VegFest Barcelona

VegFest Barcelona is the flagship public event of AnimaNaturalis, one of Spain and Latin America's oldest animal-rights NGOs, founded in 2003. The festival exists as a fundraiser for AnimaNaturalis's ongoing campaigns, and it shows: expect a stronger activist tone than you'll find at purely gastronomic fairs, with speakers from sanctuaries, investigators behind undercover farm footage, and organisations working on live animal transport, bullfighting abolition and fur bans.

At the time of writing, 2026 dates have not been officially confirmed on the festival's website or Instagram (@veg.fest). Based on the pattern of recent years, the 2024 edition ran across a weekend in early June, a similar early-summer slot is likely, but travellers should check Instagram closer to the date. Previous editions have been held at Nau Bostik, a converted glue factory in the Sant Andreu district that now serves as an arts, social and cultural space. The venue has multiple indoor rooms plus an outdoor courtyard, which lets the festival run programming in parallel across a couple of days.

In 2024 the festival ticketed at €12 for a single day and €20 for the weekend, with children under 12 entering free. Expect roughly nine food vendors covering vegan sushi, smash burgers, donuts, plant-based cheeses and ecological wines, smaller in scale than Terrassa, but with a more curated, urban feel. The talks programme runs all day across multiple rooms (Sala 53, Sala Km. 14, Sala Andy Warhol) with recent line-ups covering vegan nutrition, sanctuary work, ethical fashion and intersectional activism. Live music and DJ sets take over the main hall in the evening.

Kids are welcomed with face painting, storytelling and art workshops. Adults can take on the festival's running spicy-food challenge or drop into wellness and yoga sessions. Nau Bostik is reachable by metro (La Sagrera on L1/L5/L9N/L10N, roughly a 10-minute walk) and by bus, and parts of the Rec Comtal urban-garden project sit nearby if you want to extend the day.

Practical tips: book tickets in advance via Entradium, previous editions have sold out the Saturday session. Barcelona in June is hot, so the indoor rooms fill up around noon; plan talks for cooler hours and food for the late afternoon.