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Cocktail festival launches in London this weekend

13 July 2015 By Amy Hopkins

A weekend-long cocktail festival is set to return to London this weekend when a number of the city’s best bars will appear in pop-up form.

Cocktails in the City will return to London this weekend

Taking place in London’s Bedford Square, Cocktails in the City will feature cocktails from 25 bars and will take place on Saturday 18 July to Sunday 19 July.

The festival, described as an “immerse and interactive experience”, has been curated by events company B&H Group.

Guests will have the opportunity to sample an array of cocktails, many with unusual and rare ingredients, as well as take part in interactive masterclasses where bartenders showcase new summer serves.

Other complimentary masterclasses focus on healthier cocktails, drinks for the morning after the night before and how to drink like a local when travelling through Central and South America.

Street-food pop-ups will also feature at the festival, will new bar Kansas Smitty’s House Band will provide live music.

A list of the participating bars and their partner brands can be viewed below. To purchase tickets, click here.

The Rivoli Bar at the Ritz & Perrier-Jouët Champagne

Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor Bar Knightsbridge & The Botanist Islay Dry Gin

The Cocktail Trading Co. & Chambord

Hawksmoor Spitalfields Bar & Aperol

The Alchemist & Gentleman Jack

London Cocktail Club & Jack Daniel’s Old No.7

Reverend JW Simpson & Belvedere Vodka

We Are Big Chill & Lamb’s Spiced Rum

Loves Company & Tia Maria / Monin

Shrub and Shutter & Whitley Neil Gin