Vegan Fest - the vegan festival considered the largest in the world - returns to Tel Aviv for the fifth time. The event organized by the "Vegan Friendly" association in cooperation with the Tel Aviv Municipality will be held this year at Ganei Yehoshua in Yarkon Park between June 21-22 between 23:00-17:00. Last year, 80,100 visitors came to the festival. The choice to hold it this time in Yarkon Park was made in order to allow more than <>,<> visitors to come to it this year and thus maintain its status as the largest vegan festival in the world.
Last year's Wigan Fest,
The event, which puts vegetarian and vegan culinary at the forefront, will combine more than 100 food stalls and vegan restaurants this year. They will offer at affordable prices familiar dishes sold in them and new dishes that are unique to the festival. Among others participating in the festival were Anastasia, Hanoi Cafe, 416, green roll, MISS-V, Mexicana, Weiler Farm, Barzilai Farm and Goodness.
The Wyler Farm will sell their famous pita schnitzel at the festival, which last year created huge queues (so anyone who didn't make it can do this year). And Yulief, which sells vegan cheeses, will sell special and colorful McCheese dishes with mozzarella cheese, cheddar and parmesan in the colors of pride, and more.
416 vegan calamari rings, photo: courtesy of 416 Restaurant
In addition to the food stands and restaurants that will star in the event, it will include various and varied activity areas that the general public can enjoy for free. Along with good food, participants can also enjoy excellent music. Singer Nono, for example, will perform on the festival stage on June 21 alongside other bands and artists who will perform on this stage throughout the two days of the event. Admission to performances is free.
A dish of the MISS-V restaurant that will be at the festival, photo: courtesy of MISS-V restaurant
Among the special areas at the festival, a speeddating and dating complex will be established for the first time that will operate on the first day of the event and offer short rounds of dating; It will have a children's area that will include activities, creative corners, a circus show, performances, and story hours; a cooking complex that will host unique cooking workshops led by well-known chefs and bloggers; A lecture complex that will host, among other things, a special panel on the future of the food world, with the participation of Israel's leading food tech professionals; And on and on.
"Already last year we discovered that a significant percentage of the visitors (to the event) are not members of the vegan crowd," said Omri Paz, founder of the Vegan Friendly association, adding: "I call, this year as well, to everyone to come and celebrate with a unique, fascinating and delicious food festival, for which no animal has suffered."
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