This exclusive package for working bartenders allows access to Seminars and Tasting Rooms, including all brand education, seminars, turn-key bars, and experiential tastings, and access to RSVP events all over New Orleans. This pass includes the Festival Entry Pass.

Access to:

• RSVP Events
• Every Seminar 
• Workshops
• Fitness Activations
• Networking Sessions
• Toast to Tales
• Keynote
• Tales Catalyst (Tuesday, July 21)
• Meet the Distillers (Thursday, July 23)
• Every Tasting Room

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This discounted package is the best way to experience TOTC2026 with access to Seminars, Workshops, and Tasting Rooms, including all brand education, turn-key bars, experiential tastings, and offsite RSVP events. This pass includes the Festival Entry Pass.

Access to:

• RSVP Events
• Every Seminar 
• Workshops
• Fitness Activations
• Networking Sessions
• Toast to Tales
• Keynote
• Tales Catalyst (Tuesday, July 21)
• Meet the Distillers (Thursday, July 23)
• Every Tasting Room

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Tasting Week Pass bundles the Tasting Day Passes for each day of TOTC2026 and includes the Festival Entry Pass. The Tasting Week Pass allows access to all Tasting Rooms, New Orleans Spirits Competition, Meet the Distillers, and offsite RSVP events all over New Orleans. 

Access to:

• RSVP Events
• Toast to Tales 
• Keynote 
• Meet the Distillers
• Every Tasting Room

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Seminar & Tasting Day Pass includes access to Seminars, Wellness Workshops, and Tasting Rooms, including all brand education, turn-key bars, and experiential tastings on a particular day. It also includes the Festival Entry Pass that allows access to onsite workshops, networking sessions, fitness classes, and RSVP events throughout New Orleans during the entire week.

Access to:

• RSVP Events 
• Seminars on the selected day 
• Workshops on the selected day 
• Fitness Activations on the selected day 
• Networking Sessions on the selected day 
• Toast to Tales & Keynote – (Monday, July 20)
• Tales Catalyst (Tuesday, July 21 passes only)
• Meet the Distillers (Thursday, July 23 passes only)
• Tasting Rooms on the selected day

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The Bartender Seminar & Tasting Day Pass is intended to be used exclusively by working bartenders. Includes access to Seminars, Wellness Workshops, and Tasting Rooms, including all brand education, turn-key bars, and experiential tastings on a particular day. It also includes the Festival Entry Pass that allows access to onsite workshops, networking sessions, fitness classes, and By Invitation Only events throughout New Orleans during the entire week.

Access to:

• RSVP Events 
• Seminars on the selected day 
• Workshops on the selected day 
• Fitness Activations on the selected day 
• Networking Sessions on the selected day 
• Toast to Tales & Keynote – (Monday, July 20)
• Tales Catalyst (Tuesday, July 21 passes only)
• Meet the Distillers (Thursday, July 23 passes only)
• Tasting Rooms on the selected day

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The Tasting Day Pass grants you access to one day of all tasting events. It also includes the Festival Entry Pass that allows access to onsite workshops, networking sessions, fitness classes, and RSVP events throughout New Orleans during the entire week.

Access to:

• RSVP Events 
• Toast to Tales & Keynote – (Monday, July 20)
• Meet the Distillers (Thursday, July 23 passes only)
• Tasting Rooms on the selected day

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• Monday, July 20 at 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 21 at 2 p.m.

New Orleans is where you fled to if you grew up in the South but your lifestyle didn’t fit into your hometown’s lifestyle. You’ll discover the long history of gay bars in New Orleans on this walking tour of the French Quarter. Learn what makes New Orleans queer history distinctive, from bars from the late 1930s that became a welcome home to a gay clientele, to the later rise of Gay Carnival and Southern Decadence. Cocktails are available for purchase.

• Monday, July 20 at 12 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 21 at 2 p.m.

Bourbon Street may be the most famous street in America and for all the wrong reasons. How did a run-of-the-mill urban thoroughfare become notorious for lurid cocktails, classic rock, and free-range drinking? This walking tour will explore the evolution of America’s drinking mall, and delve into the background of some of the iconic drinks, including the Hurricane, Hand Grenade, and Shark Attack. Cocktails are available for purchase.

• Tuesday, July 21 at 12 p.m.
• Thursday, July 21 at 12 p.m.

First time to the city? Welcome to New Orleans drinking 101, an ideal first stop to understand the city’s layered and long history with libations. The tour will cover the rise of the French Quarter as a historic nexus for all things cocktail – how the city gave rise to famous drinks like the brandy crusty, absinthe frappe, Vieux Carre, Ramos Gin Fizz, and Sazerac. Guests will have the option to taste some of the drinks that made New Orleans famous. Cocktails are available for purchase.

• Wednesday, July 22 at 12 p.m.
• Thursday, July 23 at 2 p.m.

New Orleans’ historic trade connections to France meant the city enjoyed delights that were often scarce in other ports, including Bordeaux wines, brandies, and that most mysterious of drinks, absinthe. This tour will explore the ribald history of absinthe in New Orleans, from its arrival in the 1840s through its growing popularity in new drinks such as the absinthe frappe and obituary cocktail. The tour will delve into absinthe drinking rituals, both actual and fabricated, and will tour several of the key absinthe destinations in the city. Cocktails are available for purchase.