FAQs

Richmond VegFest 2024 will be held on Saturday, October 5th from 12pm – 6pm in Byrd Park.

Vendors can apply here.

Interested performers, bands, solo artists and speakers can apply here.

Free parking will be available in the Dogwood Dell parking lot. You can park along many, but not all, streets in Byrd Park too.

Yes, well-behaved, leashed and vaccinated dogs are welcome to join. Please clean up after your compansions!

Yes! Richmond VegFest is a free event. At the festival entrance we’ll be accepting voluntary donations and you can also donate online here. Richmond VegFest vendors will be charging individually for food and non-food product sales.

The festival will continue as planned in the event of light to moderate rain. However, if there is severe weather, the event will be postponed to the rain date on Sunday, October 6th from 12pm – 6pm in Byrd Park.

Yes, We have a free water station and encourage you to bring your reusable water bottle to fill.

Yes. Our Kids Patch area will have many activities including arts and crafts, face painting and more.

Yes. Everything served and sold at Richmond VegFest will be 100% vegan.

We have dozens of unique food vendors and each food vendor is responsible for developing their own menu for the festival. Everything sold and served at the festival is required to be 100% vegan. We often don’t get their menus in advance of the festival so we encourage you to explore the full list of food vendors to see which may best cater to your needs.

Once we begin approving vendors, we will share the link to view the approved vendors here. The vendor list will continue to be updated as new vendors are approved.

We will have a map of the festival layout for attendees to view and download. The map of the layout will be made available the week of the festival.

Once finalized, we will share a link to view the entertainment schedule here.