Vegan Festival Singapore

Vegan Festival Singapore — previously known as the GFG Vegan Festival — is the city-state's student-powered plant-based celebration, organised by Earthlink NTU, the environmental club at Nanyang Technological University. The 2026 edition lands on Sunday, 19 April 2026, continuing the festival's run as an annual April fixture that has quietly become one of Southeast Asia's more influential vegan industry events.

What makes Singapore's festival different from its Western counterparts is the food-tech angle. Singapore is the global capital of alternative protein innovation — home to the world's first cultivated-meat regulatory approvals and a bumper crop of plant-based startups — and the festival has leaned into that by spotlighting alternative food brands alongside bite-sized learning sessions with industry stalwarts discussing sustainable food technology and nutrition. You'll find everything from traditional Asian vegan fare (mock char siu, laksa, nasi lemak) sitting next to precision-fermented dairy prototypes and plant-based seafood.

The format typically combines live cooking stations, sustainable retail booths, live music, tasting menus and a curated marketplace with a more serious talks and panels programme. Past editions have featured masterclasses, cultural tours and exclusive dine-in menus at partner restaurants, making it as much an industry touchpoint as a consumer event.

Because it's student-organised but professionally run, ticket prices stay accessible while vendor quality stays high. The festival is family-friendly and fully indoor (essential given Singapore's heat and humidity), and typically runs from mid-morning into the evening at venues like Raffles City Convention Centre in past years.