One of my fav weeks of the year is back!! For 11 days, 9-19 October 2025, and with two new initiatives, over 200 of the city’s coolest cocktail bars will unite to showcase the creativity, craft, and sheer joy of London’s globally celebrated drinks scene.
At the heart of the festival are the Curated Cocktail Tours, where the 200+ bars will be serving an exclusive £9 Signature Cocktail to wristband wearers. From historic hotel icons to neighbourhood gems, this is the ultimate invitation to explore the capital’s cocktail scene.
London Cocktail Week ensures there’s a reason for everyone to join the celebrations – and there will also be £6 non-alcoholic serves or £12 Champagne cocktails available in many of the bars.
New for 2025, a selection of bars will be serving Tiny Cocktails for £6, capitalising on this quickly growing global phenomenon which allows bartenders to push boundaries, and gives guests opportunities to sample the city’s creativity without committing to a full size cocktail.
Also debuting this year is Home Grown – a celebration of the increasing trend for farm-to-glass style cocktail creation as well as showcasing some of the wonderful spirit producers from the UK. Curated with Angelos Bafas, aka mr.ungarnished, author of HYPER Drinks and the creative force behind award-winning venues Nipperkin and Kioku Sake Bar, it’s a toast to the producers and makers shaping the UK’s unique flavour profile.
Returning for 2025 is the Connoisseur’s Collection; curated with Anna Sebastian – one of the most respected voices in the bar industry. This series offers one-of-a-kind experiences for true drinks lovers, expect vintage spirits, rare pairings, and imaginative flights in some of London’s most exclusive bars.
Since its debut in 2010, London Cocktail Week has grown from a collection of fewer than 50 bars into the world’s foremost cocktail festival, inspiring similar celebrations in cities across the globe. Over the years, it has become a fixture in the capital’s cultural calendar – a time when bartenders, brands, and discerning drinkers come together to toast the city’s creative spirit.
London’s night-time scene is a vital part of its identity – with millions heading out between dusk and dawn to experience its restaurants, bars, music venues, and theatres. Each October, London Cocktail Week shifts the focus onto the hospitality industry and introduces the bars, the liquids, the flavours and the people that make this city so vibrant.
Deputy Mayor for Culture and The Creative Industries, Justine Simons OBE, captured the spirit perfectly at this year’s trade launch: “Cocktails bring together artistry, craft and imagination. They have the power to define – or indeed redefine a moment. The alchemy of a great night out often starts with a cocktail, which is why London Cocktail Week matters. In this world where we are digitally so connected, but more lonely than ever, it is bringing people together for real human connections. Starting in 2010, it is now the leading cocktail festival of its kind in the world, with 200 bars involved. It’s the blueprint for copycats in hundreds of other cities. A brilliant London innovation, exported to the world.”
This year’s festival will once again feature a vast number of venues recognised by The Pinnacle Guide – the global bar rating system launched last year by London Cocktail Week’s founders Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhán Payne. Many PINNED bars will be taking part in London Cocktail Week, with a full list available here.
Advance wristbands are £20 via londoncocktailweek.com and online ticketing partner DesignMyNight. Or, buy directly from participating bars once the festival begins – with all proceeds staying in the venues to directly support London’s hospitality industry.
See you there!!