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 love Vermont, and aren’t strangers to running large vegan food festivals. Wife and husband duo Robin Dionne and BJ Mansuetti own and operate Ampersand Creative Co, a creative agency known for large scale community events.
As a 28+ year vegan, Robin spent six years planning the first RI VegFest event, and launched it in Providence, RI, in February 2020. 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 in Burlington, Vermont in September 2025!
Robin Dionne
Robin Dionne is a 28+ 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 is a partner in Bloom Flower & Home and Inside Voices.
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 a 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 is a partner in Bloom Flower & Home and Inside Voices.