Art of the Cocktail

WHERE: Victoria Conference Centre – Crystal Garden (713 Douglas St.)
WHEN: October 18th, 2025
BUY TICKETS: HERE

Don’t miss the 15th Art of the Cocktail VICTORIA – Come celebrate the 15th Art of the Cocktail with the Victoria Film Festival on October 18th at the Crystal Garden. One of the most anticipated nights of the Victoria social calendar, this prestigious evening is packed with amazing cocktails, delicious food, photos, and fun. The 15th edition of Victoria’s ultimate cocktail party will be about bobby socks, poodle skirts and malt shop memories. We will embrace the fun of the Summer of ’55. Everyone will be dressed up. How will you style your look for the Best Dressed Competition for a chance to win four tickets to the Victoria Film Festival’s Opening Gala in February? There will be plenty of opportunities to pose for our photographers as well as to snap selfies. There will be more than 40 local and national vendors serving up delicious bites and impressive cocktails. You will have the opportunity to sip timeless classics as well as sample exciting innovations dreamed up by master mixologists. Among the cocktail creators who will be in attendance will be 2024’s Best Cocktail winner Fire + Water as well as Tofino Distillery, Wind Cries Mary, and more.

Save the date: October 18th, 2025, from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM, at Crystal Garden.
General Grand Tasting at 6:30 PM for $89 + tax.
Exclusive to those aged 19 and over. For tickets visit https://www.victoriafilmfestival.com/product/art-of-the-cocktail/

For media inquiries, please contact: Robin Wark, Communications Coordinator Email: Communications@victoriafilmfestival.com  Telephone: 250.389.0444 

About Victoria Film Festival: Through the Victoria Film Festival, VFF brings the world to Victoria’s door through film, the media arts, and special events that connect the community with film and filmmakers, artists, and industry decision-makers. The Victoria Film Festival operates The Vic Theatre. In addition, the organization puts on the F1RST Indigenous Films celebration, the Free-B Film Festival, The Art of the Cocktail, and Chocolate: A Tasting Event.