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VEGANS EXPLORE Night Event | Monthly Community Sponsorship | 2026

This Is How
We Build
Your City.

The Night Event is our boots-on-the-ground community engine. Monthly. Recurring. Growing. Every city gets a local team, a monthly event, and a sponsor ecosystem that keeps it running and evolving. This is not a pop-up. This is the community recruiting itself from the inside out.

Sponsor Your City

Prepared for Local Business & Event Sponsors | VEGANS EXPLORE x LESARUSS | Confidential | 2026

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Roots in the
Community.
Not a Pop-Up.

The Night Event is how VEGANS EXPLORE establishes itself in each city. We build a local team, people from the community who know the city, and that team curates a monthly experience. We provide the infrastructure, the platform, the vendor network, and the sponsorship model. They provide the local knowledge. No other platform does this - this is the differentiation.

78M+
Plant-Based US Consumers
A high-spending demographic actively seeking experiences built for them.
Monthly
Recurring Cadence
Not a one-time event. One sponsor deal covers 12 activations per year in your city.
8+
Active Community Cities
South Florida, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta, New York, and more, with international expansion launching July 1.
215+
Vegan Businesses Listed
Our directory reaches buyers with purchasing intent who actively seek Vegan-friendly venues.
July 1
Season 1 Launch
Lock in now and your brand is part of the Night Event from the very first event of Season 1 in your city.

VE Provides.
Local Team
Curates. You Win.

Three parties make the Night Event work: VEGANS EXPLORE provides the infrastructure, the local team curates the experience, and sponsors fund the ecosystem. Every role is defined. Every benefit is clear. Click each card to see how the model works.

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VEGANS EXPLORE Provides - Always
The Platform.
The Infrastructure.
What VE Brings to Every City from Day One
VE Infrastructure - Included
Every City Gets the Full Stack from Day One.
VEGANS EXPLORE brings the event ticketing system, the vendor marketplace, the community platform, the sponsorship packaging, the content distribution network, and the playbook from every past city. The local team brings the venue knowledge and community relationships. Sponsors bring the recurring funding that keeps it growing.
Full Stack
Platform Included
Day One
Operational at Launch
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Local Team - City Specific
The Local Team
Curates the Night.
Community-Led Curation in Every Hub City
Local Team Model - Active
Local Knowledge Meets VE Infrastructure.
In every city, VEGANS EXPLORE recruits a local team - people from the community who know the venues, the vendors, and the culture. That team selects the venue, manages event-night logistics, and handles vendor outreach. VE provides everything else. Sponsors get the result without the operational burden.
Community
Locally Recruited
Monthly
Events Per City

Monthly Presence.
Not a
One-Time Ad.

A Night Event sponsorship is 12 activations for the price of one. Your brand is in front of the most qualified audience in the community ecosystem - not casual followers, but active members who show up monthly, invite others, and buy based on community recommendations. The Night Event is how the community grows from the inside out.

12x

Activations Per Year

One sponsorship deal. Twelve monthly events. Your brand is in the room every single month for an entire year.

Right

The Right Room

Night Event attendees are the most active members in the ecosystem - they show up, they buy, and they recruit others. This is the highest-intent audience VE has.

Live

Vendor Marketplace Access

Sponsors get priority access to the VE vendor marketplace and discounted event slots alongside the sponsorship package.

Expand

City Expansion Pull-Through

As VE enters new cities, existing sponsors get first right of refusal to expand their deal. Grow with us before competitors can claim the slot.

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River and Theo launching the Vegans Explore platform, GeekFon style

What Happens
Every Month.
In Every City.

Every Night Event follows the same structure: a vendor floor, a community stage, content capture, a cause moment, and a recruit night. Sponsors are woven through every element. Your brand is in the room, on the stage, in the content, and in the community - not as an ad, but as a partner that makes the event possible.

South Florida
Home Market
Tampa
Active Community
Orlando
Active Community
Atlanta
Active Community
New York
Key Feeder Market
London
Launching July 1
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Pascal and Nori mapping the Vegans Explore network, GeekFon style

The Platform
We Have
Already Built.

