Chicago Rum Festival — Logan Square tasting

Chicago Rum Festival returns to Logan Square on Saturday, April 25, with a six-hour tasting built around rum samples, cocktails, and education. (thirdcoastreview.com) The event is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 North Kedzie Boulevard, and admission is limited to guests 21 and older. Third Coast Review listed it in its April 23 weekend guide for Chicago. (thirdcoastreview.com) The festival’s own site says more than 40 premium rum brands and about 200 rum expressions will be available for sampling, either neat or in a “Twisted Daiquiri.” Eventbrite lists The Rum Lab Marketers, LLC as the organizer and says this year’s edition runs from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. (chicagorumfest.com, eventbrite.com) Rum is a distilled spirit made from sugarcane products, usually molasses or fresh cane juice, and festivals like this one package tasting with guided brand education for drinkers and trade buyers. The Chicago event is pitched to rum connoisseurs, casual consumers, and industry professionals rather than only collectors or bartenders. (chicagorumfest.com) This year’s gathering is being billed as the 10th Chicago Rum Fest, also called Midwest Rum Fest. That anniversary framing places the event among a longer-running group of Rum Lab festivals that also includes rum events in Puerto Rico, California, and Miami. (eventbrite.com, stayhappening.com) Chicago has hosted the festival at Logan Square Auditorium for several years. Third Coast Review’s past weekend guides listed the rum festival there in 2022, 2024, 2025, and now 2026, showing the event’s steady spring slot on the city’s food-and-drink calendar. (thirdcoastreview.com, thirdcoastreview.com, thirdcoastreview.com, thirdcoastreview.com) The organizer describes the format as “boutique-style,” with an emphasis on education and premiumization, industry language for steering attendees toward smaller pours, brand storytelling, and higher-end bottles instead of a general street fest. Ticket listings also say the event will include seminars and vendor interaction alongside tastings. (happeningnext.com, localwineevents.com) For Saturday afternoon, the pitch is simple: one room, dozens of brands, and a focused tasting built around rum instead of a broad spirits expo. The doors open in Logan Square on April 25. (thirdcoastreview.com, chicagorumfest.com)