Events and Press
Events
Read on to find out where we’ll be and when!
November
Saturday, Nov. 7: Vegan on Broadway from noon to 4 p.m. in front of the Brookfield Shops, 9202 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield
Saturday, Nov 14: Streetz Artz Alliance Kris Kringle Market at Imperial Oak Brewing, 4099 Blanchan Ave., in Brookfield from noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14: North Branch Market Winter Fest at the Edgebrook Metra stop near North Kinzua Street and West Devon Avenue in Chicago from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov 15: Chicago Vegan Test Kitchen’s Another Vegan Harvest Market at Emporium Arcade Bar, 2363 N. Milwaukee Ave., in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood from noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 29: Cruelty Free You + Me’s Vegan in the Burbs at Solemn Oath Brewery, 1661 Quincy Ave Ste. 179, in Naperville from noon to 3 p.m.
December
Thursday, Dec. 3: Cocoa Cabin Holiday Market at the Oak Brook Park District - Central Park West, 1500 Forest Gate Road, in Oak Brook from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5: Kris Kringle Market, 8820 Brookfield Ave., in Brookfield from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5: Driehaus Museum Drie-cember Holiday Market, 50 E. Erie St., in Chicago from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 13: Chicago Vegan Test Kitchen’s Another Vegan Market at Emporium Arcade Bar, 2363 N. Milwaukee Ave., in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood from noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 19: Cruelty Free You + Me’s Vegan in the Burbs at Soundgrowler Brewing Co., 8201 183rd Street Suite P, in Tinley Park from noon to 4 p.m.
In the news
Founder Spotlight: Valerie Vedral, The Vulgar Vegan, Vegpreneur, Jan. 26, 2026
Vegan Bakery Heads to Brookfield Shops, Riverside-Brookfield Landmark, Jan. 14, 2026
Meet Valerie Vedral, CanvasRebel, March 25, 2024
A Sisterhood Created: Berwyn Shops, Cicero Independiente, Nov. 1, 2023
Get Your Cupcakes With a Side of Profanity, Riverside-Brookfield Landmark, Aug. 1, 2023
Local Female Chef is Leading in National Contest, Patch, June 23, 2023
Baking Delicious Cupcakes - The Vulgar Vegan, GoSolo, Feb. 28, 2023
Awaken the Extraordinary podcast, Episode 80: The Storyteller Series - Valerie Vedral: The One Where They Get Derailed & Talk About Going Vegan, Sept. 2022
Berwyn Homegrown Project Creates Mini Shopping District to Buy Local, NBC 5 Chicago, June 24, 2022