Five years of content, community, and growth across every major channel. The numbers below are confirmed, platform-verified figures. Not projections. Every channel is active, audience-owned, and ready to amplify your brand on game day.

Most Powerful Social Channels: Followers by Platform
+592.6%
TikTok @vegansexplore: Year-Over-Year View Growth
From 32.3K views in 2024 to 194.3K in 2025. The fastest-growing channel in the network, and still accelerating.
36.6K+
Podcast Downloads
All-time on Vegans Who Lift. 303 new downloads per week average, Q1 2026. Plus 100K+ cumulative on the Vegans Explore podcast.
1,000+
Media Contacts
Active press list across food, wellness, and sports outlets. A single press release from this partnership reaches all of them.
6
Active City Markets
South FL, Central FL, Atlanta, NYC, LA, and Philadelphia. Two more planned: DMV and London.
200+
Influencer Partners
Individual creators and accounts with audiences from 5K to 2M followers. Available for campaign activation.

Five Elements.
One Night.
Every Month.

Every Night Event has five elements that run consistently across every city. Vendors. Community stage. Content. A cause moment. And a recruit night. Sponsors are embedded in the structure - not slotted as an afterthought. Your brand appears across all five elements every single month.

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The Overlook activation - upscale rooftop lounge at Hard Rock Stadium,
Pillar 01

Vendor Floor

Local plant-based businesses and brands set up. Community members discover, buy, and connect. Sponsor gets featured vendor presence on the floor and a first-right introduction to every vendor that joins through VE.

Pillar 03

Content + Cause + Recruit

Every event is filmed. Sponsors appear in content distributed across the VE platform and creator network. One cause partner per event gets community support. And every attendee is there to bring someone new next month.

Recurring Presence.
Not a
One-Time Ad.

The Night Event sponsorship is the most efficient buy in the VE ecosystem. One deal. Twelve months. The most qualified audience. And your brand is embedded in the structure of the event itself - not as a banner on a wall, but as a partner the community knows keeps the night happening.

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"The event is the nonprofit mission in action." Platform is the visibility. Content is the authority. The Night Event is the actual boots-on-the-ground work that no mobile app can replicate.
VEGANS EXPLORE Night Event model. Monthly. Every city. Season 1 launches July 1.

Recurring Visibility

Your brand is part of every monthly event in your city for the full season. That is 12 activations per year under one sponsorship agreement - not 12 separate buys.

The Right Room

Night Event attendees are active community members - not casual followers. They buy, they share, and they recruit others. This is the most qualified audience in the ecosystem, showing up monthly because they chose to.

Vendor Marketplace Priority

Sponsors get priority placement in the VE vendor marketplace and discounted event slots across every city in the network. The marketplace is how local businesses get into Night Events - you get the inside track on every city.

City Expansion Pull-Through

As VEGANS EXPLORE enters new cities, existing Season 1 sponsors get first right of refusal to extend their deal into the new market. Get in before competitors know the slot exists.

Every Ticket Comes
With $250 in Value.

Every ticket to the VE Opening Day Activation is a ticket to the game and a ticket to an experience. Attendees receive a co-branded VE x Dolphins tote bag filled with curated value from our vendor and sponsor network, making this the most compelling first Dolphins game anyone has ever attended.

In the Bag
  • → Co-branded VE x Dolphins tote
  • → Vendor vouchers & gift certificates
  • → Sponsor product samples
  • → Local business promotions
  • → Activation passport
  • → Raffle entry for headline prize
How It Works
  • → Vendors pay placement fee
  • → VE designs & produces all materials
  • → Vendor approves, we fulfill
  • → Stamps passport at station
  • → Completed passport enters draw
  • → Everyone walks away with value

The Community
Shows Up Monthly.
You Show Up with Them.

The Night Event runs with or without a sponsor. The community is built regardless. What a sponsor gets is embedded presence with the most engaged audience in the ecosystem - the people who show up monthly, who invite their networks, and who are building the community from the inside out.

