PRESS RELEASE: Edinburgh Cocktail Week Reveals Over 70 Signature Cocktails and Week-Long Programme o
With just over a month to go, Edinburgh Cocktail Week has revealed all the cocktails that festivalgoers can enjoy for £4 each at over 70 bars, plus a week-long programme of unique events and experiences taking place across the capital, Monday 14th - Sunday 20th October.
Over 70 of the city's top bars are taking part in this year's Edinburgh Cocktail Week, each creating a bespoke signature cocktail, which wristband holders can enjoy exclusively for £4 each with an ECW wristband - £6 for a weekday band (valid Monday to Friday) and £8 for a weekend band (valid Saturday and Sunday). New bars taking part this year include Cold Town House, Cask Smugglers, Smoke & Mirrors, The Barologist, Camera, Damm 27 and The Garden, as well as returning favourites The Refinery, Harvey Nichols, Tigerlily, Tonic, Copper Blossom, The Voodoo Rooms and Brewhemia. This year also sees the introduction of non-alcoholic cocktails to the festival in partnership with Seedlip.
Between visiting bars and pop-up spaces, wristband holders can also hop between a week-long programme of unique events and experiences happening across the city including a Classic Movie & Cocktails Night at the Scotsman Picturehouse (screening La La Land), bespoke tours of the newly opened Holyrood Distillery, Morning Yoga with Seedlip overlooking Edinburgh Castle, an evening of cocktails aboard the stunning Fingal in Leith docks, an Edinburgh Gin Brunch Extravagaaaaanza, Cocktail Afternoon Tea at The Waldorf Astoria, masterclasses with Beefeater and Eden Mill, and a Highland Park Rooftop Winter Terrace at Cold Town House.
Following its popular introduction to the festival last year, the Cocktail Village returns to Festival Square, expanding in size and experience with a new Forest themed extension - a dark enchanted space featuring a wigwam, pop-up bars, forest floor & canopy, giant toadstools and a twinkling night sky - inviting festivalgoers to escape the city and go ‘camping with cocktails’.
The Cocktail Village will again act as the social epicentre of the week-long festival, filled with 19 pop-up bars, masterclasses, live music and entertainment. It is beautifully decorated in the style of an autumn garden with grass flooring, a clear rooftop, swings, picnic tables and floral installations by Dobbies Garden Centres, making guests feel like they are at an outdoor festival while being in the comfort of an enclosed marquee. Entry to both the Cocktail Village and Forest is free with an ECW wristband and all cocktails inside are just £4 each. Pop-up bars this year include Edinburgh Gin, Belvedere Vodka, Patron Tequila, Johnnie Walker, William Kerr's Gin, Poco Prosecco, Highland Park, Eden Mill, Pilot Beer, Lindores Abbey, Absolut Vodka, Cask Smugglers, Pickering's Gin, Smokehead, the Herringbone Horsebox, Darnley's Gin, Grey Goose Vodka and a special ‘Temple of Rum’ bar from The Pop Up Geeks and Don Q rum. There will also be a new outdoor street food area with heaters and a stretch tent to create a cosy hangout space to relax and enjoy food from Norelli, The Garden Hatch, The Butcher Boy and Mac Man.
Another exciting addition to this year’s festival are the Cocktail Domes on the rooftop garden of The Glasshouse Hotel (next to the Omni Centre). This is the first time these fully transparent domes will appear in Edinburgh, offering festivalgoers a unique opportunity to enjoy views of the city’s iconic skyline while snapping Instagram-worthy pictures and sipping on a menu of £4 cocktails from Tanqueray No. Ten Gin,Johnnie Walker Whisky, Ketel One Vodka, Casamigos Tequila and Belsazar Vermouth. Each dome comfortably seats 8 people and will be styled with sofas, cushions, blankets and fairy lights to create a super-cute and cosy setting for guests to relax and socialise in. Entry to the rooftop garden is free with an ECW wristband but reservations are essential to guarantee exclusive use of a Cocktail Dome (£25 per dome for two hours). There will also be a number of free-to-enter domes available for walk-ins offered on a first-come basis. Cocktails can be enjoyed in the garden area and hotel bar if visitors wish to wait for seats in domes to become available.
Organiser, Gary Anderson commented… ‘I'm delighted to see Edinburgh Cocktail Week back for its third edition this Autumn with our biggest and most exciting lineup yet. Since launching in 2017 we have continued to grow the festival and visitor experience by adding new features, pop-up spaces and experiences across the city. This, along with the support of our amazing festival partners, has grown Edinburgh Cocktail Week into the biggest cocktail festival outside of London, attracting over 15,000 local and international cocktail lovers.. Personally, I'm really excited by this year's line-up, especially the new Cocktail Forest space at Festival Square, and I look forward to seeing the Cocktail Domes in action on the rooftop garden of The Glasshouse Hotel. I'm also proud to see the introduction of non-alcoholic cocktails to the festival, something we are delivering in partnership with Seedlip.'
