Dutch Fruit Festival

The Dutch Fruit Festival is a deeply unusual event on the European vegan calendar — not a city expo or market-style festival, but a five-day, all-inclusive raw vegan and fruitarian retreat running 22-26 June 2026 in the countryside near Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Founded and run by detox specialist, raw chef and long-time fruitarian Wendy van der Grinten, the festival is explicitly framed as transformational — a space for "healthy living, emotional healing, spiritual growth, awareness, connecting and consciousness for people, animals and planet."

The setting is rural and intentionally immersive: heather fields, soft sand, green grounds and woodland that create a camp-style escape from everyday city life. Attendees sleep on-site in shared accommodation, private accommodation, or bring their own camping gear, with family options built in (children from 5 upwards are welcomed, and under-5s sleep free). The whole experience is unlimited food and accommodation — meaning no à-la-carte pricing decisions during the week, just full presence.

The food programme is the obvious headline. Expect unlimited fresh, ripe seasonal fruit (the festival works directly with growers for peak-ripeness sourcing), organic vegetables, raw vegan salad buffets, and elaborate evening raw-chef-prepared dishes that genuinely redefine what's possible without heat, animal products or processed ingredients. All food is 100% fresh, raw and plant-based — no cooked grains, no processed ingredients, no exceptions.

Programming layers in lectures, workshops, food preparation demonstrations, healing exercises, sports, yoga, dance, discussions and community connection throughout each day. Featured speakers for 2026 include Dr Doug Graham (author of the landmark 80-10-10 diet framework and long-time fitness coach), Chris Kendall (nutritionist, raw chef and yoga teacher), Eduardo Corassa (Brazilian nutritionist and 18-year raw food coach), and returning favourite Dr Tumi Johnson MD, a holistic physician who has been raw since 1998.