AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival

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AJABU Cocktail and Spirits


ADJECTIVE Swahili word meaning amazing, marvellous, fantastic, wondrous or incredible


Example: “Tamasha la ajabu la cocktail!” meaning "Amazing cocktail festival!"


Welcome back to AJABU Cocktail and Spirits November 2024! Come and try the cocktails from the bartenders from some of the finest bars around the world who will be in Capetown and partnered with iconic local bars, where they'll join forces to collaborate and create bespoke cocktail menus that celebrate the magic and diversity of South African ingredients and talent.


These specialised menus will be available for your sipping pleasure for 3 nights only in Capetown at the local partner bars. Witness the global and local bartenders working side by side in fun, exciting and totally unique pop-ups, aka AJABU MASHUPS!


See our events page for details.


In addition to these mashups, which are open to the public, there are several other trade events during the week, including tastings, seminars and other activations.


If you work in the bar industry and are eager to attend our trade events, please get in touch.


Contacts are on our website.


We'd also love to connect with you on Instagram!


SPONSORS


AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival is proudly sponsored by Brown Forman, Reàl Ingredients, Remy Cointreau , Campari Group, Angostura, William Grant & Sons, Bacardí Limited, D'USSÉ


Our official wholesale and retail partner for alcoholic beverages is Norman Goodfellows, and to ensure everyone gets around safely, we have partnered with Bolt Rides.

Reviews

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from 48 reviews
AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival | Cape Town
"Absolutely amazing and different and needed for Cape Town’s vibes "
- Sis_Cupcake
AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival | Cape Town
"Let’s see how the rest of the festival goes."
- Sipho
AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival | Cape Town
"The best venue and cocktails were at Bascule Hosts Library (James Grant) Yatai, the cocktails were not good at all, and the hostess shoved us in a corner out of the way. Julio Bermejo, at Talking To Strangers was very friendly and interactive, the cocktails was good as well. "
- Juanita
AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival | Cape Town
"We joined for two of the evenings! It was fun and some good mixology. Loved the international vibe in some of my favourite mixology bars in Cape Town. Pity we missed Uno's Coffee Martini from Jigger and Pony, but the Snake Bite was pretty interesting. There was a proper buzz at Cause and Effect around Eric from Handshake, what a nice guy and shhhh, he went off script and made a real good Margarita for me. And the Magic was real when the Hero crew covered all of Fable with edible glitter. Unbelievable. Let's do this again Ajabu!"
- Sharn
AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival | Cape Town
"Great event and one we’d both recommend and attend again. Perhaps, it was us, the communication was a little muddled so we didn’t really comprehend how it all worked until we went to the first venue, two hours early! Tommy’s Marguerita at Talking to Strangers was a highlight, Julio, the world renowned mixologist is a star, lovely guy who made a drink he has made his own, not a granule of salt in place. The prices of the cocktails, given they were being made by international superstars of their craft, were extraordinary, best in the world for R100-120! Be there next year or, even better, organise it on a biannual basis!! "
- Tim

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