Did you know that Colorado Springs is oh-so-vegan? Hey, we even have a vegan dive bar (check out my review of the Burrowing Owl for the Gazette here)!
Vegan Bloody Mary, anyone?
And we have some very vegan events coming up this month:
Saturday, October 10: Vegan Pop-Up Market with NOOCH Vegan Market and The Compassionate Closet.
Wednesday, October 14: Hearty Fall Salads Class (I’ll be teaching this demonstration class at CHEFS!)
Thursday, October 15: Vegan Drinks for a Cause, benefitting Happy Cats Haven
Friday, October 30: KCMJ Celebrates World Vegan Day
Join KCMJ – Colorado Springs Community Powered Radio – for a live recording of Easy Vegan with JL Fields on October 30 to celebrate World Vegan Day. The LIVE show will occur in the midst of a community-wide celebration that will highlight the work of local community groups and organizations, local businesses and feature vegan food and wine. Five amazing vegan items will be raffled off (see below). The show will re-air on Sunday, November 1 (World Vegan Day!), Monday, November 2, and Saturday, November 7.
Ticket sales benefit KCMJ Community Powered Radio (and ticket holders get one FREE entry into the very vegan raffle!)
- $5 in advance (purchase here: kcmjworldveganday2015)
- $7 at the door
Learn about local and state groups:
Enjoy vegan food samples from:
- Adam’s Mountain Café
- The Burrowing Owl
- Coquette’s Bistro & Bakery
- McCabe’s Tavern
- Nourish Organic Juice
- Ola Juice Bar
- Chef Stevie
Sip vegan wine samples from Downtown Spirits & Wine.
Your ticket enters you into a drawing for these great prizes:
- A GUNAS luxury unisex vegan briefcase
- A NOOCH Vegan Market basket of vegan groceries
- A VeganEssentials.com gift certificate for $75
- A 1-year subscription to VegNews
- A gift certificate from The Compassionate Closet
Purchase tickets here: kcmjworldveganday2015
Kind of makes you want to visit Colorado Springs, doesn’t it? We’d love to have you!
Did you enter my giveaway for a 12-week vegan meal plan? Contest ends Sunday! Enter here.