Melbourne Cocktail Festival 2023
Now in its fourth iteration, the Melbourne Cocktail Festival – founded by the team behind hospitality-focused community hub and co-working space Worksmith – is back for a week- long celebration of the city’s best laneway bars, rooftops and hidden basement gems.
More than 40 venues across the CBD and inner north will take part in the highlight Bar Safari – offering a bespoke $15 cocktail throughout the week-long run to ticket holders only. Melbourne favourites including Bar Margaux, Byrdi, Cutler & Co, Chancery Lane, Curious Bar, The Everleigh, Farmer’s Daughter and Good Heavens are all in the mix. Visit as many locations as you wish (as many times as you want) throughout the week with your ticket which also includes a free cocktail. Make a night out of it and map your own bar crawl through the city or follow one of the many planned routes part of the Safari.
If gin is your thing, embark on the Gin Journey – coming to Melbourne for the first time after popular tours in London and Sydney. Enthusiasts of the juniper-flavoured spirit will be taken on an expert-led guided walking tour of some of Melbourne’s best gin spots, starting at none other than basement cocktail bar Gin Palace.
Over at Smith St Bistrot, be transported to the glamour of 1920s Paris for three nights only. Included in the experience will be three French-style cocktails paired with snacks. There’s also a two-hour bottomless brunch hosted at Bourke Street rooftop Madam Brussels courtesy of Aussie spritz company Home Grown. Tickets include shared brunch bites (think truffle mushroom and gouda tarts, Wagyu rubens and scones), a take-home goodie bag and the chance to win a year’s supply of Home Grown cans.
Other highlights across the week include a Saturday party at Collingwood brewery Molly Rose serving up Disco Chandies, Strawbery Spiders and beers with Marionette-booze-soaked oranges and walnuts to sip on while having a little boogie; a spin on Cutler & Co’s original Gibson cocktail served with a triple cooked Luxembourg potato filled with sour cream, caviar and chives; a bourbon whiskey masterclass at The Everleight and much more – all in the spirit of tipples.
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