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Vegan Camp Out is now just a few weeks away, and 2025 looks set to be the festival’s biggest, boldest, and best year yet.
The UK’s largest vegan festival takes place over four unforgettable days of live music, DJs, talks, camping, meditation, yoga, family entertainment, afterparties, and – of course – an absolutely massive selection of some of the best plant-based food money can buy. This year, Vegan Camp Out is coming to a brand-new location – a magical woodland wonderland setting in Hertfordshire’s beautiful Bygrave Woods.
From line-up highlights to the full list of plant-based food vendors, here’s everything you need to know about Vegan Camp Out 2025.
Vegan Camp Out 2025 dates
The festival will be held later in the year than last year, from Friday, August 29, until Monday, September 1. And this year, for the first time ever, the festival is adding a bonus day on Thursday, August 28, with limited-capacity early arrival camping available for those who want to start the party early and get the best pitch.
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Vegan Camp Out 2025 line-up
As always, Vegan Camp Out 2025 will feature a stellar line-up of activists, live performers, DJs, and big names in the vegan community. Headliners this year are plant-based recipe duo BOSH! (Henry Firth and Ian Theasby), known for their delicious and accessible plant-based food recipe videos, and comedian and author Sara Pascoe, who regularly speaks about veganism in interviews and comedy sets. Other speakers include filmmaker Kip Andersen (known for his work on documentaries Cowspiracy, Christspiracy, and What The Health), Ecotricity founder Dale Vince, activist Tash Peterson, author and chef Zacchary Bird, former MTV star and author Matt Pritchard, and food influencer Rose Lee (known as Cheap Lazy Vegan).
As well as the Main Stage line-up, Vegan Camp Out will once again feature an Education Stage with a packed programme of talks from activists and vegan organizations. This year, the likes of Molly Elwood from Elwood’s Organic Dog Meat, the Animal Law Foundation’s Edie Bowles, and gastroenterologist Dr Alan Desmond will all deliver informative and inspiring talks on this stage.
Music has always been central to the VCO experience – and this year it’s going even bigger! For the first time ever, there will be a new multi-genre DJ area called “The Jungle.” This area will feature a huge 39 different genre sets, making it the most varied genre DJ area of any UK event, according to Vegan Camp Out. Expect electronic music, hip-hop, drum and bass, jungle, trance, garage, and more. Names on the music line-up include Ashley Singh (pop / acoustic), Mobius Loop (folk), The Jive Aces (swing), Charlotte Devaney DJ set (bass / electronic), and The Vegan Queens (drag / cabaret).
The fun continues into the night with the return of three official afterparties. BOSH! will host the afterparty on the Saturday night with a house, electronic, drum and bass, and jungle DJ set, while Josh Franceschi – from You Me at Six – will host Sunday night with a rock, metal, and punk set.
For those who need to take some time for themselves or recharge after a big night, there will be a brand-new wellness area complete with sauna, cold plunge, hot tub, and massage.
Food vendors at Vegan Camp Out
There are 46 food and drink vendors heading to Vegan Camp Out this year – and 16 of them are brand-new for 2025. This incredible selection marks the biggest collection of plant-based food in UK history!
The full list of food vendors at Vegan Camp Out 2025 is as follows:
- Purezza
- Wholesome Junkies
- What the Pitta
- Livity
- Chickenish
- The No Catch Co
- Panther M*lk
- Happy Maki
- The Green Grill
- The Hogless Roast
- Anna-Loka
- Vegan House Foods
- Vegan Planet
- Vegan Antics
- Vegan Flavours
- Stoked Vegan BBQ
- The Vegan Candy Man
- Sophie’s Delight
- Plantuguese
- Veggie Republic
- Bamboo Street Food
- Vegan n’ Fries
- Gourmet Poké
- The Vegan Street Diner
- Erim’s Artistry
- The Happy Cow Ice Cream
- Los Churros Amigos
- Yom
- Golden Glaze Doughnuts
- Red Tent Ethiopia
- The Fruitory
- Soy Ahoy
- Mel Tropical Kitchen
- Hooked
- More Plantae
- Chiki Monkey
- Say Cheese
- Block Foods
- Chill Gelato
- The Garden Restaurant
- Tibetan Memories
- Gulp Coffee
- Vegan Lane
- Indo Vegan
- Tacos Caseros
- Fluff Pancakes
A family-friendly festival
Vegan Camp Out is as family-friendly as ever, and there are plenty of activities for all ages to enjoy. A kids’ marquee complete with face painting, crafts, and games will be available, and there will also be a dedicated family camping area offering private toilets and showers.
Getting to the festival
The new Bygrave Woods location has been hailed as “the nicest venue we’ve ever been at” by festival organizers. There’s nothing quite like partying under the trees, and the arena even has improved facilities – with more toilets, coffee stations, and greater access to wellness zones.
To get to Bygrave Woods (SG7 5JX), you can easily travel by coach, train, or car. Big Green Coach is the official travel partner of the festival, and riding with the company is one of the most sustainable ways to get there.
Coach pick-up locations can be found in Bristol, Oxford, Birmingham, Coventry, London Victoria, Manchester, and Swindon. If you can’t find a pick-up location near you, you can register your interest here.
You can also travel by train. Vegan Camp Out has arranged a shuttle coach service to pick up attendees from Hitchin railway station and transport them to Bygrave Woods on Thursday and Friday, with return transport to the station on Monday. Tickets cost £11 and can be purchased online.
If you’re planning to drive to the festival or stay in a caravan or campervan, you’ll need to pay for parking. You can find out all your options here.
How to get tickets
Tickets to the event are still available – but you’ll have to be quick! Only 10 percent of tickets are remaining. There are a number of different ticket options, depending on your availability and how you’d like to camp. A full weekend camping ticket for the Friday to Monday (16+) costs £130. A child ticket (ages four to 15) is £65. If you’d like to head to the festival on the Thursday, that’s an extra £20 a ticket for adults and £10 for children. Children three and under can come along for free.
If you fancy splashing out and getting a VIP ticket, that’ll be £99 on top of your ticket price. VIP ticket holders can access exclusive areas with private bar, food, games, music, seating, and – perhaps most excitingly for a festival – toilets and showers! A 2025 festival T-shirt is also included with all VIP tickets.
If you’re planning to visit for just the Saturday or Sunday, you can buy a day ticket for £80. For kids over four, it’ll be £40.
Buy your ticket for Vegan Camp Out 2025 today!
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