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How It Works

VE Runs the Event. You Are Part of Every Night.

VEGANS EXPLORE handles everything: local team recruitment, venue selection, vendor coordination, event programming, content capture, and community promotion. Sponsors provide the recurring funding that elevates the production quality and embeds their brand in the event structure. No operational lift. Just monthly presence with the community that is building the plant-based ecosystem in your city.

VEGANS EXPLORE Owns
Execution
Local team, venue, vendor coordination, event programming, content capture, community promotion, and platform distribution. All of it, every month.
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You Gain
Monthly Presence
Recurring brand presence with the most engaged community audience in the ecosystem. Stage time. Content appearances. Vendor marketplace priority. City expansion rights. And 12 activations for the price of one sponsor agreement.

This Is the
Community You
Show Up For.

A Night Event sponsorship is not just advertising in a room. It is embedded presence with a community that builds itself month over month through recruitment. Every attendee invites someone new. Every sponsor is part of that story. The community grows - and so does your presence in it.

Event Day
20K+
Organic Social Reach
Live content from both Instagram accounts simultaneously. Real-time stories and posts from inside Hard Rock Stadium. Your brand in the moment it happens, to an audience that is already watching.
Ongoing Impact
Not One
and Done.
Archived. Promoted. Permanent.
The activation gets documented and archived on vegansexplore.com. Future campaigns reference this partnership as proof that plant-based game day works. The Miami Dolphins stay in our content cycle through future seasons as the team that said yes first.
Long-Tail Impact
200+
Influencer Partners Activated
Individual creators from 5K to 2M followers. Six city markets promoting the event nationally. Content from game day stays in the archive and continues driving Miami Dolphins game traffic long after the final whistle.
8
City Markets Activated
South FL, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta, NYC, Philadelphia, DMV, and London (July 1). The full network promotes this event, not just South Florida.
200+
Influencer Partners
Individual creators from 5K to 2M followers embedded in the Vegan community. One brief activates all of them.
215+
Vegan Businesses Listed
Our directory reaches high-intent buyers actively seeking Vegan-friendly venues. Every listing becomes an organic promotion channel for this event.
100K+
Total Podcast Reach
Cumulative audience across both shows. A dedicated episode promoting the Dolphins partnership goes out in the 30-day lead-up campaign.

The Numbers
Behind the
Partnership.

Every figure below comes directly from the VEGANS EXPLORE platform. These are confirmed data points, not projections, reframed around the value you capture the moment this sponsorship is confirmed.

01 / Content Reach Per Event
20K+
Organic Social Impressions Per Night Event
Every Night Event is filmed and distributed across both VE Instagram accounts simultaneously. Sponsor appearances are in the content. 12 events per year means 12 separate content pushes to an audience that is actively engaged with everything VE puts out.
Source: Vegans Explore platform / dual-account live activation model
02 / Community Network
200+
Creator Partners Amplifying Every Night Event
200+ creator partners across the VE network - individual creators from 5K to 2M followers. Night Event content gets distributed through this network every month. Your sponsorship rides a +592.6% TikTok year-over-year growth curve with every event cycle.
Source: Vegans Explore influencer network / TikTok @vegansexplore 2024-2025 verified data
03 / Market Opportunity
78M+
US Plant-Based Consumers - Your Addressable Community
A $8B market with 78 million plant-based and plant-curious Americans who have no community hub in most cities. The Night Event is that hub. Your sponsorship positions your brand at the center of a community that is actively building itself in cities across the country.
Source: US plant-based market data / Vegans Explore directory and podcast verified figures

Twelve Events.
One Deal.
One Community.

You are not doing a favor. You are becoming a permanent part of how the plant-based community in your city gathers, grows, and recruits. One sponsor agreement. Twelve monthly events. Stage time, vendor floor presence, content appearances, and the community association that comes from showing up every month when others do not.

