10 DAYS of
COCKTAILS,
POP-UPS
& EVENTS
FRIDAY 3RD — SUNDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2025
Edinburgh Cocktail Week
ECW returns this Fall for its eighth year as the UK's leading cocktail festival, Friday 3rd - Sunday 12th October. Buy a wristband and enjoy five pound cocktails at over one hundred bars across the city and entry to our new look Cocktail Village at Festival Square, where we have introduced many exciting updates and new features. Scroll down to learn more.
£5 EARLY BIRD WRISTBANDS ON SALE NOW
A wristband grants you entry to the Cocktail Village at Festival Square and exclusive access to five pound cocktails at one hundred bars across the city.
About Edinburgh Cocktail Week
Edinburgh Cocktail Week is a ten-day, immersive celebration of mixology with events, pop-ups, special menus and inspiring experiences taking place across the city. It’s the perfect way to explore Edinburgh and its incredible cocktail scene.
With one of our festival wristbands you can sip on sumptuous five pound cocktails at over one hundred noted establishments. Your wristband also grants you entry to our flagship Cocktail Village at Festival Square – best described as a clubhouse for cocktail lovers. Inside you will find twenty-four pop-up bars serving cocktails from five pounds and a spirited festival atmosphere accentuated with live music, street food, entertainment and experiential spaces.
This year we are introducing many exciting new features to the Cocktail Village including a new design inside and out, over sixty percent more seating, twice as many five pound cocktails with each bar listing a minimum of two on their menu, a cozy new Village Pub with beers and stouts, an alfresco Drinks Terrace, a dog-friendly policy, and afternoon country games with Champagne. Scroll down to learn more.
Early bird wristbands are available now from five pounds. A wristband grants you entry to the Cocktail Village and exclusive access to all the five pound cocktails available around the city.
The Cocktail Village
Our Cocktail Village at Festival Square is the spirited, social hub of Edinburgh Cocktail Week - best described as a city clubhouse for cocktail-lovers - open from 12pm to 11pm daily, with an 8pm close on Sundays.
Inside you will find twenty-four pop-up bars serving classic, contemporary and theatrical cocktails from five pounds, with the festival atmosphere further accentuated with live music, a street food market, entertainment, experiential spaces and picture moments.
As we enter our eighth year, we are garnishing the Cocktail Village with many exciting new features including a new design inside and out, over sixty percent more seating, twice as many five pound cocktails with each bar listing a minimum of two on their menu, a cozy new Village Pub with beers and stouts, an alfresco Drinks Terrace, a dog-friendly policy, and afternoon country games with Champagne.
SUPPORTED BY
Five Pound Cocktails at
100 Bars
With one of our festival wristbands, you can sip on sumptuous five pound cocktails at over one hundred noted establishments across Edinburgh. Each bar has been hand-picked by our team and partnered with a premium spirit to create a signature cocktail for the festival. These cocktails are available exclusively to those with a wristband.
Whichever wristband you choose – weekday or weekend – your wristband is valid at all one hundred participating venues for the full ten-day duration of the festival, inviting you to make the most of Edinburgh Cocktail Week across multiple visits. With over thirty new venues taking part this year, there is much merriment to make.
Prestige
Cocktails
In addition to five pound signature cocktails available at one hundred bars across Edinburgh, wristband holders also gain exclusive access to our Prestige Cocktails – a selection of elevated serves created for Edinburgh Cocktail Week by the city’s acclaimed mixologists and award-winning bars. Prestige Cocktails are priced at nine pounds each.
