2nd Annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest -- Next Month!
2nd ANNUAL TAMPA BAY VEG FEST SET ON OCTOBER 15, 2011
COMEDIAN CAROL LEIFER AS FEATURED SPEAKER
Free day-long event will offer vegetarian and vegan food from local restaurants, live music,
popular guest speakers, eco-friendly exhibits, fun and games for kids, and animal adoptions.
Veg Fest - featuring Whole Foods Market as title sponsor -
will be held in downtown Tampa’s Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park.
The Tampa Bay area’s only vegetarian/vegan festival, Tampa Bay Veg Fest, makes its return Saturday, October 15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - with a bang.
The event will star Carol Leifer - the LA-based comedian and former writer for Saturday Night Live and Seinfeld who has frequently appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, Real Time with Bill Maher and The Oprah Winfrey Show - speaking about following a vegan lifestyle.
Veg Fest also features a new location - Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, in a beautiful setting on the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa. The park is conveniently located across the street and to the south of the St. Pete Times Forum. Parking is available in the adjacent South Regional Parking Garage. For info, visit www.TampaBayVegFest.org. (See event details further below.)
About 3,000 people attended last year’s inaugural event, and this October’s festival promises to be bigger and better. The new location will include air-conditioned indoor meeting rooms for guest speakers, films and a kids’ puppet show, along with improved outdoor facilities for vendors, performers and attendees.
The event - presented by Tampa Bay-based nonprofit Florida Voices for Animals, with Whole Foods Market serving as title sponsor - will appeal to all who enjoy tasty, healthy foods, whether or not they follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. The food booths drew rave reviews last year, and local vendors are expected to again impress attendees.
EVENT DETAILS
WHAT: The 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest will feature local restaurants with vegetarian and vegan food; live music; fun and games for kids; healthy-living and eco-friendly exhibitors; info on local nonprofits; animal adoptions; and well-known national and local guest speakers, including comedian Carol Leifer.
WHEN: Saturday, Oct.15, 2011, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ADMISSION: Free. Pets on leashes are welcome.
WHERE: Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, 601 Old Water Street, downtown Tampa, on south side of Old Water Street, across street from St. Pete Times Forum, on Hillsborough River. Site is about two blocks from Selmon Crosstown Expressway (Exit 6A-B eastbound to Channelside Drive or Exit 7 westbound to E. Brorein Street), and convenient to I-275, I-4 and State Road 60 (Kennedy Blvd.).
PARKING: Parking is available at several nearby parking garages, lots and metered street spaces. Closest garage is South Regional Parking Garage (301 Channelside Drive), across street from park and just west of Forum.
For info, visit Tampa Bay Veg Fest at www.TampaBayVegFest.org, or contact Mike Flanagan at 727-656-8368 or by e-mail at tampabayvegfest@gmail.com.
COMEDIAN CAROL LEIFER AS FEATURED SPEAKER
Free day-long event will offer vegetarian and vegan food from local restaurants, live music,
popular guest speakers, eco-friendly exhibits, fun and games for kids, and animal adoptions.
Veg Fest - featuring Whole Foods Market as title sponsor -
will be held in downtown Tampa’s Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park.
The Tampa Bay area’s only vegetarian/vegan festival, Tampa Bay Veg Fest, makes its return Saturday, October 15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - with a bang.
The event will star Carol Leifer - the LA-based comedian and former writer for Saturday Night Live and Seinfeld who has frequently appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, Real Time with Bill Maher and The Oprah Winfrey Show - speaking about following a vegan lifestyle.
Veg Fest also features a new location - Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, in a beautiful setting on the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa. The park is conveniently located across the street and to the south of the St. Pete Times Forum. Parking is available in the adjacent South Regional Parking Garage. For info, visit www.TampaBayVegFest.org. (See event details further below.)
About 3,000 people attended last year’s inaugural event, and this October’s festival promises to be bigger and better. The new location will include air-conditioned indoor meeting rooms for guest speakers, films and a kids’ puppet show, along with improved outdoor facilities for vendors, performers and attendees.
The event - presented by Tampa Bay-based nonprofit Florida Voices for Animals, with Whole Foods Market serving as title sponsor - will appeal to all who enjoy tasty, healthy foods, whether or not they follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. The food booths drew rave reviews last year, and local vendors are expected to again impress attendees.
EVENT DETAILS
WHAT: The 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest will feature local restaurants with vegetarian and vegan food; live music; fun and games for kids; healthy-living and eco-friendly exhibitors; info on local nonprofits; animal adoptions; and well-known national and local guest speakers, including comedian Carol Leifer.
WHEN: Saturday, Oct.15, 2011, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ADMISSION: Free. Pets on leashes are welcome.
WHERE: Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, 601 Old Water Street, downtown Tampa, on south side of Old Water Street, across street from St. Pete Times Forum, on Hillsborough River. Site is about two blocks from Selmon Crosstown Expressway (Exit 6A-B eastbound to Channelside Drive or Exit 7 westbound to E. Brorein Street), and convenient to I-275, I-4 and State Road 60 (Kennedy Blvd.).
PARKING: Parking is available at several nearby parking garages, lots and metered street spaces. Closest garage is South Regional Parking Garage (301 Channelside Drive), across street from park and just west of Forum.
For info, visit Tampa Bay Veg Fest at www.TampaBayVegFest.org, or contact Mike Flanagan at 727-656-8368 or by e-mail at tampabayvegfest@gmail.com.