Wristbands are on sale now at www.edinburghcocktailweek.co.uk priced at £6 for a weekday wristband (valid Monday – Friday), £8 for a weekend wristband (valid Saturday & Sunday) and £13.50 for a week-long wristband.
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Wristbands: On sale now at www.edinburghcocktailweek.co.uk Weekday (valid for all 5 days, Monday – Friday) - £6 Weekend (valid for both days, Saturday & Sunday) - £8
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About Edinburgh Cocktail Week:
Edinburgh Cocktail Week is the UK’s biggest cocktail festival outside of London. It was launched as Edinburgh Cocktail Weekend - a three-day event in October 2017 - featuring 50 participating bars, each offering a signature cocktail for £4 to ECW wristband holders. Due to its popularity the event was extended to Edinburgh Cocktail Week in 2018, following the same format but with over 80 participating bars, the addition of a pop-up Cocktail Village at Festival Square and a programme of events around the city. Following 2018’s success, organisers are following their plans to further develop the festival by expanding across the city, adding more pop-up sites and working with brands and partners to create new experiences for festivalgoers.
Charity Partner: Edinburgh Cocktail Week are proud to support Maggie’s Edinburgh as their official 2019 charity partner and hope to raise £2400 - the daily cost for Maggie’s to provide free support to people affected by cancer - by offering attendees the option to donate between when booking wristbands online and also by ‘tap to donate’ touchpoints in the Cocktail Village. Centre Fundraiser, Amy Robertson said… ‘We are incredibly grateful to Gary and the team at Edinburgh Cocktail Week for choosing to support Maggie’s again in 2019. The event was a huge success last year so we can’t wait to be involved again this year. All our services are provided free of charge to centre-visitors and, as we rely totally on fundraising to both build and run our centres, we really are most grateful indeed for your continued support.’
Hotel Partner:
With cocktail-enthusiasts travelling from as far as Australia and São Paula to experience Edinburgh Cocktail Week, the festival has partnered with Apex Hotels in Edinburgh to offer 10% off stays at any of their four city centre hotels (two are located at the Grassmarket, one at Waterloo Place and one at Haymarket). Festivalgoers can take advantage of this offer by using promo code ECW2019 when booking online at www.apexhotels.co.uk/ecw.
Festival Partners:
Ketel One
Tanqueray No. Ten
Casamigo
Belsazar
Don Q
Edinburgh Gin
Belvedere
Patron
Johnnie Walker
William Kerr's Borders Gin
Lower East Side
Poco Prosecco
Highland Park
Eden Mill
Pilot Beer
Lindores Abbey
Absolut
Cask Smugglers
Pickering's Gin
Smokehead
Herringbone Horsebox
Darnley's Gin
Wemyss Malts
Grey Goose
The Pop Up Geeks
Beefeater
Seelip
NOgroni
The Waldorf Astoria
Fingal
Holyrood Distillery
The Glasshouse Hotel
3rdparty
Dobbies Garden Centres – Sponsor of the Cocktail Forest Purvis Marquees Hire – Official Marquee Partner Maggie’s Edinburgh – Official Charity Partner
Apex Hotels Edinburgh – Official Hotel Partner - A family-owned collection of ten contemporary hotels in London, Bath, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee city centres. Like the members of any family, each has individual character and offers a warm welcome. What’s more, 2019 is a special year for Apex Hotels, as they mark the 200th anniversary of Apex Waterloo Place Hotel – Edinburgh’s first ever large-scale hotel. And what better way to mark the anniversary than with a tipple! The team at the hotel have collaborated with Eden Mill to craft a bespoke gin, aptly named ‘The 1819’.
Participating Bars:
Akva Angels Share Apex Waterloo Place Hotel Apex Grassmarket Hotel Badger & Co Bar Soba Black Ivy Boozy Cow Brewdog Brewhemia Camera Candy Bar Cask Smugglers Cold Town House Copper Blossom Damm27 Dishoom Dragonfly East Side Element Elio's Empress of Broughton Street Epicurean Finn & Bear Gaucho The Glasshouse Hotel Grand Café Harry's Bar Harvey Nichols Heads & Tales Herringbone Huxley Indigo Yard Innis & Gunn Brewery Taproom Jeremiah's Taproom Lantern Room Le Monde Lioness of Leith Lulu Malmaison Monboddo Montpeliers One Cannonmills One Square Pop-Up Geeks Rabble Raging Bull Revolution Scott's on Princes Street Skybar Smoke & Mirrors Sofi's Southside The Barologist The Basement The Garden The Place The Queens Arms The Raeburn The Refinery The Villager The Wine House Tigerlily Tonic Vesta Vodoo Rooms Whiski Rooms Wild Yarrow Woodland Creatures 4042 56 North 99 Hanover
