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VOktoberfest3 (Pittsburgh) 2025
Sat September 27, 2025 | Event Time 2pm-6pm
Velum Fermentation (South Side Brewery) | 2120 Jane Street, Pittsburgh PA 15203
Pittsburgh Vegan Expo/The ORIGINAL Pittsburgh Vegan Festivals & Kimmy Addison present… The 3rd Annual VOktoberfest (Pittsburgh) 2025
Free admission!
V is for Vegan, Velum & Vampires!
INDOOR & OUTDOOR: Mostly indoor, so if it rains, just come in! If weather is nice, also enjoy the outside.
Food • Dessert • Beer • Cultural Dance • Music • Skeeball • Lawn Games • Doggies • and more!
- Vegan Food & Dessert
- Beer (by Velum)
- Art, Spooky Stuff, Jewelry, Products
- Entertainment – Live Music, Cultural Dance Performances
- Skeeball Competition with prizes
- And more!
time and details subject to change
VOktoberfest was recently featured on WQED’s Voice of the Arts Podcast!
Hosted in partnership with Pittsburgh Vegan Expo, co-organizers Amy Cottrill and Kimmy Addison are excited to present a vegan take on Oktoberfest. The event fuses cultural celebration, vegan food, and live performance.
Listen to the podcast on WQED >
Vendor Booking for VOktoberfest is open!
Vendors: our Vendor Application is online! Apply today!
Pittsburgh Halloween Festival 2025
Sat November 1, 2025 | Event Time 1pm-9pm | South Park Fairgrounds | 1888 Brownsville Road, South Park Township, PA 15129
Pittsburgh Vegan Expo presents… the 3rd Annual Pittsburgh Halloween Festival 2025
Celebrate Halloween, Samhain & Day of the Dead
- Food Trucks, Treats, Breweries, Wineries
- A huge variety of Festive Vendors, such as Spooky Stuff, Metaphysical, Magickal, Pagan, Vegan, Art, Wellness, Animal Rescues and Sanctuaries, Handmade, Gifts and so much more
- Entertainment (Bellydance by Students of Amethyst; Nina’s Moon Witch Dancers, and more)
- Free Admission to the Jurassic Alcove (Dinosaur Discovery Center) as it’s part of the festival
- Lawn Games outside
- Meet rescue and sanctuary animals
Haunted Scene Competition at vendor booths – vote for your favorite! It’s like visiting decorated yards on Halloween!
This annual festival is very popular, so we have expanded the hours this year, to give guests more time to arrive enjoy everything!
Free Admission
Indoor & Outdoor
Leashed animals permitted
Outdoor: Huge Field
Indoors: 3 Buildings – the Museum Building, Cottage, and Jurassic Alcove Dinosaur Discovery Center
Indoor flushing restrooms, in addition to the outhouses
Event by Pittsburgh Halloween Festival + The ORIGINAL Pittsburgh Vegan Festival (established 1997 and founded by Amy “Amethyst” Cottrill).
Our festivals are for everyone to enjoy, not just vegans.
time and details subject to change
Vendor Booking for the Halloween Festival is open!
Vendors and food trucks: Everything must be entirely vegan. No animal ingredients, materials, fabrics, etc.
Our Vendor Application is online! Apply today!
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Welcome to the home of the Pittsburgh Vegan Expo & the ORIGINAL Pittsburgh Vegan Festival!
The Pittsburgh Vegan Expo & the ORIGINAL Pittsburgh Vegan Festival is the city’s oldest and longest-running vegan festival. It was established in the 90’s by Amy “Amethyst” Cottrill, who has spent all these years building up something the city really needed! We are proud to say we are the city’s original.
This event has taken place all over the city, and has moved to its current location at Monroeville Convention Center.
We also hold monthly vegan events in various locations around the city and beyond. See the Recurring Events section for details.
Our events support food and other businesses, artists, entertainers, healing arts & wellness, and environmentalism (such as our RE-Model Gala: a reuse-themed dance fashion show and wearable art contest), as well as many animal sanctuaries and other non-profit organizations.
Past Guest Speakers
Our festival has featured many prominent speakers, such as Dr. Neal Barnard of Pcrm.org; Dean Caliguire (former Pittsburgh Steeler, Pitt Panther and San Francisco 49er); Khama Worthy (UFC fighter) and more.
Antonio’s Pizza hosts our weekly Vegan Shop and Chill Nights every Monday!
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Pittsburgh Vegan Expo
The Original Pittsburgh Vegan Festival + 8-12+ events every month! Established in 1997 by Amy “Amethyst” Cottrill, we are the city’s original and longest-running vegan festival. We have many types of vegan events, series & festivals all over Pgh.+
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