Vancouver Cocktail Week
byThe 3rd annual Vancouver Cocktail Week welcomes talented bartenders from around the world at a variety of events March 3-10, 2024. Take the opportunity to enjoy their cocktails, learn from their experiences, and raise a glass (or two) together.
Vancouver Cocktail Week
- Date: March 3 – 10, 2024
- Location: Various Venues across Vancouver
- Tickets: Purchase tickets for seminars, events, cocktail crawls, and more online
Vancouver Cocktail Week presented by The Alchemist toasts to the art of the cocktail, and so much more. It’s an event that celebrates the vibrant culture of food and drink in a city that is a hub of cocktail creativity, its multi-award-winning bartenders ambassadors for all that makes this such an exciting culinary community. Cocktail week gives those talented bartenders the showcase they deserve—and serve up delicious fun for consumers, too.
Attend Neighbourhood Cocktail Crawls, listen and learn at any of the offered Seminars, drop-in to elevated Happy Hours across the city, and meet bartenders from other cities at a Guest Shift and Pop-Up.
Featured Events
Signature Sunday Cocktail Brunch
March 3, 2024 at 11:30am | Fairmont Pacific Rim
Join brunch at the Botanist for the annual Signature Cocktail-Paired Brunch by executive chef Hector Laguna featuring hand crafted drinks by the Botanist Bar team and Bar Swift from London, UK.
Chinese Spirits with Hope & Sesame
March 4, 2024 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm | Laowai
Learn about Chinese spirits like baijiu and the cocktails you can make with them from the team at Hope & Sesame from Guangzhou, No. 74 on the World’s 50 Best Bars list.
Main Street Cocktail Crawl presented by Empress 1908 Gin
March 5, 2024 at 4:00pm | Meeting at Tocador
The Main Street Cocktail Crawl begins at Tocador where you will enjoy drinks paried with Latin American bites. Next, Como Taperia with Spanish flavours. Finally, Zarak with Afghan snacks and Middle Eastern-inspired cocktails.
Green Garden Gala
March 9, 2024 at 7:00pm | Sutton Place Hotel
Closing out the week is the Green Garden Gala supporting the BC Hospitality Foundation. The Sutton Place ballroom transforms into botanical inspiration as bartenders harvest flavours from the plant world to craft unique cocktails. There will be live music and DJs to dance to, food for grazing, and more than 35 premium spirits brands to sip from.