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Quick announcement.
If you come to London Vegan Drinks on Saturday April 4, 2015 you will be able to order from the following plant-based menu:
Of course we also have our 100% vegan bar all night and DJs Supa B and Swagatha Fistie keeping the crowd dancing until 2am.
Come early from 6pm for a table and food. Full details and directions here.
Time marches on, people.
Almost four years ago I started an event that quickly became a staple of vegan London. London Vegan Potluck was established because I couldn’t believe the event didn’t already exist when I arrived to the UK from Australia.
I wanted a monthly food party where vegans and the vegan-curious could make and share homemade, compassionate dishes in a friendly community setting.
What started as a cosy event in the arcade next to the Ms. Cupcake bakery in Brixton soon blossomed into an incredibly busy happening in the longterm location of Faraday House in Holborn. We were even featured on BBC Radio.
A review of the first ever London Vegan Potluck can be seen here. Many thanks must be given to Mellissa Morgan of Ms. Cupcake for her generosity in allowing us to set up next to her business for those formative first six months. Additional thanks to Freedom Brewery who donated beer for the first London Vegan Potluck, thus becoming the first business to support and believe in an event that will have run for four years as it comes to a close in May 2015.
Tonight is the night. My monthly dance party for the LGBT community and its friends is back for another round. Get along to Queer Vegan Disco from 8pm for pop, indie, alternative and dance music.
It’s a whole lot of fun.
If you are considering coming along but are unsure of how to negotiate dinner plans before the event, your panic is over.
Our host venue Kabaret will be serving the most delicious comfort food earlier in the evening, including:
This tantalising bar snack menu is 100% vegan (just like our drinks list) and will be available for the first few hours of the disco, so get down early for a bite to eat before you dance the night away.
As an extra incentive, you can RSVP to the Facebook event for tonight to receive £3 entry price on arrival instead of £5. Put the savings towards something to eat!
I’ve just had some interesting news come through about a new regular vegan dining and socialising event in London.
I absolutely adore when people create new spaces for building social capital and find new ways for compassionate humans to connect and support each other.
That is exactly what this concept promises. Check out the press release for BEspoken Dinners below:
Have you got plans for this Thursday? You have now!
Check out this message from celebrated vegan chef Sara Mittersteiner.
I am thrilled to announce the return of London Vegan Beer Fest to the capital on July 18, 2015.
After two incredibly-successful years in Bethnal Green (during which attendance grew by more than 100% year on year) London Vegan Beer Fest is set to stamp its indelible beer stain on King’s Cross.
That’s right. London Vegan Beer Fest is moving to Zone 1.
The 2015 version of London Vegan Beer Fest is set to be an explosion of vegan beer, cider and food. An exciting day-long schedule of events is being planned to give attendees an immersive beer experience like no other.
Full details coming soon.
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I am incredibly proud of London Vegan Drinks.
This party has been running since 2011 and has established itself (with a little bit of help from me) as one of the biggest and best monthly social events for vegans on the planet.
The current location (Kabaret @ Karamel) welcomes in excess of 100 vegans and their friends on the first Saturday of every month. With a 100% vegan venue, lots of friendly faces and late night sets from a rotating line up of DJs, London Vegan Drinks is a party not to be missed each month.
But I am missing it in February!
My insatiable desire for off-Broadway theatre and overeating is taking me to New York City on the day I should be hosting London Vegan Drinks in February, therefore I have sourced the finest guest hosts in the capital. Only the best for the best.
Meet Bob. Bob is a party planner not to be underestimated. She has had a hand in some of the biggest fashion events in the capital and (as she proved at my roller disco last year) is an extremely competent roller skater.
Bob won’t be on roller skates on Saturday February 7th, 2015 but she will be armed with name stickers and a giant smile.
You can follow Bob on Instagram.
London Vegan Drinks is such a massive party, it needs reinforcements. Enter James and Angela of ethical boutique and vegan shoe store, The Third Estate.
The Camden/Kentish Town store run by James and Angela is a vegan landmark. People come from all over the UK and the world to shop with the compassionate duo. The blog post I published about The Third Estate is still one of the most viewed in the history of this site.
If you are new to London Vegan Drinks on Saturday February 7th, 2015 then cosy up to these two and they will make you feel like an old friend. Also marvel at the unrivalled song selection prowess of James as he takes to the DJ decks later in the evening.
You can like The Third Estate on Facebook.
London Vegan Drinks is going to be one heck of a party in February. Makes me kinda wish I wasn’t missing it.
Get all the details about the location and transport options here.
If you follow me on social media, you will be well aware of the launch party I have been planning for Queer Vegan Disco this Saturday (10/1/15).
It is a new monthly dance party set for the second Saturday of every month. The music is set to be a mix of top 40, retro pop, indie, dance and alternative anthems.
The vegan bit?
After all the excess of NYE, Saturday’s menu at London Vegan Drinks is pure comfort food.
You will be able to choose from Cornish pasties, mushroom and vegetable pies or sausage rolls with sides of home cooked ‘skins on’ fries/sweet potatoes and a healthy salad for a mere £7.95.
If you’ve got a grand scheme for some sort of January detox, our host venue Kabaret @ Karamel will also be serving a delicious brown basmati rice superfood salad for £6.95.
Of course the entire bar, like the food menu, is 100% vegan and will include beer, cider, spirits, wine and champagne.
DJs will be spinning between 10pm and 2am. We have Supa B & Springz with fresh tunes following on from their triumphant New Year’s Eve set (people were jumping up and down… really) plus the inimitable Baroness Bamberforth playing pop, house, indie and DEVO!
This is the first London Vegan Drinks of 2015, so let’s make it one to remember.
Click here for all the details.
I am just 24 hours out from opening the doors for my second annual New Year’s Eve party.
Earlier this week, all 70 tickets for the vegan buffet dinner starting at 6:30pm sold out completely. I have been in touch with Louise and Frank of host venue Kabaret and we have sorted a few extra spaces for the meal, so book here for one of the last dinner spots. The dinner ticket also gets you access to the disco starting at 10pm.
Which brings me to this news.
Check out the line up of DJs set to keep the compassionate crowd dancing tomorrow night after 10pm until late.