Top Canadian cocktail bars unite for one-time-only Vancouver event
Prepare to get tipsy! Some of Canada’s top cocktail bars are uniting in Vancouver for a special event ahead of the reveal of North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025 list.
The prestigious annual ranking of all things sips will be unveiled in a live ceremony in our city on Tuesday, April 29. Ahead of that, we can expect to enjoy a series of events leading up to the big day.
One of those happenings is an epic collaboration of sorts. The one-time-only O’Canada Signature Sessions will be the first official 50 Best event, kicking off the week of celebrations.
This gives guests a chance to try cocktails from home-grown Canadian talent they might not otherwise have access to.
The special session will take place on Sunday, April 27, from 6 p.m. until midnight at one of the city’s favourite swanky downtown watering holes: Prophecy.
Prophecy
Eager attendees can anticipate a price tag of approximately $20 per cocktail. This event is also accepting walk-ins only.
Here’s the full lineup; be sure to mark your calendar and check this one out, cocktail enthusiasts.
Note that all rankings below are from North America’s 50 Best Bars 2024 list.
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Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
- Civil Liberties, Toronto (No.21 and The Best Bar in Canada 2024); Calliope Draper (winner of the 50 Best Bars Roku Scholarship at The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024 Awards Ceremony)
Time: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
- Cloakroom, Montreal (No.39); Simpl Things, Toronto (winner of the Campari One To Watch Award for North America’s 50 Best Bars 2024); Mother, Toronto (No.37 in 2023)
Time: 9 to 10:30 p.m.
- Bar Mordecai, Toronto (No.40); Missy’s, Calgary
Time: 10:30 p.m. to midnight
- Atwater Cocktail Club, Montreal (No.50 and Kate Boushel, the recipient of the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award for North America’s 50 Best Bars 2024); Bar Pompette, Toronto (No.29 and the recipient of the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award for North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025)
O’Canada Signature Sessions
When: Sunday, April 27 from 6 p.m. to midnight
Where: Prophecy — 801 W Georgia St., Vancouver
Tickets: Walk-ins only; approximately $20 per cocktail
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