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Edinburgh Cocktail Week

After a sellout event last year, Edinburgh Cocktail Week is returning in October 2023 from Friday 6th to Sunday 15th and set to be it's biggest ever festival!

Edinburgh Cocktail Week

About Edinburgh Cocktail Week

Edinburgh Cocktail Week, the UK’s biggest cocktail festival has today unveiled the 100 bars taking part in this year’s event running from Friday, 6th - Sunday, 15th October. The enviable lineup includes 23 new bars set to make their Edinburgh Cocktail Week debut.

To celebrate Edinburgh Cocktail Week’s fifth birthday, every venue taking part will be serving a £5 Signature Cocktail to wristband holders for the duration of the festival. Wristbands are now on sale from £7 via the Edinburgh Cocktail Week website.

100 of Edinburgh’s trendiest venues, speakeasies, vibrant neighbourhood pubs and hottest hangouts will be part of the 2023 celebrations. This year’s roster includes 23 venues set to make their Edinburgh Cocktail Week debut including Duck & Waffle, Commons Club, Edinburgh Street Food, House of Gods, The West End Brasserie, Lady Libertine, El Cartel, Patron Saint, Lucky 13, The Cauldron, carte blanche! and many more. On the back of the sellout success of last year, many firm favourites are set to mark their return. Wristband holders will have access to £5 signature cocktails in The Alchemist, Cold Town House, Eve, Tigerlily, Tonic, Harvey Nichols, 63rd + 1st, Copper Blossom and more.

That’s not all, wristband holders will also gain exclusive access to the ‘Prestige Cocktails’ category where they can each enjoy an elevated cocktail experience expertly curated by some of the city’s top mixologists and award-winning bartenders. Prestige Cocktails will be served in Panda & Sons and Hey Palu – both in the Top 50 Cocktail Bars – The Bon Vivant, Hawksmoor, Harrods H Beauty, The Devil’s Advocate, Nightcap, Commons Club and Superico, to name but a few.

The Cocktail Village is also back by popular demand for 2023…and it’s bigger than ever to celebrate the event’s fifth birthday! With 20 pop-up bars, street food trucks and the biggest programme of live music to date. Entry is free for all wristband holders and event goers can enjoy £5 cocktails from the likes of Boë Gin, Patron, Hoxton Spirits, Tia Maria, Malibu, Engine Gin, Grey Goose, Mixtons, Tito’s Vodka, Strangers Point Gin and Dead Man’s Fingers, with the rest to be announced over the coming weeks.

Wristbands are on sale now and can be bought at www.edinburghcocktailweek.co.uk

Wristband options for 2023 are (prices inclusive of booking fees):

• Weekend 1 - £10.50 (valid Friday 6th – Sunday 8th Oct)
• Weekday - £7.00 (valid Monday 9th – Thursday 12th Oct)
• Weekend 2- £10.50 (valid Friday 13th – Sunday 15th Oct)
• Ten Day - £13.50 (valid Friday 6th – Sunday 15th Oct)

All wristbands are valid at all 100 participating bars for the full 10-day duration of the festival. Wristbands are valid at the Cocktail Village for the dates detailed above.

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