About Vermont VegFest
Vermont VegFest promotes a fun and compassionate plant-based vegan lifestyle here in Vermont. We love eating plants, and if given the right opportunity, we think everyone else will too! Our goal is to show off the best local, regional, and national vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants, food producers, non-profits, artists, and makers for a day of eating, drinking, shopping, and celebrating.
About the Organizers
Vermont VegFest is a passion project from a duo who are no strangers to running large vegan food festivals or Vermont. Wife and husband duo Robin Dionne and BJ Mansuetti split their time between Vermont and Rhode Island while running their event and creative agency, Ampersand Creative Co.
As a 25+ year vegan, Robin had always wished to bring the vegan and vegan-friendly community together for a large event. In February 2020, after SIX years of planning and research, Robin launched RI VegFest in Providence, RI. RI VegFest events now bring over 7,000 #PlantCurious eaters together throughout the course of the year.
Robin and BJ are very excited to bring a plant-based party to Hula at Burlington, Vermont!
Robin Dionne
Robin Dionne is a 20+ year vegan with a big big love of planning community gatherings. She’s a communications professional who has worked with The Arcade Providence, Trinity Brewhouse, TEDxProvidence, Local 121, RI NOW, New Harvest Coffee & Spirits, Great International Beer Fest, RI Spring Flower & Garden Show, and more. She’s a partner in Ampersand Creative Co., which hosts several large-scale community events, including RI VegFest, Little City Thrifty, The Good Trade Makers Market, and Bloom Flower & Home.
BJ Mansuetti
BJ Mansuetti has been building brands through strategic and authentic content development, design, outreach, events, and innovative grassroots marketing programs for over fifteen years. His true passion is to help brands engage with the communities they serve in deeply personalized and meaningful ways. After a career in the music industry and co-founding the New England Americana Festival in Boston, BJ served as Narragansett Beer’s Brand Director for eight years, where he created an Emmy-award winning video series. In addition to being an in-house graphic designer, photographer, and videographer, he is also a partner in Ampersand Creative Co., hosting RI VegFest, Little City Thrifty, The Good Trade Makers Market, and Bloom Flower & Home.