VegfestUK is back at the Hilton Metropole on 7 November with 120 stalls

VegfestUK^1,2,3 comes back to Brighton on Saturday, 7 November, after a three-year gap. It runs from 11am to 6pm at the Hilton Metropole on Kings Road, across three halls on two floors.

The organisers say there will be 120 stalls, three talks areas, a performance stage and a campaigns area. A food village will have up to 15 street food caterers. Actor Peter Egan is among the guest speakers. Vegan pastry chef Danielle Maupertuis will talk about her book Veganissima, and Dr Andrew Knight will present research on plant-based diets for cats and dogs. Comedians Dawn Chorus and Andrew O’Neill and singer Gemma Doyle are on the bill.

Vegfest started in Brighton in 2009 and ran for 11 years in a row, until the end of the last decade and the lockdowns that followed. You don’t have to be vegan to go. When the return was announced in June, the organisers said they expected around 2,000 visitors, about 500 of them not yet vegan. “Whatever your current dietary status, you’ll be more than welcome at VegfestUK Brighton,” they said.

Tickets are £10 plus a booking fee online, or £12 on the door. Dogs aren’t allowed in the venue.

Later this month, twelve chefs cook vegan at MOSHIMO in a contest judged by the diners.