Carnival of Cocktails at Pacific Place
- A four-floor cocktail festival with tastings, demos, and bartender showcases on Saturday, Apr 25 at Pacific Place. - The centerpiece event of Seattle Cocktail Week, which runs through Sunday, Apr 26 with citywide pop-ups and events. - Tickets and full schedule at seattlerefined.com.
Seattle Cocktail Week’s main event lands at Pacific Place on Saturday, April 25, turning all four floors of the downtown mall into a daylong spirits festival. (seattlecocktailweek.com) Carnival of Cocktails runs from noon to 7 p.m. at 600 Pine St., and organizers say the ticket includes a tasting glass and 12 tasting tokens for mini cocktails and neat pours. The event is limited to guests 21 and older. (seattlecocktailweek.com) Organizers say more than 100 local, national, and international spirits brands will pour at the festival, with themed bars, brand activations, live entertainment, games, and bartender showcases spread across the building. A Learning Lab inside the event will host short seminars from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., including sessions on pisco, sake, agave, rumrunning history, and Chilean spirit Trä•Kál. (seattlecocktailweek.com) The Pacific Place move is the big change this year. Seattle Refined reported that previous Carnivals used other venues, while Pacific Place is serving as the official 2026 hub for Seattle Cocktail Week’s marquee events from April 19 through April 26. (seattlerefined.com) Pacific Place is also hosting other anchor events during the week, including Speed Rack on April 19 and a karaoke-and-cocktails competition on April 21. The mall’s event page says the week extends beyond downtown, with pop-ups, workshops, dinners, and bar takeovers across Seattle. (pacificplaceseattle.com) Seattle Cocktail Week’s public calendar lists neighborhood events from Green Lake to Ballard to Belltown on April 22 and April 23 alone, including pop-ups at 1988 Cocktail Lounge, Navy Strength, Stoneburner, Rob Roy, and Green Lake Pitch & Putt. The Saturday festival works as the central gathering point after nearly a week of smaller-format events. (seattlecocktailweek.com) Proceeds from Carnival of Cocktails benefit Healthy Behind the Bar, a Seattle-based project that says it provides microgrants for emergency health, mental health, and dental care for hospitality workers. The group says it operates as a program of Bouillon, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. (healthybehindthebar.org) Seattle Cocktail Week has been running since at least 2011, when organizers were already planning a second year after the first festival. This year’s Carnival closes out the 2026 edition one day before the citywide schedule ends on Sunday, April 26. (seattlemet.com)
