Edinburgh Cocktail Week 2025: £5 cocktails, 24 pop-up bars, live music & experiences in the city this October
Get into the spirit of sipping and socialising at next month’s Edinburgh Cocktail Week.
There’ll be shaking and stirring all over the city with a host of pop-up experiences and some truly unique cocktails crafted by master mixologists at the capital’s top bars.
This year’s event brings a newly designed Cocktail Village to Festival Square as well as over 100 venues across the city offering £5 signature cocktails.
There’s also live music, street food and events to help you get into the spirit of the festival, which this year takes place across 10 days from Friday October 3 to Sunday October 12.
Cocktail Village
The Cocktail Village is the bustling social hub of the festival and is best described as a clubhouse for cocktail lovers.
Here you’ll find 24 pop-up bars, each showcasing their own creative serves, and all offering a minimum of two £5 cocktails as part of their menu.
Raise a glass and lift your spirits as you enjoy all-day live music. Indulge in some tempting street food including Mexican dishes, Sri Lankan specialities and delicious wood-fired pizzas. You’ll also find immersive spaces, entertainment and Instagrammable picture-perfect moments.
Alongside some big brand names from the spirits world bringing premium gins, rums, vodkas and tequilas into the mix there will also be Prosecco, bourbons, beers and whiskies. Enjoy £5 cocktails from the likes of Hendrick’s Gin, Au Vodka, Bumbu Rum, 818 Tequila, Copper Blossom, Schweppes and many more.
The Cocktail Village has been refreshed for this year’s event with more seating added, twice as many £5 cocktails available, and a cosy new Village Pub with beers, stouts, drams and live trad music. There’s also a new Drinks Terrace with castle views, a champagne bar, afternoon lawn games – and it’s dog friendly too!
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Save with a wristband
Buying a wristband gives you exclusive access to £5 cocktails at over 100 of the capital’s top bars including The Dome, Tigerlily, Harvey Nichols, House of Gods, Brewhemia, Tonic, The Boozy Cow, The Alchemist, Manahatta, Bread Street Kitchen, Rabble, The Botanist and many, many more.
The wristband also grants entry into the Cocktail Village at Festival Square which is open from noon to 11pm every day (8pm close on Sunday).
There are differently priced wristbands for weekends or weekdays, discounts for students and a pass for the whole 10 days, with a weekday pass starting at just £8 (plus booking fee).
Find out more
Head over to the Edinburgh Cocktail Week Festival website here for more information and a link to purchase wristbands.
Please note you must be aged 18 and over to attend and a strict Think 25 policy will be in place. Please drink responsibly, do not drink if you are pregnant and always check dietary and allergy requirements with your server.