August 2024

Hi! Welcome to the first edition of the Vegan Events Around Town Guide.

I wanted to share the events I find because I’m passionate about keeping LA vegan restaurants open, create community among vegans, and encourage more people to eat plant-based. I’m a designer, vegan home chef, and huge fan of living in LA, so creating little helpful tools like this is a special and fun thing for me to spend time doing with my time.

Thanks for reading and please comment if you have feedback or more events to add.

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Aug 15 • Besties Run Club (Weekly)(East Hollywood)

Hosted By: Besties Vegan Paradise
Location: Besties
Time: 7pm every Thursday
Cost: Free

Free soft serve cool down for all runners. Soft serve flavors this month are key lime pie and organic blackberry coulis, plus vanilla and chocolate always available every day year-round.

Aug 17 • Vegan Potluck Picnic in the Park + Skate Night

Hosted By: Vegans of LA
Location: LA Kings Sports Center
Time: 6-10PM
Cost: Free to hang out + potluck; $20+ to skate

Meetup event at Skate Oddity’s Aloha from Hell punk skate night. Potluck picnic open to anyone.

Aug 17 • Conversation with Chef Alexa Soto (Chinatown)

Hosted by: NOW SERVING
Location: Now Serving
Time: 11a-12pm
Cost: $14

Alexa Soto in conversation with Remy Park for her new cookbook: Plantas: Modern Vegan Recipes for Traditional Mexican Cooking.

Aug 18 • Vegan BBQ Pop Up (Burbank)

Hosted by: Leaf Over Beef
Location: Lawless Brewing Co.
Time: 3-9pm
Cost: Free entry; RSVP for free taco deal.

Join us for a mouthwatering VEGAN BBQ POP-UP, where we'll tantalize your taste buds with sizzling plant-based goodness .

Aug 18 • Vegan Exchange (Burbank)

Hosted by: Vegan Exchange
Location: Lawless Brewing Co.
Time: 3-9pm
Cost: Free entry

We host 100% vegan markets featuring local food, beverage, apparel, cosmetics, and lifestyle vendors.

Aug 19 • BESTIES Run Club x CicLAvia 10k (East Hollywood)

Hosted by: BESTIES VEGAN PARADISE
Location: BESTIES
Time: 8:30am
Cost: Free

Join BESTIES Run Club x CicLAvia for a 10K run.

Aug 21 • Vegan Playground (Weekly)(Arts District)

Hosted By: Vegan Playground
Location: Boomtown Brewery
Time: 5-10p every Wednesday
Cost: Free entry

Vegan Playground takes place every Wednesday in the city of Los Angeles. Join us and the best vegan vendors in SoCal each week in celebrating the vegan things we love!

Aug 21 • Pressed Jokes (Weekly)(Echo Park)

Hosted By: Pressed Jokes
Location: Glowing Plant-Based Eatery
Time: ~6-8:30p
Cost: Free

Small-batch, locally-sourced funny people. Don't miss Echo Park's hip new show. Delicious mocktails? Yep. Plant-based food? You bet. One great Wednesday night? Always.Featuring comedians from Comedy Central, HBO, and Netflix -- it'll be the weeknight of the week, guaranteed. 6:30pm - Small bites and mocktails, 7:00pm - Stand-up show.

Aug 21 & 22 • Vegan Food Bank Volunteering (University Park)

Hosted By: Vegans of LA
Location: Vegans of LA food bank
Time: 7:45-9:45a
Cost: Free

Help by volunteering to sort food (Wednesdays) or distribute food (Thursdays). Occurs every third Wednesday and Thursday of the month.

Aug 24 • Sweet Antelope Storytelling Club & Plant-based Dinner (West Adams)

Hosted By: Sweet Antelope
Location: Sweet Antelope home in West Adams
Time: 6-10p
Cost: $125

Hosted in a historic West Adams home. The five course dinner menu is inspired by what we harvest that week from our backyard farm. Our night begins with a story performance based on the theme of the evening. Guests are then invited to share their own stories in small groups at their table. We provide story prompts to help get you started. The menu is determined by what we harvest that week.

Aug 25 • Cactus & Succulent Fest! (El Segundo)

Hosted By: THE PLANT BASE LA
Location: Common Space Brewery
Time: 12-5p
Cost: Free entry

A day of cacti and succulent shopping, local makers, craft beer, delicious vegan food + more! 20+ Vendors!

Aug 25 • Summer Vegan Dinner with Árbol Supper Club (Culver City)

Hosted By: Árbol Supper Club
Location: Árbol
Time: 6-9p
Cost: $100pp

Árbowl is a social dining experience in support of real people looking for new friends and social connections. Through Árbowl, we invite you to come together with like-minded LA newcomers and old-timers to enjoy a multi-course meal in our intimate backyard setting. Our vibe is all about good food, great company, and a cozy atmosphere that makes you feel right at home.

Each Árbowl meal is a 5-course, highly seasonal, innovative series of savory dishes brought to you by Asher Goldfinger, and dessert by pâtissier Adèle Bastürk, with everything served family style in shared bowls.

Dinner is a 5 course family style menu with a wine pairing for each course and costs $100.

Aug 24 & 25 • Vegan Food & Brews (Riverside)

Hosted By: Packinghouse Brewery
Location: Packinghouse Brewery
Time: 2-6p


Cost: Free entry

Multiple vegan vendors serving food at the brewery. Pet friendly.

Aug 26 • French-Mexican Night at Maciel’s (Highland Park)

Hosted By: Maciel’s Plant-based Butcher & Deli
Location: Maciel’s
Time: 6-8:30p
Cost: Whatever you buy.

A special, one-night only French-Mexican menu at Maciel's Plant-Based Butcher & Deli! Dine-in & Take-out. We will have extra seating inside & outside. Please make sure to reserve ahead of time. We are looking forward to seeing you on the 26th!

Aug 28 • Kusaki Cook & Sip (Sawtelle)

Hosted by: Kusaki
Location: Kusaki
Time: 6-8pm
Cost: $90

Join us at Kusaki for an interactive and hands-on sushi-making class led by Kusaki's head chef and owner Pearl Steffie. Master the art of preparing perfect sushi rice and discover the secrets of rolling the perfect sushi. Cost includes class + 2 glasses of wine or non-alc wine. All ages are welcome!

Aug 30 • Seefood Night with Chef Lauren Toyota (DTLA)

Hosted by: Hotforfood
Location: Au Lac DTLA
Time: 7-9pm
Cost: $14

Join Chef Lauren Toyota of hot for food for a fun night of food and activism! Enjoy a scrumptious flight of plant-based “seefood” delights created by Chef Lauren. For $14 you’ll get hot for food’s Crispy Crabless Cake with Horseradish Dill Aioli and a bowl of Seefood Chowder. In addition ala carte items and beverages from the Au Lac menu will be available to order as well. We’ll be screening the documentary Seaspiracy at 7:30 pm sharp.

Sneak Peak to September

Sept 4 • Big Vegan Flavor with Nisha Vora and Joanne Lee Molinaro (Chinatown)

Hosted by: Now Serving
Location: Now Serving
Time: 7-8pm
Cost: $17+

Nisha Vora, creator and chef behind Rainbow Plant Life, in conversation for Big Vegan Flavor: Techniques and 150 Recipes to Master Vegan Cooking, moderated by Joanne Lee Molinaro, New York Times best-selling author. Book signing and meet and greet to follow.

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