Tales of the Cocktail 2023^®

TOTC Week Pass your Tales of the Cocktail experience so you don’t miss a thing (and avoid any FOMO). TOTC Week Pass is the best way to try to experience Tales of the Cocktail from Toast to Tales through the Meet the Distillers. TOTC Week Pass includes:

• TOTC2023 Day Pass for each day of TOTC2023; including Seminar Stand-by and Tasting Room Access
• New Orleans Spirits Competition Live Judging Tasting (July 24th)
• Meet the Distillers
• Beyond the Bar Ticket Package

TOTC2023 Day Pass allows you to attend one day of seminars at Tales of the Cocktail and Tasting Rooms. TOTC2023 Day Pass includes:

• Seminar Stand-by on the day selected
• Tasting Room Access on the day selected
  • Toast to Tales
  • Morning Bar
  • Grab + Geaux
  • Corner Bar
  • No + Low Bar
  • Singapore x Tales Residency
  • Brand Residencies
  • New Orleans Spirits Competition Live Judging Tasting (Monday only)
  • and every Tasting Room at TOTC2023
• Beyond the Bar Ticket Package

If you would like to attend multiple days of TOTC2023 seminars and tasting rooms; you can do so with one of the following options:

• Purchase a TOTC2023 Week Pass
• Purchase a TOTC2023 Day Pass for each day you plan to attend, or
• Purchase a combination of TOTC2023 Day Passes and Tasting Room Day Passes

Bartender Day Pass is a discounted TOTC2023 Day Pass intended to be used exclusively by working bartenders. If you are not a working bartender, we ask you to join us in our effort to make our education accessible to bartenders and purchase the TOTC2023 Day Pass of your choice.

Bartender Day Pass allows you to attend multiple seminars and tasting rooms in one day at Tales of the Cocktail 2023. Bartender Day Pass on for Monday, July 24th includes:

• Seminar Stand-by on the day selected
• Tasting Room Access on the day selected
  • Toast to Tales
  • Morning Bar
  • Grab + Geaux
  • Corner Bar
  • No + Low Bar
  • Singapore x Tales Residency
  • Brand Residencies
  • New Orleans Spirits Competition Live Judging Tasting (Monday only)
  • and every Tasting Room at TOTC2023
• Beyond the Bar Ticket Package

If you would like to attend multiple days of TOTC2023 seminars and tasting rooms, you can do so with one of the following options:

• Purchase a TOTC2023 Week Pass
• Purchase a Bartender Day Pass for each day you plan to attend, or
• Purchase a combination of Bartender Day Passes and Tasting Room Day Passes

Tasting Ticket Package bundles a Tasting Room Day Pass for each day of TOTC2023 and Meet the Distillers. This discounted package will allow you access to five days of the following tasting events at Tales of the Cocktail 2023:

• Toast to Tales
• Morning Bar
• Grab + Geaux
• Corner Bar
• No + Low Bar
• Singapore x Tales Residency
• Brand Residencies
• New Orleans Spirits Competition Live Judging Tasting (Monday only)
• and every Tasting Room at TOTC2023

Tasting Room Day Pass grants you access to you access every tasting event at Tales of the Cocktail 2023 on Monday, July 24th. This pass will allow you to attend the following tasting events at Tales of the Cocktail 2023 on this date:

• Toast to Tales
• Morning Bar
• Grab + Geaux
• Corner Bar
• No + Low Bar
• Singapore x Tales Residency
• Brand Residencies
• New Orleans Spirits Competition Live Judging Tasting (Monday only)
• and every Tasting Room at TOTC2023

Tales of the Cocktail Foundation will offer complimentary access to:

• TOTC2023 Keynote Address
• Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Bev Talent Expo powered by Astute Sourcing
• Beyond the Bar lounge

Anyone interested in attending these events will need to register for Tales of the Cocktail 2023 with this complimentary ticket to gain access to the conference.

Beyond the Bar Package access will be included in all in-person tickets, this package is intended for any individuals who wish to attend these complimentary events, but will not be purchasing tickets to any of the other TOTC2023 events.

Event Tickets are available for the following events to add to your TOTC2023 ticket package or attend individually as your TOTC2023 ticketed event experience:

• Exclusive Tasting Seminars
• New Orleans Cocktail Tours
• Meet the Distillers
• Tales Catalyst Luncheon
• 12th Annual Pig & Punch
• 17th Annual Spirited Awards tickets (announced June 8th)
• Spirited Dinners (available for purchase in their event listing on the TOTC2023 agenda)

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 2022, 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.

