Nashville Vegfest Is Now at East Park

Nashville, TN – August 15, 2023 – On Sunday, September 17, 2023, the community will be back together for Nashville Vegfest, presented by The Gentle Barn TN. This year the festival is in a new location, East Park in East Nashville. It will be different from all the previous years, and we are very excited. This event is produced by the group behind Vegfest Expos and Triangle Vegfest, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based out of Wake Forest, NC, and Cotton Branch Farm Sanctuary, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit founded in 2004 and based in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina.

The Gentle Barn TN is presenting this year’s festival. “We are excited to be presenting the festival again,” shared Jay Weiner, Co-Founder of The Gentle Barn. “This is a great partnership that we hope to grow year after year..”

Festival-goers will have the opportunity to enjoy plant-based culinary delights, samples, and giveaways from vendors such as Superieur Electrolytes, Imagine Vegan Cafe, Juice Plus+, Tesla, and Book Publishing Company. Over 50 vendors will bring a variety of animal-friendly wellness and beauty products, apparel, health services, educational resources, and more. An up-to-date vendor list can be found on our website, nashvillevegfest.com.

“This year will be a completely different feel,” Helene Greenberg, Executive Director of Triangle Vegfest, shares, “East Nashville is our favorite area of Nashville, and East Park is the perfect new location for the festival.”

The Gentle Barn – Tennessee is located approximately 40 miles southeast of Nashville in Christiana. It is open to the public once a week for guests to hug the cows, give the pigs tummy rubs, cuddle the turkeys, feed the horses, hold the chickens, and learn their stories of resilience. During the rest of the week, The Gentle Barn is available for private tours, VIP all-day tours, school field trips, birthday parties, groups of at-risk, inner city, and special needs kids, and special events.

We will have a DJ and Mz. Jazzy will emcee the festival along with our Family Fun Zone for the children to enjoy the day playing with our life-sized games, corn hole, and many other fun options, including free face painting from 11 am to 5p. Juice Plus+ will have five interactive booths at the festival, and Tesla will have an electric car for everyone to check out.

Nashville Vegfest will take place, rain or shine, from 11 am – 5 pm on Sunday, September 17, 2023. The event is outdoors at East Park, 700 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN. Parking is free.

Admission is free with a $5 suggested donation along with VIP and VIP PLUS options. Attendees are encouraged to get a free ticket and donate to help our vendors gauge how much to bring/prepare. For $25, you can get a VIP ticket and receive an upgraded goodie bag of samples, 25 entries into our raffle to win fabulous prizes from our sponsors, and first entry to the venue at 10:30 am, giving an extra 30 minutes to shop and eat, our VIP PLUS is $35 and includes a reusable bag (unfilled and different from the VIP bags) and our Unapologetically Vegan shirt. All are welcome to our events, and no one is ever turned away. Festival-goers, please BYOB (Bring your own bags or bottles). Composting is encouraged, and recycling bins will be available for non-compostable items. Water, provided by our water sponsor, Appalachian Water Collective, will be available for purchase ahead of and at the festival. Help us reduce the amount of plastic by bringing your own bottle to fill for $5, or use our compostable cup for $6 and get unlimited alkaline water for the duration of the festival.

For more information and to make a donation, please visit:
Website: nashvillevegfest.com or vegfestexpos.com

Triangle Vegfest
Contact: Helene Greenberg
984-900-6800
[email protected]

This press release originally appeared on Vwire