2022 Tales of the Cocktail public events

High-end craft spirit brands, celebrity bartenders, and the hottest lounges from around the globe descend on New Orleans each year for an industry convention unlike any other: Tales of the Cocktail. While much of the week-long event centers on seminars and pro-tips for industry insiders, there are dozens of dinners, parties and tastings we mere bar patrons can participate in. We scoured the calendar to put together this list of Tales of the Cocktail public events.

Some of these are ticketed. Some require RSVPs. And many are on a first-come-first-served basis. In other words, the early birds get the worm at the bottom of the tequila bottle. (Is that still a thing?) So, be sure to read the listings carefully. And if you’d like to browse the conference calendar in its entirety, you can find it here. There’s even an app you can download.

If you’re lucky, you might spot the Traveler Broads out at a few of these Tales of the Cocktail public events! Just not any that start after 9 p.m., lol.

• 3-7PM: Speed Rack Redemption
  • Open to the public, tickets can be purchased here: http://events.speed-rack.com/redemption2022

• 3-7PM: Jeppson’s Malört X Pepp’s Pub Present: Malörtigras 2022
• 4-6PM: Endless Summer Presented by HINE Cognac and Arran Single Malt
• 4-6PM: Twelve Mile Limit & Drag Bingo
• 4-6PM: La Factoria + The Will & The Way Mash Up Happy Hour
• 4-7PM: Yacht Club presents: The Big Door Prize
• 5-7PM: Prime Cuts Spirited Dinner
• 6-9:30PM: Maison Courvoisier Salon

• 1-3AM: Verte Absinthe Seltzer Launch at Palm and Pine
• 10AM-12PM: TOTC 22: NoLow Cocktail Pop Up Featuring Focus on Health and Mover & Shaker
• 11AM-3PM: Guest Shift @Peychaud’s Cocktail Bar: A taste of NOLA classics with International & local United States flavors
• 2-5PM: The Power of Two
• 3-5PM: Laird’s Applejack – Guest Shift with Chris Hannah & Meaghan Dorman
• 3-5PM: Silver Lyan x Bacardí Guest Shift with National Ambassador A-K Hada
• 4-6PM: ASTRALogy Rooftop Pool Party by Astral Tequila
• 4-6PM: Martini & Rossi Happy Hour
• 4-6PM: La Factoria & Commons Club @ Virgin Hotel Mash Up Happy Hour
• 4-6PM: Tradition Over Trends: Tequila Fortaleza Happy Hour
• 6-8PM: Mijenta Tequila Spirited Dinner
• 6-9PM: Beam Suntory – Happy Hour
• 7-9PM: Proof Cocktail Syrup – Spirited Dinner
• 7-9PM: O.P. Anderson- Guest Shift
• 11PM-2AM: Agave A Go-Go

• 1-3AM: The River Runs with Gin
• 1-3AM: First Last Call with Saint James Agricole Rhum & Novo Fogo Cachaça @ Bar Tonique
• 1-3AM: Camus Cognac – Last Call Happy Hour
• 1-3AM: Dough Ball Cookie Dough Whisky Summer Of Doughbauchery Last Call Happy Hour
• 3-5PM: Martini & Rossi Guest Shift
• 4-6PM: Haus Aperitifs Happy Hour
• 4-6PM: RCS Daiquiri Kombat & Happy Hour
• 4-6PM: Two Truths and a Lyre’s
• 4-6PM: The Cocktail Guru – Happy Hour with Nick Jarrett and Special Guest Jonathan Pogash
• 4-6PM: St-Germain Flavor Tour Guest Shift
• 5-7PM: Milagro Tequila Pool Party
• 5-7:30PM: Fords Gin Presents: Martinis and Oysters x Macchialina Takeover
• 5:30-9PM: Follow the White Rabbit: A Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Dinner
• 6-9PM: Talisker One for the Sea – Spirited Dinner
• 6-11PM: Death & Co Takeover @ Sylvain
• 7-9PM: The Cocktail Guru’s Spirited Dinner at The Domino
• 7-10PM: Tales of the Piña hosted by Kevin Diedrich & Shannon Mustipher featuring Hotaling & Co.’s Spirits at Vals
• 7-9PM: Samson & Surrey Takeover of Bar Tonique
• 7-9PM: Proof Cocktail Syrups’ Spirited Dinner
• 9-11PM: La Factoria Guestshift @ Jewel of the South, but a Mash Up

• 1-3AM: “Cantando En La Lluvia” with Tromba and Los Vecinos @ Espiritu
• 1-3AM: Last Call Happy Hour with Oldknow Bev Co
• 11:30AM-1:30PM: Hard Truth x Monkey Board Brunch & Cocktail Competition
• 12-2PM: Dos Hombres Spirited Lunch
• 1-3PM: Uncle Nearest Guest Shift with Josh Davis from Brown & Balanced
• 3-5PM: Martini & Rossi – Guest Shift
• 4-6PM: Bar Ilegal
• 4-6PM: Tradition Over Trends: Tequila Fortaleza Happy Hour
• 4-6PM: Sweet Gwendoline French Gin – Happy Hour
• 5-7PM: Angel’s Envy Guest Shift
• 6-8PM: Camus Cognac- Spirited Dinner
• 7-9PM: The Balvanie – Guest Shift
• 7-8PM: Suntory Ao World Whisky Spirited Dinner
• 9-11PM: ItalSpirits: Guest Shift

• 1-3AM: Spirit of Adventure with Cutty Sark @ Upper Quarter Bar
• 1-3AM: Chicken Cock’s Last Call Happy Hour
• 6-9PM: A Spirited Family Dinner with Tequila Fortaleza