Tales of the Cocktail^®

Founded in 2002, Tales of the Cocktail has grown from an annual walking tour of historic New Orleans cocktail bars into the world’s premier cocktail festival. Each year the international bar and spirits industry is welcomed to New Orleans for a week of seminars, tastings, networking, and special events. With hundreds of opportunities developed specifically for bartenders, distillers, and other bar and spirits professionals, Tales of the Cocktail is the industry’s annual meeting place for the exchanging of new ideas, products, and techniques. In addition, Tales of the Cocktail Foundation also produces Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour and publishes bartender-focused educational content year-round on talesofthecocktail.org.

Tales of the Cocktail is an international conference for cocktail and drink industry professionals with the primary focus of educating all levels of the bartending trade. While many of our bar guests (or cocktail enthusiasts) are welcomed attendees, the purpose of the event is to provide a platform to Educate, Advance, and Support the global drinks industry. At Tales 2023, 47% of our attendees were returning guests, 53% of our attendees were attending for the first time, and 8% of our attendees were cocktail enthusiasts.

You must be 21 years or older to attend any Tales of the Cocktail New Orleans events.

Tickets for Tales of the Cocktail 2024 will be announced in Spring 2024.