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World Vegan Day is an annual event celebrated on 1 November, by vegans around the world. The Day was established in 1944 by Louise Wallis, then President & Chair of The Vegan Society

Vegan Society

The Vegan Society is a registered charity and the oldest vegan society in the world, founded on November 1, 1944, in England by Donald Watson, Elsie "Sally" Shrigley, and 23 others....

UK.

2011 marks the 67th anniversary of the term 'vegan' (and thus the verbally clarified concept of 'veganism

Veganism

Veganism is the practice of eliminating the use of animal products. Ethical vegans reject the commodity status of animals and the use of animal products for any purpose, while dietary vegans or strict vegetarians eliminate them from their diet only...

' and of the Vegan Society).

Global (but incomplete) lists of World Vegan Day Events

The vegan society has a calender over events related to veganism at The Vegan Society's Calendar.

Sat 29 Oct West Midlands Vegan Festival. Wolverhampton, UK

Sun 30 Oct ChicagoVeg World Vegan Day Celebration. Chicago, USA

Sun 6th November World Vegan Day Festival, Melbourne, Australia

Mon 1 Nov Festive World Vegan Day Dinner, Shanghai, China

Mon 1 Nov World Vegan Day, Kypselis, Greece
Mon 1 Nov World Vegan Day, Los Angeles, USA

Tues 1st Nov "Fun Hat Table Quiz for World Vegan Day", Dublin, Ireland

Sat 5 November http://www.chicagoveganmania.com Chicago VeganMania, Chicago, IL

Sat 6 Nov Lincoln Veggie Fayre, Lincoln, UK

Sun 7 Nov Cruelty-Free Festival, Sydney, Australia

Sat 13 Nov West Lancashire Vegan & Fairtrade Fair, Nr.Blackpool, UK

Thu 25 Nov Vegan Thanksgiving*, Los Angeles, USA

Sun 28 Nov World Vegan Day 2010, Paris, France

NOTE: FARMUSA sponsors globally the "Gentle Thanksgiving", previously sponsored as "Vegetarian Thanksgiving" and long sponsored by local vegetarian groups, sometimes with local religious congregations, at times with local Councils of Churches.

Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

World Vegan Day has been celebrated in Melbourne on the last Sunday of October for several years. The event is organised by a committee affiliated with Vegetarian Network Victoria, and featured stalls include Lentil as Anything

Lentil as Anything

Lentil as Anything is series of pay-as-you-feel, organic, vegetarian restaurants in Melbourne, Australia. There are currently four restaurants, the first of which opened in 2000 in St. Kilda, the largest is located in the former Abbotsford Convent, in Abbotsford, an inner eastern suburb of Melbourne...

, Invita Living Foods, Animals Australia, Aduki Independent Press, Eco-shout Melbourne, Vegan Society of Australia, ALV

Animal Liberation Victoria

Animal Liberation Victoria Inc. is the Victorian branch of Australian animal rights movement Animal Liberation operating throughout several areas in Australia. Founded in 1978 by Patty Mark, ALV is located in Melbourne and is recognised as Victoria's most powerful animal rights organisation...

, the Melbourne University Food Co-op, and many more. The 2008 World Vegan Day festival was held on Sunday, 26 October at the Abbotsford Convent

Abbotsford Convent

The Abbotsford Convent is located in Abbotsford, Victoria, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Convent is in a bend of the Yarra River west of Yarra Bend Park, with the Collingwood Children's Farm to its north and east, the river and parklands to its south and housing to its...

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World Vegan Day Melbourne

Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

Vegan Festival

in Adelaide celebrates World Vegan Day every year and takes place on a Sunday in November. First Vegan Festival was held on 4th Nov 2007. The event is possible due to many individual volunteers and members of various organisations. Kas Ward is the Event Main Organiser.- External links :*******...

in Adelaide celebrates World Vegan Day every year and takes place on Sunday in November. First Vegan Festival was held on 4th Nov 2007. The event is possible because of many individual volunteers and members of various organisations. Kas Ward created Vegan Festival in Adelaide and is the Main Event Coordinator.

http://www.veganfestival.info

M.A.D. FREE Weekend in Adelaide celebrates World Vegan Day in November. First M.A.D. Free Weekend – 13-15 November 2009 at Bliss Organic Cafe.

http://www.blissorganiccafe.com

Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...

, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

http://www.invsoc.org.nz1st November 2011 Event in Southernmost Vegan Society in the world, Invercargill

Invercargill

Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

16th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival - October 29th and 30th (all day long), free vegan food (many thousands of attendees), sponsored annually and currently by the Boston Vegetarian Society

Boston Vegetarian Society

The Boston Vegetarian Society "seeks to make a better world for people, animals, and the earth through advancing a healthful vegetarian diet and a compassionate ethic." BVS provides education, encouragement, and community support for vegetarians and for anyone wishing to learn more about a...

Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

Uruguayan Vegan and Vegetarian Union monthly meeting - End-of-October monthly meeting (18:00hrs), free vegan food, information, gathering.

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