We would like to invite you to Celebrate at The Ajabu Cocktail and Spirits Festival in
Joburg on Tuesday and Wednesday March 12th and 13th and in
Cape Town on Friday and Saturday March 15th and 16th.
Over these days, 12 of the world’s most respected bartenders from several of the world’s best bars will be doing pop-ups. They include Naren Young from Sweet Liberty in Miami, Hero from Nairobi, Princess and Kapri from Allegory in Washington (as featured on Drink Masters) and bartenders from Trailer Happiness in London, Front Back and No. 19 in Ghana, and Herbs and Rye in Las Vegas. Monica Berg, Ian Burrell and Charlotte Voisey will be special guests at the events as well.
The Ajabu Festival is all about Connecting, Collaborating and Creating, and the best of the global bars will be collaborating with the best of the local bars to create amazing cocktails that celebrate the incredible diversity of talent and ingredients in South Africa. And when you put incredible talent together and they collaborate…..magic happens.
The bars in Joburg are: Smoking Kills, Sin and Tax, A Streetbar named Desire, Bench Warmers, Saigon Suzy and Saint
The bars in Cape Town are: Cause and Effect V&A, The Drinkery, Talking to Strangers, The House of Machines, Tjing Tjing and Fable.
Access is complimentary, and simply requires registration.
Johannesburg
10–13 March 2024
*18–20 November 2024
CAPE TOWN
14–17 March 2024
*20–23 November 2024
*in collaboration with Cape Town Beverage Show
Words from the founders
Colin & Mark