🌱 The Festival Végane de Montréal 2025 – A Celebration of Flavor, Ethics, and Innovation

Montreal is no stranger to world-class festivals but this one hits different. On November 15 and 16, 2025, the Festival Végane de Montréal (FVMTL) takes over the historic Gare Windsor for a weekend that’s equal parts gastronomy, activism, and urban zen.

Presented by BKIND, the 12th edition of this free event blends mouthwatering flavors, eco-innovation, and ethical lifestyle inspiration, all under one sun-drenched glass roof in the heart of downtown.

🥗 Beyond Veganism: A Movement of Conscious Living

Forget what you think you know about vegan festivals. FVMTL isn’t about labels, it’s about learning, tasting, and connecting. Whether you’re a full-time vegan, a curious foodie, or a flexitarian just flirting with tofu, this event welcomes you into a space where compassion and creativity collide.

The goal? To show that living vegan in 2025 isn’t about restriction, it’s about celebration. Expect a sensory journey of flavour, color, and conversation designed to make sustainable living feel accessible, stylish, and deliciously modern.

🌸 This Year’s Muse: Loounie

Meet Caroline Huard, better known as Loounie, this year’s festival ambassador and one of Montreal’s brightest culinary voices. A former health pro turned full-time creator, Loounie has built her empire on flavor-forward, inclusive recipes that make plant-based eating irresistible.

If you’ve seen her on Moi j’mange or Pénélope, you know she radiates authenticity — the kind that makes people rethink what “healthy food” can taste like. Her mission aligns perfectly with FVMTL’s: to nourish body, heart, and conscience all at once.

🛍️ Shop, Sip, Savour: A Conscious Market

Inside the stunning Windsor Station, you’ll find an eco-chic marketplace buzzing with over a hundred vendors, from cruelty-free cosmetics and sustainable fashion to gourmet bites that prove indulgence can still be ethical.

Expect to discover local favourites, up-and-coming artisans, and international brands redefining luxury through sustainability. Think BKIND’s skincare, artisanal vegan chocolates, plant-based wines, and eco-home accents that marry design and conscience.

It’s retail therapy reimagined for a planet-friendly generation.

🎤 Talks, Tastings & Transformations

FVMTL isn’t just about consumption, it’s about conversation. Throughout the weekend, the festival’s stages come alive with talks, panels, and live cooking demos featuring chefs, nutritionists, and thought leaders from across the vegan world.

Expect discussions on everything from animal ethics to circular economy, climate action, and the psychology of food choices. The demos, meanwhile, are edible art sizzling, steaming proof that plant-based dining can rival any fine dining experience.

📅 Saturday & Sunday, November 15–16, 2025
📍 Gare Windsor, Montréal
🎟️ Free Admission

Full schedule and lineup: festivalveganedemontreal.com

💬 Why It Matters and Why Best Kept MTL Will Be There

With over 850,000 vegans across Canada and Montreal leading the country in plant-based restaurants, this isn’t a passing trend, it’s a cultural shift. FVMTL’s president, Louis-Alexandre Gagnon, says it best:

“If all the vegans in Canada lived in one city, it would be the sixth largest in the country. Buying vegan is voting for progress.”

At Best Kept MTL, we live for exactly this kind of progress where community meets creativity, and change feels good. Our editors will be there capturing the flavors, faces, and future-forward spirit of FVMTL 2025.

✨ Final Bite

So come curious, come hungry, come open-minded. Whether you’re sipping an oat-milk latte, chatting with a local farmer, or trying your first vegan burger, you’ll leave with something new – maybe a product, maybe a perspective.

Because in the end, the Festival Végane de Montréal isn’t just about what’s on your plate, it’s about what’s possible.

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