Festival Information

What is Ajabu Cocktail & Spirits Festival?

Ajabu Cocktail & Spirits Festival is a bi-annual, week-long, Pan African spirits-and-cocktail festival held in Johannesburg and Cape Town in March and November to celebrate the art of the Cocktail. Bartenders from some of the finest bars around the world are flown into South Africa and partnered with the finest local bars with whom they connect and collaborate to create incredible cocktails to celebrate the magic and diversity of South African ingredients and talents. You will be able to have the pleasure of trying these incredible cocktails that have been created through the collaboration of global and local bartenders working side by side in fun, exciting and totally unique pop-ups, aka AJABU MASHUPS! There will also be numerous workshops and seminars for the trade and prosumers,(lovers of cocktails!), to learn about the cocktail trade.