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We Have 6-12 Vegan Events Every Month!



Vendor Booking for Our Events

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Vendors: our Vendor Application is ready to get your business onboard for our open events!

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Visit our shop and show your support for Pittsburgh Vegan all around the city (and beyond) with our customized items!


Major and Mini Festival Events

Vendor Booking is open for these events!

Vendors: our Vendor Application is online! Apply today!

Recurring Events (Weekly or Monthly)

Coming Soon!

Vendors: our Vendor Application is online! Apply today!

VOktoberfest4 (Pittsburgh) 2026

Stay tuned for news on this event!

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 our events is open!

Vendors: our Vendor Application is online! Apply today!

Pittsburgh Halloween Festival 2026

Fri October 30, 2026 | Event Time tbd | South Park Fairgrounds | 1888 Brownsville Road, South Park Township, PA 15129

Pittsburgh Vegan Expo presents… the 4th Annual Pittsburgh Halloween Festival 2026

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.

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Antonio’s Pizza hosts our weekly Vegan Shop and Chill Nights every Monday!

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Pittsburgh Vegan Expo

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The Original Pittsburgh Vegan Festival + various 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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More photos from today’s Gems & Jammies Jam at Helltown Taproom Strip District!Thank you, to all who attended, got a tattoo, vended, served, hosted, etc.Thank you to Antonio's Pizzeria for saving the day with fantastic food and dessert.Thank you, Come September, for the live music.We have an event there once a month!Come out, Fri. Feb. 20 (7-10 p.m.) for Snazzy Jazzy Witch, and dress snazzy, jazzy and/or witchy!Live music will be by Jazz Cabbage. See MoreSee Less
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If you live in south side, sled ride to Zenith tomorrow for Sunday brunch. Other than the optional egg/cheese dish, everything is vegan.In spite of our better judgment, we decided to open for brunch anyway.It’ll only be a few of us working, so if a handful of stalwart, hungry souls manage to trudge through Snowmageddon 2026, the coffee will be hot and the peppermint tea will be brewing.Besides… we made all this food, and it seems a shame to let it go to waste.So if anyone needs a little refuge from the arctic tundra, feel free to drop by. ☕❄️#thezenith #ZenithPittsburgh#Snowmageddon2026#WhatBlizzard#PGHFood#PittsburghEats#VeganPittsburgh#PlantBasedPGH#BrunchInTheSnow#CozyCafe#WarmRefuge#CoffeeAndKindness#PeppermintTea#ComfortFood#SupportLocalPGH#SmallBusinessLove#NeighborhoodSpot#WinterBrunch#VeganComfortFood#HotCoffeeColdDay#StormDayEats#CommunityCafe#ComeInFromTheCold See MoreSee Less
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Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Rolls, now until 4:00 at Helltown Taproom Strip District at Gems & Jammies Jam with Antonio's Pizzeria See MoreSee Less
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Now until 4:00, come to @helltowntaproomstripdistrict for the 2nd annual Gems & Jammies Jam, to eat, shop, drink, get a tattoo, shop at vendor booths and listen to live music and play pinball and other arcade games@antonios15226 @pittsburghveganevents @adornabledesigns @bridgecitybodyart_pgh @sterling_yoga #pittsburghevents #thingstodoinpittsburgh #pittsburghtoday #stripdistrictpittsburgh #pittsburghbreweries See MoreSee Less
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Come get delicious vegan food and dessert, now until 4 at Gems & Jammies Jam at Helltown Taproom Strip District at the booth of Antonio's Pizzeria!Spinach Feta RollsCheesy Buffalo Seitan Chicken BBQ RollsStrawberry & Chocolate Crunch Cake See MoreSee Less
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2nd annual Gems & Jammies Jam now until 4:00 p.m. at Helltown Taproom Strip District! Just roll up in your jammies. See MoreSee Less
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VENDORS: Apply now, for one or both days of our big, vegan, 2-day event in April in the Strip District: Earth Day Shindig! It is the weekend leading up to the dates of the NFL Draft here in Pittsburgh; so, the Strip District, which is walking distance from Downtown, is the perfect spot for our event weekend. Whether guests live in Pittsburgh, or will just be here for Draft Week, they will want to check out both days of our event weekend.VENDORS APPLY now: pittsburghvegan.com/vendor-application/#PittsburghSmallBusiness #pittsburghbusiness #pittsburgh #StripDistrictPittsburgh #NFLDraft See MoreSee Less
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Also follow our new vegan travel pages!Vegan Travel LifestyleAnd instagram.com/vegantravellifestyle See MoreSee Less
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