Cocktails in the City: everything to know as London festival returns

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Cocktails within the Metropolis celebrates its tenth anniversary this July with two weekends of occasions uniting the very best of town’s mixology scene.

The capital’s cocktail trade comes collectively on 10 – 12 July and seven – 9 August in Bedford Sq. Gardens in Bloomsbury, bringing collectively mixologists from a number of the capital’s greatest bars. Ticketholders can order signature cocktails or new drinks designed completely for Cocktails within the Metropolis.

Dozens of London bars are showing, and this 12 months’s line-up contains Gaucho, Gaia Mayfair, Happiness Forgets, Hutong at The Shard, Park Chinois and The Hoxton. Quite a few unbiased spirits manufacturers are additionally in attendance.

Stay music and garden video games will happen alongside cocktail workshops that may be booked forward of time, and there’s a spread of avenue meals distributors.

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Cocktails within the Metropolis say: “As London continues to be a hub for world flavours, Cocktails within the Metropolis brings collectively a number of the world’s most fun and progressive bars to share their creativity. From native and seasonal substances to unique influences from Europe, Mexico, and India, this 12 months’s competition will serve up one thing for everybody.

“That is an exploration of the wealthy, numerous tapestry of town’s cocktail tradition in a single lovely alfresco backyard —the place the very best of London’s cocktail scene meets world inspiration.”

New for 2025 is The Bartender’s Edit, an space serving progressive cocktails chosen by “London’s most revered trade figures.”

For extra outside consuming and ingesting inspiration, right here’s our record of the brand new outside eating choices for 2025, from Bluebird Metropolis to Engel Terrace the Royal Trade, Claridge’s, Applebees Borough Market and Hacha Bermondsey.

Tickets price £22 and embrace entry and the primary cocktail and can be found to e book now on-line.

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