Bar Convent Brooklyn Returns to Trade Metropolis on June 10–11

Bar Convent Brooklyn (BCB) will return to Trade Metropolis in Brooklyn, New York, on June 10–11, 2025, for its seventh annual gathering of bar and beverage professionals. The 2-day commerce honest, usually seen as New York Metropolis’s reply to New Orleans’ Tales of the Cocktail, is anticipated to surpass final yr’s record-breaking attendance of greater than 5,300 trade professionals and 230 exhibitors from 48 nations and 47 U.S. states.​

This yr’s occasion will function expanded courtyard activations and new devoted areas, together with the Writer’s Alley (the place trade authors can promote and signal their books), the Italian Commerce Company Pavilion, and a piece particularly centered on low- and no-alcohol merchandise. A brand new VIP+ badge possibility will supply unique entry to the VIP lounge, welcome baggage, networking occasions, non-public tastings, and intimate “Crafted Conversations” with trade consultants.​

The training program, curated by a committee of trade leaders — Lynnette Marrero (Pace Rack, MasterClass, Delola), Derek Brown (Constructive Harm), Kevin Diedrich (Pacific Cocktail Haven, Kona’s), Alba Huerta (Julep), Julie Reiner (Clover Membership, Milady’s, Leyenda), Christian Suzuki-Orellana (Bell Tree Hospitality), and Robert Björn Taylor (Sincere Bar Co.) — will embody greater than 50 panels. Subjects will vary from digital branding to pricing methods, and class deep-dives, akin to “Cocktails, Cameras, and Credibility: Taking Your Profession On-line,” “Cocktail Pricing for Trendy Instances,” and “Gin: A Spirited & Turbulent Love Story.”​

“From training seminars and thoughtfully curated programming to interactive experiences and cocktail demonstrations, we stay dedicated to empowering beverage professionals from world wide,” says Jackie Williams, occasion vp of BCB Brooklyn, in a launch. “As we glance in direction of June 2025, the BCB Brooklyn workforce is worked up to be a hub for connection, as professionals come collectively to push beverage trade innovation ahead.”

An addition this yr is the Model Accelerator Pitch Competitors, introduced in partnership with Ladies of the Vine & Spirits and Various Powered Manufacturers. The competitors is open to first-time exhibitors, manufacturers within the Rising Manufacturers Pavilion, or corporations lower than 5 years previous. Finalists will pitch their merchandise to a panel of trade leaders, with the winner introduced on June 11.​

Along with academic periods, BCB Brooklyn stays a social hub for the worldwide bar neighborhood — a repute its organizers goal to foster. Final yr’s occasion noticed greater than 550,000 samples poured. This yr, the occasion will broaden additional, taking on Trade Metropolis’s courtyards with music, video games, and different actions, making a festival-like ambiance that fosters each neighborhood {and professional} networking.​

Tickets at the moment are accessible via the BCB Brooklyn web site.