DrinkWire is Liquor.com's showcase for the best articles, recipe and reviews from the web's top writers and bloggers. In this post, The Minty offers a list of the must-attend cocktail events in 2017.

2017

January

• San Antonio Cocktail Conference, January 11–15
• Unofficial Bartenders Weekend, NYC

February

• For the Love of Cocktails, Las Vegas, February 9–11
• American Craft Distillers Convention and Trade Show, Nashville, February 16–17
• Arizona Cocktail Week, Phoenix/ Scottsdale, February 17–24
• The Whisky Show, Glasgow, Scotland, February 18–19
• Bourbon Classic, Louisville, KY, February 28–March 4

March

• Apres Ski Cocktail Classic, Aspen, CO, March 9–12
• Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show, Las Vegas, March 27–29
• Bartenders Weekend, San Diego
• Baltimore Cocktail Week

April

• Craft Spirits Conference & Vendor Expo, Baltimore, April 3–6
• TOTC on Tour, Edinburg, April 1–4
• Midwest Rum Fest, Chicago, April 8
• Wine and Spirits Wholesales of America (WSWA), Orlando, April 18–21
• Rum Renaissance, Miami, April 22–23
• The Bar Institute, Baltimore
• Thirst Boston, April 28–30

May

• Florence Cocktail Week, Italy, May 1–7
• The Bar Institute, Phoenix
• New England Tequila and Rum Festival, Lincoln, Rhode Island
• Rochester Cocktail Revival, New York
• Montreal Cocktail Week, Canada
• Tokyo International Bar Show, Japan
• Manhattan Cocktail Classic, May 12–16
• Lisbon Bar Show, Portugal, May 16–17
• Boutique Bar Show, Manchester
• Perfect Serve Barshow, Amsterdam, May 22–23
• Camp Runamok, Bourbon Camp, Lebanon Junction, KY (Session I), May 29–June 1

June

• New England Cocktail Conference, Portland, ME
• New Mexico Cocktails & Culture, Santa Fe, June 2–4
• Hukilau, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 7–11
• The Bar Institute, Austin
• Cane Camp, Puerto Rico
• Cocktails and Spirits Show, Paris
• Oslo Bar Show, Norway
• Texas Tequila and Margarita Festival, Galveston, TX

July

• Imbibe Live, UK, July 3–4
• Top Shelf Boutique Drinks Festival, Melbourne, Australia
• Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, July 18–23

August

• Tiki Oasis, San Diego, August 10–13
• The Bar Institute, Miami
• Sacramento Cocktail Week, California
• Beirut Cocktail Factory, Lebanon
• BevCon Charleston, South Carolina, August 20–22
• Camp Runamok, Bourbon Camp, Lebanon Junction, KY (Session II), August 21–27
• Paris of the Plains Cocktail Festival, Kansas City
• San Diego Spirits Festival, August 26-27

September

• Restaurant and Bar Hong Kong, September 5–7
• California Rum Festival, San Francisco, September 8
• Moscow Bar Show, September 5–7
• St. Louis Craft Spirits and Cocktail Party
• Kentucky Bourbon Fest, Bardstown, KY, September 11–17
• Sydney Bar Week, Australia, September 16–19
• Boutique Bar Show, London
• DSTILL, Denver
• The Bar Institute, Portland, OR
• The Whisky Show, London, September 30–October 1

October

• Nashville Whiskey Fest,
• Craft Distilling Expo, London
• Great American Beer Festival, Denver, October 5–7
• Bar Convent Berlin, October 10–11
• Madison Cocktail Week, Wisconsin
• German Rum Festival, Berlin, October 14–15
• Bristol Cocktail Week, UK
• Prague Bar Show, Czech Republic
• The Rum Experience, London, UK, October 14–15
• Cayman Cocktail Week
• Art of the Cocktail, Calgary, Canada, October 14–15
• Boutique Bar Show, Edinburgh, Scotland

November

• Athens Bar Show, Greece, November 7-8