During the 5 days of the festival, Tales of the Cocktail hosts hundreds of events. In order to build your own schedule, you must be a registered attendee of the event.

 

TOTC2023 will offer bundled access to the event via ticket packages. Packages are intended to grant attendees access to the event at a discounted rate by providing seminar stand-by tickets and/or bundling event tickets*.

 

There are five packages available for TOTC2023:

 

• Beyond the Bar Ticket Package
• TOTC2023 Week Pass
• TOTC2023 Day Pass
• TOTC2023 Tasting Room Day Pass
• Tasting Ticket Package Package

 

Access to the Tasting Rooms is included with the purchase of a day or week pass.

Tasting Room access can be purchased for a particular day of the event with a Tasting Room Day Pass, TOTC2023 Day Pass, TOTC2023 Week Pass, or with the Tasting Ticket Package.

 

A Tasting Ticket Package is a bundled ticket, priced at $175, that includes Tasting Room access each day of TOTC2023, as well as access to Meet the Distillers.

 

New to this year – tickets to individual seminars will not be available for purchase. Entry to seminar rooms is included with a TOTC2023 Day Pass (purchased for a specific day of the event) or TOTC2023 Week Pass via seminar stand-by access. Seminar stand-by admittance will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Visit the TOTC2023 website to review these package details.

 

The TOTC2023 Virtual Platform is an interactive app & web browser where you can view the agenda, plan meet-ups, chat with fellow attendees, view sponsor booths, and network with other attendees. The application will be available on Android and iOS via our application partner Whova. The TOTC2023 app will be live on July 10, 2023.

 

NOTE: All attendees who would like to attend the TOTCF complimentary events – Beyond the Bar, Keynote Address, or Bar Talent Expo – but will not be purchasing additional tickets to TOTC2023 will need to purchase (at $0) and register for the complimentary ticket via the Beyond the Bar Package.

 

*Event Tickets are available for the following events:

• Exclusive Tasting Seminars
• New Orleans Cocktail Tours
• Meet the Distillers
• Tales Catalyst Luncheon
• 12th Annual Pig & Punch
• 17th Annual Spirited Awards tickets (announced June 1st)
• Spirited Dinners (available for purchase in their event listing on the TOTC2023 agenda)

All seminars, tasting rooms, and Beyond the Bar sessions are first come first served, excluding Exclusive Tastings (individual ticket required).

 

Credentialed Media and Sponsors will have access to a separate line in 2nd-floor seminar rooms, which is also first come first served.

 

Admission is not guaranteed after capacity. Please arrive early for your events and be sure to build your seminar schedule to ensure you have alternative educational seminars or tasting rooms to catch should you not be permitted into your first choice.

TOTC attendees will pick up your wristband in person at REGISTRATION. General Registration is located at the Iberville entrance of the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans, 910 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, beginning Sunday, July 23rd through Friday, July 28th.

Registration will be open from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Sunday, July 23rd; 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Monday, July 24th through Thursday, July 27th; and 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Friday, July 28th.

You will need a photo ID. It can be a driver’s license, passport, etc. but it must have a photo of you. Expired identifications are not accepted.

Per our Terms & Conditions, all ticket sales are final and non-transferable.

Tales of the Cocktail Foundation is unable to process your refund but we appreciate your contribution to furthering our mission to Educate, Advance, and Support the global drinks industry. To learn more about our non-profit mission and the work we do at TOTCF, please visit our website.

An itemized list of your ticket purchases will be sent via email confirmation following your purchase. If you make more than one purchase or have a ticket assigned to you by another person – you will need to review each individual email to see your full access to the event.

If you have received a ticket from a friend, or decide to add attend more events; using the same name and email address will link your new ticket(s) to your registered account.

Tickets purchased in groups will need to be purchased via group ticket order [HERE]. The ticket purchaser must either register for each attendee or assign the ticket(s) with each attendee’s name and email at the time of purchase.

Once each ticket is registered, each individual will still have to come to Registration in order to pick up their wristbands with a valid ID.

Group ticket purchasers will be able to make adjustments to their ticket purchase assignments within 24 hours of purchase.

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