanimals.org
Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade - www.caft.org.uk
Friends of the Animals - www.friendsoftheanimals.co.uk
Green Meadow Animal Sanctuary - www.greenmeadow.org.uk
Hillfields Animal Sanctuary - www.hillfields-animal-sanctuary.com
Labour Animal Welfare Society - www.labouranimalwelfare.org
League Against Cruel Sports - www.league.org.uk
Save the Harlan Beagles - www.savetheharlanbeagles.com
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - www.seashepherd.org/uk/
SPEAK Campaigns - www.speakcampaigns.org
The Black Fish - www.theblackfish.org
The Farm Animal Sanctuary - www.thefarmanimalsanctuary.co.uk
Vervet Monkey Foundation - www.vervet.za.org
Vegan Sports
Support groups and forums for sporty vegans.
Vegan Bodybuilding - www.veganbodybuilding.org
Vegan Fitness - www.veganfitness.net
Vegan Runners - www.veganrunners.makessense.co.uk
Environmental Awareness/Campaigns
Environmental & human rights campaigns/info.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (West Midlands) - www.wmcnd.org.uk
Friends of the Earth - www.foe.co.uk
Green Party (West Midlands) - www.westmidlands.greenparty.org.uk
Population Matters - www.populationmatters.org
Vegan Organic Network - www.veganorganic.net
West Midlands Against Flouridation - www.wmaf.org.uk
Other Stalls
Any stalls that don't quite fit in to one of the other categories!
Centre for Conscious Awareness - www.centreforconsciousawareness.org
Enlightenment DVD's - no website
Equinox Gifted Thoughts - www.giftshopswolverhampton.co.uk
Excellart - www.excellart.co.uk
Francis Kajo - www.franciskajo.com
Glitter Tattoos - no website
Network of Ley Hunters - www.networkofleyhunters.com
Omushana - www.omushana.org
Starpoetry Astrology - www.starpoetry.co.uk
Tree of Life Magazine - www.treeoflifemagazine.co.uk