A HUGE vegan festival with dozens of stalls and live music is returning to Southend next month.

Essex Vegan Festival will feature more than 60 stalls, world food caterers, demonstrations, and live reggae music from BFriendly, throughout the day at Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre at Garon Park in November.

Everyone is welcome to the vegan extravaganza which aims to provide the ultimate inspiration for vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians, those thinking about going vegan or wanting to include more vegan products in their diet.

Victoria Bryceson, Vegan Events UK founder and festival organiser, says, “I’m really excited about bringing our festival to Essex again this year.

"We’ve had such amazing feedback from everyone, I’m expecting it to be a sell-out event. We look forward to welcoming everyone, not just vegans, to the event.

"Our goal is to continue to bring vegans and non-vegans together, to support local vegan business, and to show just how easy it is to be vegan."

The event will return on Sunday, November 3 from 10.3am to 4pm. Entry is just £5 or £15 for VIP tickets in advance at veganeventsuk.co.uk/buy-tickets/ to include a goody bag full of vegan products, samples, discounts and offers.