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Monthly Stage
Time
Monthly Stage Time
Every Night Event has a sponsor stage moment - an introduction, a product spotlight, or a community contribution announcement. You are not a logo on a banner. You are in the room, heard by the people who came specifically for the community experience.
Untapped Fan Segments
Plant-Based / Vegan
Food Allergy / Dietary
Health-Conscious NFL Fans
All three segments currently underserved at NFL venues
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River and Maya generating earned media coverage, GeekFon style
Content
Appearances
Content Appearances
Every Night Event is filmed and posted. Sponsors appear in the content. 12 events per year means 12 content pushes featuring your brand to the VE audience and 200+ creator network. The archive compounds - last month's event content keeps reaching new people this month.
$0
Ad Spend
1K+
Press Contacts
National
Story Reach
"First NFL plant-based game night": food, wellness & sports media
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Nori and Maya presenting F&B market research data, GeekFon style
Vendor Marketplace
Priority
Vendor Marketplace Priority
The VE vendor marketplace is how local businesses get into Night Events. Sponsors get priority access and discounted slots across every city in the network. You get the inside track on every vendor relationship in every market VE enters.
US Plant-Based Market Growth
2020
$5B
2023
$8B
2026
$15B+
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Pascal and Dani managing the vendor pipeline, GeekFon style
Cause Moment
Partnership
Cause Moment Partnership
Every Night Event features one cause partner - a local nonprofit or community campaign. Sponsors can nominate the cause partner for their city event. Community members contribute. The sponsor is associated with the giving - not just the brand placement.
HEAT Proof of Model
VE
Event
Market
Data
Full Bloom
Permanent
One VE event. One permanent Vegan vendor. The model works.
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River and Theo building the content archive, GeekFon style
Recruit Night
Association
Recruit Night Association
Every attendee is there to bring someone new next month. The Night Event grows from the inside out - member referrals, not paid acquisition. Sponsors are part of that story. You are the brand that made the event possible. That association builds with every recruit.
Content Reach Over Time
Game Day Ongoing
Every post, clip, and article compounds after the event ends.
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Pascal and Nori mapping the Vegans Explore network, GeekFon style
City Expansion
Rights
City Expansion Rights
Season 1 sponsors get first right of refusal to expand into new markets as VE grows. You lock your category in existing cities and get the option to add new cities before they open to external sponsors. Grow with the network before competitors can get the slot.
8
City Markets
200+
Partners

Season 1.
First Mover.
City Locked.

One anchor sponsor per city per category per 111-day season. Hotel, restaurant, grocery, wellness, media, entertainment - once your category is locked in your city, no competitor can claim it until season renewal. Season 1 sponsors get the lowest rates in the history of the program.

Anchor
Presenting Sponsor

One exclusive premier sponsor. Full co-branding across all VE and Dolphins promotion, on-site signage, and event programming. First right on all future Vegans Explore x Dolphins activations.

Partner
Category Sponsors

Two to three category sponsors in food, wellness, and lifestyle. Sampling or station access, social promotion, and co-branding with both VE and the Dolphins. A premium placement at a uniquely targeted activation.

Community
Nonprofit + Donor Network

Contributions to Vegans Explore can be structured as tax-deductible charitable donations through our 501(c)(3), in process, expected by event date. Established nonprofit partners available if needed prior to filing completion.

Sponsor Your City.
Lock Your
Category.

A straightforward agreement. Four steps to activate your city sponsorship. Every deliverable is confirmed at launch. Enter your details below to unlock full pricing, city availability, and Season 1 rates.

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City and Category Confirmed

We confirm your city has an open anchor slot in your category. One sponsor per category per city per season. First to confirm locks it.

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Agreement Signed

Season 1 sponsorship agreement signed. Full season event calendar delivered. Vendor marketplace access activated immediately.

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First Event Scheduled

First Night Event in your city scheduled within 60 days of agreement. Venue selected by the local team. VE handles all logistics and promotion. You provide the sponsor presence.

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Season Launches

Monthly events run for the full 111-day Season 1. Your brand is part of every Night Event - on the floor, on the stage, in the content, and in the community.

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Partner With Us?

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