York Vegan Christmas Festival

The York Vegan Christmas Festival from Vegan Events UK is coming to York RI Sports Centre on Sunday 14th December. With over 60 fantastic stalls, the festival will provide a one stop shopping experience where you can get all your Christmas shopping done under one roof. Plus there are world food caterers, charities and organisations, exciting cookery demos, inspirational talks and interactive workshops running throughout the day from 10.30am to 4:30pm. And, as entry is free for under-16s, it is ideal for families.

York Vegan Christmas Festival will feature 60 vegan stalls including vegan Christmas gifts, festive vegan treats, Christmas puddings and cakes, cruelty-free beauty gift sets, winter fashion and accessories, vegan chocolate selection boxes and much more! This extravaganza will provide the ultimate inspiration for vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians, those thinking about going vegan or wanting to include more vegan products in their diet – everyone is welcome.

Festival organiser and founder of Vegan Events UK, Victoria Bryceson says, “I am pleased to be bringing our Vegan Christmas Festival back to York this December. Since 2017, we've been bringing the best of vegan living to communities across the UK. Our Vegan Christmas festivals provide people with an ultimate Christmas shopping experience where many vegan products and services can be found in one place. You can support small family-run businesses, and see just how delicious, accessible, and varied vegan living can be."

There are plenty of gift ideas from local North Yorkshire businesses such as Soap Out of the Garden, Soap & Pamper, Imogen Ward and Earth Kind Creations.

- Soap Out of the Garden offer cold process handmade soap and more, all made in York using botanicals, natural colourants and essential oils for a plastic-free bathroom.

- Imogen Ward is an illustrator and animator living and working in Scarborough who loves to create feel-good images and environments; with the aim of making her audience feel joyful, nostalgic, or simply entertained.

- Also from Scarborough, Soap & Pamper make handcrafted soaps and gifts. If you love handmade products and care what goes on your skin then Soap & Pamper is ideal, with Artisan soaps, shampoo bars, soap gifts and pamper gifts.

- Earth Kind Creations is a small family run business, located on the Yorkshire coast, creating eco friendly products which are all hand made with mindfulness to reduce waste, plastic consumption and to help our planet. Make the change from single use plastics to their reusable items and help the earth out too.

There are informative talks and workshops as well, including Understanding Your Protein Needs as a Vegan: Separating Fact from Fiction with Chibuikem Osuchukwu, Increasing Your Child’s Health Span with Matthew French – why nurturing healthy habits matter, and how to make them work for you and your child – and Mind Matters with Anne Davies – what you need to know about ageing health and top tips on thriving into old age.

Featured stalls include Miracle’s Mission which is a non-profit animal welfare charity that works with sick, injured and disabled animals worldwide. Its mission is to provide a place of safety for animals in danger, to educate on the needs of neutering both pets and strays and to neuter stray dogs and cats to prevent the birth of more animals onto the streets. It also rehabilitates and re-homes dogs in need, often with disabilities, in the UK.

There will also be a stall selling Bo’s Book, a vegan cook book that features simple, easy-to-follow recipes together with beautiful illustrations of dogs from animal welfare charity, Miracle’s Mission. It makes a great Christmas gift and all the profits go to help needy dogs at Miracle's Mission.

York Vegan Christmas Festival takes place on Sunday 14th December 2025 from 10.30am to 4.30pm at York RI Sports Centre, Queen Street, York, YO24 1AD. The venue has its own payable car park on a first come first served basis. There are lots of other city centre car parks available as well as park and ride and excellent bus and train links. Standard entry to the Festival is £5 (under 16’s free) or £15 for VIP tickets to include fast track entry and a goody bag full of vegan products, samples, discounts and offers. Advance festival tickets are available from https://www.veganeventsuk.co.uk/buy-tickets/. Standard tickets are also available on the door.

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