Raise your glasses! Toronto Cocktail Festival, presented by The Alchemist magazine, announces its inaugural citywide celebration taking place from October 22 to 26, 2025.
This highly anticipated event promises a spirited time filled with seminars, master classes, tasting events, cocktail-paired dinners, neighbourhood crawls, guest shifts, and spectacular parties. Featuring dozens of leading brands pouring their finest products, the festival spotlights your favourite local bartenders alongside top talent from across Canada and around the world.
“We are proud to support and promote Toronto’s incredible cocktail community and culture. The success of Toronto Cocktail Festival is made possible through the collaboration of everyone in the industry including bartenders, venues, brands, consumers, and the supporting media,” says Gail Nugent, publisher of The Alchemist magazine and event producer for TCF.
Don’t miss two signature events: the week’s main highlight, the Gala of Cocktails, taking place on October 24 at the Water Works event space. This glamorous night features hot tunes, bar bites, and more than two dozen cocktail stations hosted by local and international bartenders, including global brand ambassadors serving their most creative cocktail creations. The festival wraps up with the Cocktail Brunch on Sunday,
October 26, at the Fairmont Royal York.
Finally, no celebration of community would be complete without supporting those who work in it. Toronto Cocktail Festival is proud to announce that a portion of proceeds will be donated to charity partner, Mind The Bar, an organization dedicated to promoting mental health wellness across Canada.
Tickets for Toronto Cocktail Festival presented by The Alchemist magazine, October 22 to 26, 2025 ‘Signature Events’ go on sale August 1. Watch the space, sign up for the TCF newsletter or follow along on social for more events being added through the summer.
For tickets or to browse the Toronto Cocktail Festival 2025 program, visit thealchemistmagazine.ca/tcf.
About Toronto Cocktail Festival:
Presented by The Alchemist magazine, the first annual Toronto Cocktail Festival will be held October 22 to 26, 2025, at venues across Toronto. It will be a showcase of the city’s immense bartending talent, with events ranging from seminars and cocktail-paired dinners to the closing brunch at the Fairmont Royal York and the week’s main event, the Gala of Cocktails at Water Works. Toronto Cocktail Festival is also proud to support. Mind The Bar.
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About The Alchemist magazine:
Published since 2015 by Glacier Media, The Alchemist is the first BC-based — and now national magazine devoted to the dynamic culture of craft cocktails and artisan distillers. Since fall 2023, The Alchemist has been published in Ontario, its content international in scope but local in focus, featuring stories about the trends, people, bars and brands that play their part in the timeless ritual of enjoying a cocktail. This
beautifully designed seasonal magazine is a smartly portable keepsake, and is supported online between issues.
To read The Alchemist magazine, pick up a copy at bars, restaurants, private liquor retailers, distillery tasting rooms, gourmet grocery stores and barware stores or visit us online at thealchemistmagazine.ca.
About Mind The Bar:
Mind The Bar is a volunteer-based non-profit organization that supports mental health wellness in the hospitality industry across Canada. Founded in 2018 by Vancouver’s Shoel Davidson, Mind The Bar provides resources and information on the major issues of depression, anxiety, addiction and workplace harassment. Its goal is ultimately to dismantle the stigma associated with mental health by changing the way we discuss, address and cope with it. mindthebar.com
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