SCHEDULE

June 7, 2025 Schedule 

Pre-Event Schedule:

10:00 am-10:30 am:  Kids Yoga with Annie Melzer

10:30 am-11:00 am: Live Children’s Music, Growing Sound with David Kisor

11:00 am-11:45 am:  World Peace Yoga with Anna Ferguson + Live Music with Nicholas Radina

11:00 am-12:00 pm:  Arts and Crafts for Kids sponsored by Clifton Cultural Arts Center

11:45 am-12:00 pm:  Live Music, Soothing Instrumental with Nicholas Radina (Bandstand, front)

Main Event Schedule:

12:00 pm-12:30 pm:  TALK with Thomas Goodman of Plant Dining Partnerships (Tent, behind bandstand)

12:00 pm-2:00 pm:  Arts and Crafts for Kids sponsored by Clifton Cultural Arts Center

12:15 pm-12:45 pm:  Live Music with Gaia’s Eye, AKA Gabriel Nadier of  Vegan Brain Food & More Dog Days (Bandstand, front)

12:45 pm-1:15 pm:  TALK with Naimah Sams of To Be Vegan and Black, Eating Plants is Black People Stuff (Tent, behind bandstand)

1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Live Music, Alternative Folk with Maria, etc. (Bandstand, front)

2:00 pm-2:15 pm:  Raffle Drawing (Bandstand, front)

2:00 pm-2:30 pm:  FOOD DEMO with Danielle Delaine of Herban Vegans (Tent, behind bandstand)

2:30 pm-3:30 pm:  Live Music with Siri Imani featuring Aunty JoJo (Bandstand, front)

3:00 pm-4:00 pm: Vegan Chili Cook-Off presenting 2025 judges: Katherine Barrier of CityBeat, Alex Nager of Harmony Plant Fare, Alecia Petroze of Juniper Seed, and Sreeja (1st place winner of 2024 Cook-Off)

3:00 pm-3:10 pm:  TALK with Wendy Lake founder of Red Oak Animal Rescue (Tent, behind bandstand)

3:15 pm-3:25 pm:  TALK with Carrie Leary of League for Animal Welfare (Tent, behind bandstand)

3:30 pm-3:40 pm:  TALK with Sawyer Kane of Foreverland Farm (Tent, behind bandstand)

3:45 pm-4:00 pm:  Standup COMEDY with Emmy Buttrick, The Succubus of Satire (Tent, behind bandstand)

4:00 pm-4:45 pm: Live Music, Merging Soul, Roots, and Rock and Roll with MayaLou Banatwala (Bandstand, front)

4:15 pm-4:45 pm:  FOOD DEMO with Ishmael Abdulrahman of Power Plant Catering and Bakery (Tent, behind bandstand)

4:45 pm-5:00 pm:  Closing ~ Raffle Drawing + Announce Vegan Chili Cook-Off Winners (Bandstand, front)

Make sure to follow us on Facebook @cvegfest / Cincy VegFest for more updates.  

Press:

• 2024: On Local 12 with Jen Dalton
• 2024: Enjoy Plant-Based Food, a Vegan Chili Cook-Off and Yoga at the Annual Cincy VegFest, CityBeat
• 11 Things to do in Cincinnati This Weekend (June 9-11), CityBeat
• Top 10 Things to do in Cincinnati this Weekend: Food Frenzy Edition, Cincinnati.com – The Enquirer
• 10 Must Attend Vegan Events Happening This Summer, Veg-Out
• Cincy VegFest Celebrates Fruits and Vegetable + Vegan Chili Demo, Local 12, WKRC
• Celebrate All Things Plant-Fueled at the Cincy VegFest + Vegan Chili Cook-Off, CityBeat
• Local Plant-Based Foodies Can Rejoice at Cincy VegFest, CityBeat
• VegFest Celebrates “Plant-Based Living” (and Eating), CityBeat