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Brighton & Hove's city-wide cocktail festival
🍸 10 days 🍹 50+ bars 🥃 150+ cocktails
18th-27th September 2026
Early bird tickets on sale for just £15

Join us for a city-wide celebration of mixology, and discover Brighton & Hove’s exceptional cocktail scene. Over this ten day festival, your ticket will provide you with exclusive access to bespoke cocktail creations and experiences at dozens of Brighton’s best bars. Simply pick your favourite bars or cocktails, show them your ticket and enjoy their unique festival cocktails for just £6 each.

30/05/2026

While creating this year’s festival cocktails, we asked Brighton bartenders to name some of their favourite drinks from last year 👀🍸

From unforgettable serves to unexpected flavour combos, let us know your favourite festival cocktails from 2025 in the comments 👇

27/05/2026

Did you know every bar creates an exclusive non-alcoholic cocktail for Brighton Cocktail Festival? Over 50 exceptional cocktails, just without the booze!

Here's a throwback to some of last year’s non-alcoholic cocktails to give you a taste of what’s to come, and look out for this year's festival cocktails - coming soon.

15/05/2026

TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains several controversial answers (especially for P**n Star Martini fans 👀).

For episode 2 of our Ask A Brighton Bartender series, we asked what the world’s most overrated cocktail is.

Do you agree with these? Let us know your most overrated cocktail in the comments 👇

08/05/2026

Discover the ten incredible sponsors supporting this year’s Brighton Cocktail Festival, and look out for offers, experiences and bespoke festival cocktails with each, coming soon.

VODKA SPONSOR:
Organic, luxury Polish vodka, founded in 1910.

MIXER SPONSOR:
Flavourful, premium mixers and tonics. Proud to be a B Corp, Carbon Neutral and female-founded.

RUM SPONSOR: .DISTILLERY
Distilled in small batches for big flavour.

NON-ALC SPONSOR:
Non-alcoholic aperitifs made from the world’s most wonderful plants.

SYRUP SPONSOR: +
Premium syrups, family-owned and crafted in France since 1912.

MEZCAL SPONSOR:
Single palenque, handcrafted spirits, traditionally produced in Oaxaca, Mexico.

TEQUILA SPONSOR:
Single estate, 100% agave, terroir-driven tequila.

BRANDY SPONSOR:
Award-winning brandies from Familia Torres, in the heart of the Penedes.

GIN SPONOR:
The original farm-grown gin.

WHISKY SPONSOR:
Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey.

02/05/2026

“If Brighton was a cocktail, what would it be and why?” - we’re kicking off our brand new Ask A Brighton Bartender series with a banger. Get involved, and leave a comment below to let us know what type of cocktail you think Brighton is 👇.

Look out for more episodes, coming soon!

21/04/2026

📢 Read all about it in Time Out London: Brighton will be hosting the country’s biggest cocktail event this year, with more festival bars and cocktails than any other city 📢

Swipe 👉 to find out more, and get your hands on Super Early Bird Tickets now for just £15 before they’re all gone.

08/10/2025

How do you say thank you to all those amazing bartenders who supported ? Wrap it all up with a showstopper industry after party - that’s how!

A huge thank you to all nine festival sponsors below who supported this event, and an extra-special thank you to and for organising and throwing a party to remember for 160 of Brighton’s best bartenders!

BRIGHTON: we’ll be back in 2026!!!

01/10/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Brighton Cocktail Festival will be back in 2026 🎉!!!

“Will Brighton Cocktail Festival be happening again next year?” was the most asked question over the last ten days, and after the amazing feedback from our first year - the answer is of course a resounding YES!

Get your diaries out now, and book in Friday 18th to Sunday 27th September 2026. And make sure to follow or subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know about next year’s festival.

Cheers to this, and we can’t wait to see you again next year 🍸🍹🥃

24/09/2025

We’re half way through Brighton Cocktail Festival now, but do not worry - there are still five days left to get your hands on 120 incredible £6 cocktails across the city🍸🍹🥃!

It’s been absolutely amazing seeing both visitors and local discovering Brighton & Hove’s best bars, and we can’t to welcome more of you over the next five days. Make sure to snap your favourite bars and cocktails and post them tagging to share the cocktail love 📸❤️.

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