Date | October 19, 2024 |
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Location | Crystal Garden |
Plus Service Fee
Dust off your flapper dresses and shine those spats! Victoria’s most fabulous cocktail soirée is back! Get ready to jazz up your October 19th because the Art of the Cocktail is roaring into town once again!
October 19th, 2024
VIP Grand Tasting – 5:30 – 9:00PM | General Grand Tasting – 6:30 – 9:00PM
Crystal Garden, 713 Douglas St.
With over 50 local and national exhibitors serving up amazing drinks, it’s a night full of fun and flavour. Dress to impress for the Best Dressed Competition, vote for your favourite cocktail, and make memories that shine brighter than Hollywood! Get ready for a night you’ll talk about for ages!
Show off your style at the Best Dressed Competition! Win four exclusive tickets to the glamorous 2025 Victoria Film Festival Opening Gala, a fun gift basket, shoutouts on our social media, and much more! Don’t miss your chance to shine!
Vote for your favourite cocktail and make it the star of the next Art of the Cocktail event! Plus, the winning cocktail gets a VIP table at the next event and a stylish trophy. And that’s not all – it’ll also be featured in major media outlets like Times Colonist, YAM Magazine, Eat Magazine, Victoria Buzz, and more!
Transport yourself to the roaring 1920s at our event! Get all dolled up in your snazziest flapper ensemble and top it off with a fedora, because we’re taking you back to the age of jazz and prohibition. Our venue will be transformed into a speakeasy, capturing the true essence of the Roaring Twenties. Get set for a night of partying where the champagne cocktails will be flowing and the Charleston will be the dance of the hour!
Dust off your flapper dresses and shine those spats! Victoria’s most fabulous cocktail soirée is back! Get ready to jazz up your October 19th because the Art of the Cocktail is roaring into town once again!
October 19th, 2024
VIP Grand Tasting – 5:30 – 9:00PM | General Grand Tasting – 6:30 – 9:00PM
Crystal Garden, 713 Douglas St.
With over 50 local and national exhibitors serving up amazing drinks, it’s a night full of fun and flavour. Dress to impress for the Best Dressed Competition, vote for your favourite cocktail, and make memories that shine brighter than Hollywood! Get ready for a night you’ll talk about for ages!
Show off your style at the Best Dressed Competition! Win four exclusive tickets to the glamorous 2025 Victoria Film Festival Opening Gala, a fun gift basket, shoutouts on our social media, and much more! Don’t miss your chance to shine!
Vote for your favourite cocktail and make it the star of the next Art of the Cocktail event! Plus, the winning cocktail gets a VIP table at the next event and a stylish trophy. And that’s not all – it’ll also be featured in major media outlets like Times Colonist, YAM Magazine, Eat Magazine, Victoria Buzz, and more!
Transport yourself to the roaring 1920s at our event! Get all dolled up in your snazziest flapper ensemble and top it off with a fedora, because we’re taking you back to the age of jazz and prohibition. Our venue will be transformed into a speakeasy, capturing the true essence of the Roaring Twenties. Get set for a night of partying where the champagne cocktails will be flowing and the Charleston will be the dance of the hour!
Saturday, October 19th, 2024: The Grand Tasting takes place at Crystal Garden at 713 Douglas St. in Victoria BC. The Exclusive VIP Grand Tasting starts at 5:30 PM and the Public Grand Tasting starts at 6:30 PM and ends at 9:00 PM.
Ticket prices: VIP Grand Tasting ($119 + tax) 5:30 pm General Grand Tasting ($89 + tax) 6:30 pm
Art of The Cocktail is an event where local and international distillers and distributors will be pouring cocktails. BC law requires that all attendees be 19 years or older at all Art of The Cocktail events.
Two pieces of ID are required in BC to verify age.
Crystal Garden is wheelchair accessible. Elevators can take you to the primary and second floors during the Grand Tasting. Please seek out a volunteer or staff member when you arrive so we can show you around.
If you have a designated driver, we suggest the Broughton St. Parkade @ 745 Broughton St. We recommend arriving and leaving the Art of the Cocktail event by taxi. Drinking and driving are not acceptable.
The Grand Tasting includes a Best Dressed Competition! Wear your after-five attire for a chance to win the title and great prizes! Coat check is available at the door by donation.
We love to show photos of the glamorous people of Victoria! So following the Grand Tasting, keep an eye on our Facebook page and tag yourself and your friends! A selection of the event’s pictures is posted shortly after the event.
Enjoy tasters and hors d'oeuvres from the best local restaurants at the Grand Tasting. Having dinner before the Grand Tasting is still a great idea. There are so many fantastic resto's in Victoria's downtown.
Volunteers are an essential component of our team! We welcome everyone interested in volunteering at Art of The Cocktail, as long as you are 19+ (due to liquor laws). For more information, please get in touch with our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteering@victoriafilmfestival.com
Contact the Victoria Film Festival for items lost during the Art of The Cocktail event.