A whopping 100 bars are set to take part in the 2023 edition of Edinburgh Cocktail Week, the UK's biggest cocktail festival.
The event, which will run from Friday, October 6 until Sunday, October 15, will include 23 new bars in the lineup, set to make their Edinburgh Cocktail Week debut.
The festival is set to celebrate its fifth anniversary in 2023, as the city-wide celebration showcases the best of Edinburgh’s hospitality alongside fun and quirky pop-ups and experiences.
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By purchasing a wristband, customers can get exclusive access to £5 cocktails at 100 of Edinburgh’s best bars, hidden speakeasys, rooftop terraces and neighbourhood pubs.
The new roster for 2023 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, with bars like The Alchemist, Cold Town House, Tigerlily, Harvey Nichols and more joining in on the fun.
However, wristband holders also get access to the ‘Prestige Cocktails’ category where they can each enjoy an elevated cocktail experience expertly curated by some of the capitals award-winning bartenders.
The Cocktail Village will also return to Edinburgh, with 20 pop-up bars, street food trucks and live music all included.
Entry is free for all wristband holders and event goers can enjoy £5 cocktails from the likes of Boë Gin, Patron, Hoxton Spirits and Tia Maria - with more to be announced in the coming weeks.
Gary Anderson, Managing Director of Edinburgh Cocktail Week said: "Edinburgh has such an eclectic mix of some of the best bars, bartenders and mixologists in the world and it’s great to be able to support the industry and provide a global platform for them to thrive.
"Edinburgh Cocktail Week is celebrating its fifth birthday this year so we’re putting on an event even bigger and better than before.
"It’s great to see such a high calibre of bars taking part for 2023 including lots of big names making their debut - I think this is our most sophisticated and unmissable lineup to date.
"There are lots more exciting announcements to come, including the Cocktail Village line up so keep an eye on our website and social channels for more!"
Read on below for a full list of all 100 Edinburgh bars taking part in Edinburgh Cocktail Week this year, as well as the Prestige Cocktail Bars.
The 100 bars taking part in Edinburgh Cocktail Week 2023
- 4042
- 56 North
- 63rd + 1st
- Angels Share
- Apex Hotel (City of Edinburgh)
- Apex Hotel (Grassmarket)
- Apex Hotel (Waterloo)
- Badger & Co
- Ballie Ballerson
- Bar Soba
- Bittersweet
- Black Fox
- Black Ivy
- Boom Battle Bar
- Boozy Cow
- Brewdog
- Brewhemia
- Candy Bar
- Carte Blanche!
- Cask Smugglers
- CC Blooms
- Cocktail Mafia
- Cold Town House
- Contini Canonball
- Contini George Street
- Copper Blossom
- Copper Still
- Counter
- Daiquiri
- Dine
- Dishoom
- Dropkick Murphys
- Duck & Waffle
- Eastside
- Edinburgh Street Food
- Element
- Elio & 39s
- Eve
- Ghillie Dhu
- Gusto
- Harvey Nichols
- Heads & Tales
- Herringbone Abbeyhill
- Herringbone Goldenacre
- Hope Isakaya
- Hotel du Vin
- House of Gods
- Indigo Yard
- Inn on the Mile
- Innis & Gunn Brewery Taproom - Leith
- Innis & Gunn Brewery Taproom - Lothian Road
- Jeremiah's Taproom
- Jig
- Joseph Pearce
- Le Monde
- Lucky13
- Malmaison St Andrew Square
- Malones
- McGonagalls
- Mclarens
- Monboddo
- Montpeliers
- No.1 High Street
- NQ64
- O'Connors
- One Canonmills
- One Square
- OX184
- Paolozzi
- Patron Saint
- Rabble
- Red Squirrel
- Smoke & Mirrors
- St Vincent
- Tantra
- Teuchters The Shore
- Teuchters West End
- The Alchemist
- The Barologist
- The Basement
- The Cauldron
- The Dome
- The Glasshouse
- The Granary
- The Green Room
- The Huxley
- The Keller Taproom
- The Lantern Room
- The Lioness of Leith
- The Queens Arms
- The Raeburn
- The Raging Bull
- The Tollhouse
- The West End Brasserie
- Three Marys
- Tigerlily
- Tonic
- Usquabae
- Vesta
- Victoria
- Whisky Rooms
- Yotel
The Prestige Cocktail Bars of Edinburgh Cocktail Week 2023
- The Bon Vivant
- Commons Club
- The Devil's Advocate
- El Cartel
- Harrods H Beauty
- Hawksmoor
- Hey Palu
- Lady Libertine
- Nightcap
- Panda & Sons
- Superico
- The Waldorf Astoria
Wristbands are on sale now and can be bought at the Edinburgh Cocktail Week website now. Wristband options are as follows:
- Weekend One - £10.50 (valid from October 6 until October 8)
- Weekday - £7 (valid from October 9 until October 12)
- Weekend Two - £10.50 (valid from October 13 until October 15)
- Ten Day - £13.50 (valid from October 6 until October 15)
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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